Thursday, June 12, 2008

In Laws, The Weekend and Advice (file under yes, yes and yes)

So C's parents are in town this weekend and of course I am going to be busy, busy and busy. But hey this is the life that I have chosen and I am thrilled to be living my dream. This weekend I feel as if I know how to run the grill (my station on the patio) and will have great success in doing so as I did last week.

Last night, A and I had a chat which included Thomas Keller, Roland Henin, how to truss a chicken and where I am going. He feels that I will get there and even told me that he thinks that I pick things up quickly and that when he looks at how they had to bail me out the first weekend and then seeing how I operated the next that if I can continue doing that throughout my career I will be very successful as I am a quick study.

He also suggested that when it is time for me to leave Reservation that I should find a technically demanding Garde Manger job. The idea being that how can you be a chef if you don't know how to do everything; including as I've said washing dishes.

Anyway, just a quick post as I'm off to work.

Thomas Keller once said; “I have no formal culinary training, right.” and nor do I. My Chefs are my formal training and I think that it is serving me better than had I gone to school. The flame is a great teacher.

Have an inspired day and dream big.

A la prochaine

SDM

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