If you want to become a great chef, you have to work with great chefs. And that's exactly what I did.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
A good chef has to be a manager, a businessman and a great cook. To marry all three together is sometimes difficult.
While some people may think being a chef only entails making enticing dishes and pushing the culinary boundaries, being a part of the food industry involves much more.
'Chef' doesn't mean that you're the best cook, it simply means 'boss.'
I always knew I wanted to be a chef.
One thing I always say is being a great chef today is not enough - you have to be a great businessman.
Part of what makes a great chef is the ability to adapt, cook, and to taste. A great chef will use all their food knowledge, food memories, and senses to work with each ingredient and apply themselves to the dish they are creating.
I had turned down other head chef jobs. I didn't want to take over someone else's cuisine. I wanted to start from scratch.
First of all, I can't really claim to be a great chef.
It's very important to me that people who are actual chefs and other professionals in the culinary world, understand that I'm not, and have never held myself out as being, like a CIA trained chef.
Being a chef would be too much hard work.