ncage1974
Senior Cook
If you could just pick 1 chef that totally inspires you and you think is one of the very best Chefs out there who would it be? Whether if it is from FoodTV, magazines, or from cookbooks doesn't matter. Here are some of my requirements at least im concerned:
Someone who lives / breaths their work(i think this a lot of times comes out when they speak or when you read a book they have written). I want a sense that they truely appreciate everything and never settle for less than perfection. I think some chef's pretend they do just for the money because i think it comes out in their writing /talking about the lack of passion. They not only want to emerese you in the food but they want to emerse you in a cultural aura and want to transfer some of that passion to you. If they write cookbooks this not only is about reading recipes its about how the emerse in in the culture/food.
Ok without further adu mine would defintily be Rick Bayless. First of all i love traditional mexican food and if you have ever read any of ricks books, seen him on foodtv, or seen his show on PBS (Mexican: one plate at a time) you will know that rick for traditional mexican food. He very much emerses you in the culture of mexico and the different regions (yucatan for example). He is also an excellent writer. He takes many trips to mexico because that is his passion. I first learned about rick on foodtv and from the first book i bought i was so impressed. His cookbooks are not so much recipe books as they are stories of culture and food in mexico.
Some horoable mentions are: David Adjey, Su-mei yu, and martin yan
Ncage
Someone who lives / breaths their work(i think this a lot of times comes out when they speak or when you read a book they have written). I want a sense that they truely appreciate everything and never settle for less than perfection. I think some chef's pretend they do just for the money because i think it comes out in their writing /talking about the lack of passion. They not only want to emerese you in the food but they want to emerse you in a cultural aura and want to transfer some of that passion to you. If they write cookbooks this not only is about reading recipes its about how the emerse in in the culture/food.
Ok without further adu mine would defintily be Rick Bayless. First of all i love traditional mexican food and if you have ever read any of ricks books, seen him on foodtv, or seen his show on PBS (Mexican: one plate at a time) you will know that rick for traditional mexican food. He very much emerses you in the culture of mexico and the different regions (yucatan for example). He is also an excellent writer. He takes many trips to mexico because that is his passion. I first learned about rick on foodtv and from the first book i bought i was so impressed. His cookbooks are not so much recipe books as they are stories of culture and food in mexico.
Some horoable mentions are: David Adjey, Su-mei yu, and martin yan
Ncage
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