Private chefs, also known as personal chefs is not really a new thing. Historically speaking, this is were it all started. From the 14th century on, traveling armies had to be fed; cooks were selected from among the ranks. During peacetime, rulers set up tournaments …
The term “work-life balance” has yet to lose its buzz in the last few years. This is partially due to the dominating presence of millennials in the workforce. Employers have been putting in a tremendous effort trying to determine the best way to appeal to millennial …
More than half of all food produced in Canada is wasted, food wastage within the food industry is at an epidemic rate. Previous studies had pointed to consumers for the bulk of the waste, but the new research shows that instead it’s the industrial producers …
Repurposing is the process by which an object with one use value is transformed or redeployed as an object with an alternative use value. The hospitality and foodservice industry is responsible for producing an enormous amount of plastic waste. This poses a number of questions. What to do …
I’ve been on a cultural thread the last stretch, and today Im heading South. Cuba, the crossroads of the Caribbean. I’m very familiar with this country, having spent a considerable amount of time there up until the pandemic began. Cuba’s history is a long one, …
How to make puff pastry like a professional chef. Todays blog will be a return to the basics. I’ve included a few video shorts and recipes on bread finishing and puff pastry preparation and production. If you work like our friend the “Swiss Chef”, you …
Good morning, and soon to be “Happy New Year”! Picking up from were I left off, today we are looking at the “recipe”. For the at home cook this is a procedural written document to produce a finished, hopefully edible food item. For myself, I …
Breaking my blog trend once again….I’ll come back to culinary fundamentals later. So let’s begin. Hospitality is the relationship between a guest and a host, where in the host receives the guest with goodwill, including the reception and entertainment of guests, visitors, or strangers. Louis, chevalier …
Today in keeping with my last post, I’m presenting the first thing you need to learn on your journey to becoming a chef.