Baker or Chef?

[Alix]

I know we've done this before, but we have so many new folks here I am just wondering what everyone really loves to do. So, are you a baker, a chef, a dabbler, a specialist or just doing it because you have to? Love to hear why. I'm a baker although I do everything pretty well. I love to bake. I would bake even if there were no one to eat all the stuff I do. Its just so satisfying to me to take bits and pieces of things and make something so scrumptious.

 

[middie]

I'm a dabbler and a baker

 

[Katie H]

I'm a chef first and a baker close second. I love to cook just about anything and would 24/7 if I had the money to buy the ingredients. I so enjoy using all my wonderful cooking toys and cookware.

 

[GB]

I am a chef (well not by trade). I love savory stuff. I love to create things and cook by the seat of my pants.

I am not a big sweets fan and I don't like having to follow recipes to the letter so baking is not my thing, although I do plan to get into bread baking when my daughter is old enough to help me.

 

[Flourgirl]

I'm a little of both I guess. In my professional cooking days, I worked myslef all the way up to sous chef, then switched over to baking and worked as a pastry chef for 3 years. Now that I'm a stay-home mom, I teach mainly savory cooking classes a few evenings a month. Savory cooking is still my favorite.

 

[Alix]

I'm a chef first and a baker close second. I love to cook just about anything and would 24/7 if I had the money to buy the ingredients. I so enjoy using all my wonderful cooking toys and cookware.

Oh dang Katie, I should have put something on there about gadgets shouldn't I? I'm going to see if I can edit that in. Feel free to go add that to your vote.

 

[carolelaine]

I like the savory stuff the most, but I do alot of baking. I love to cook too, it just makes me happy for some reason. I like some gadgets, but there just isn't enough room for all of them.

 

[jkath]

I can't decide if I'm a Baker/Chef or a Chef/Baker
Either way, I love 'em both!!

 

[Franca]

Well, that was an easy poll for me - I didn't have to think about that at all. Chef, definitely. I am so not a baker! My sister is the baker in the family. Don't care about gadgets much, although I do like my panini grill and when I need my Cuisinart I really need it ... but hate cleaning it so I don't use it unless I have to. I love trying new recipes that sound good, and I love messing with them to make them better or easier or healthier without (hopefully) sacrificing flavor.

 

[Franca]

I don't like having to follow recipes to the letter so baking is not my thing

That's me! But the idea of bread-making is appealing for after I'm "retired".

 

[VeraBlue]

I didn't see any box for the 'candlestick maker'...??

 

[amber]

Definately a chef (not professional). I like making savory dishes, either creating them or following a recipe (though I tend to tweak recipes after the first try). I dont like to bake from scratch, except making pie crusts, or stuffed breads using the frozen dough. Had a semi-baking disaster with cheese cake tonight (spring form pan had warped a bit, so you can imagine what happened) I managed to salvage most of it and it rose to about an inch high ...bummer since it's a birthday cheesecake, but oh well, things happen.

 

[bullseye]

Mostly chef stuff. I rarely cook from recipes, which is ironic, since I have a pretty substantial number of cookbooks. I read them like novels, and then cook by--as GB says--by the seat of my pants. I am just starting to get into baking--breads and pies, mostly; not much interested in the sweets . . .

 

[luvs]

chef! us culinary students bicker over who's better, tee-hee.

 

[kitchenelf]

Chef and gadget lover!

 

[JoAnn L.]

Just lead me to the dessert ingredients and I will be happy.

 

[thumpershere2]

Baking is not what i really enjoy doing but it's ok. I'm not a chef either. I'm just an old fashion cook. Simple but good.

 

[-DEADLY SUSHI-]

GREAT question! I loath baking. But love cooking!

 

[kadesma]

I love cooking, will bake but not the best at it. I do however love making bread, I find it relaxes me and I just love that smell that your kitchen gets as the breads bake. Seeing my family wolf down several loaves at dinner or even before dinner makes me feel so darn good. And when Cade is here, we make chocolate chip cookies and what could be the biggest pain in the world, making cookies all by your lonesome, becomes the best of your day, having that small person your grandson at your side and watching the smile come to his face when he takes that first warm cookie and a glass of milk and smiles.
kadesma

 

[Robo410]

well, when I get my dream kitchen in a couple months, I'll have the counter space and the ovens to improve my baking. I have several items under my belt as needs my chefing gigs. But I'm not a desert freak. Definately have a savory not a sweet tooth.