You’ll remember that in this post (http://newbieintheweeds.blogspot.com/2008/02/snow-day-if-youre-not-cook.html ) I had asked Head Chef who one of his greatest influences was and that he answered Marco Pierre White. Well Executive Chef loaned me Chef White’s book “The Devil in the Kitchen” the other day. I’m only about a third of the way through it but I have a profound respect for him and what he has accomplished. In that post mentioned above I had brought up that Chef White had made Gordon Ramsey cry. Well there is so much more to this man and indeed the Chef than just that. I will be back later to write more about his experiences and what I have gleaned from the book but so far I am absolutely enthralled by his dedication, drive, talent and desire to prove something to himself.
I too am trying to prove something to myself (and perhaps a choice few others) which is why I am on the track that I am now.
At one of his amazing restaurants, The Oak Room, Chef White chose to quote Salvador Dali on the menu; “At six I wanted to be a chef, at seven: Napoleon, and my ambitions have been growing ever since.” I think that this probably sums up his philosophy and ethic quite nicely (Chef White that is).
What are your ambitions?
Dream Big and inspired!
A la prochaine
SDM
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