Is anyone watching this legend? Is anyone watching the pansies he has to deal with and yet they manage to get out 76 dinners of three courses. At least they have so far. The real reason I am writing this though relates to the fact that when I read Chef White’s “The Devil in the Kitchen” I immediately recognized some of the qualities that you have to have in order to get to the elevated strata and rarified position that he did.
Now I turn on the PVR and watch with glee as he both elevates and denigrates these show biz wannabe’s. These people who of their own accord have done something with their lives but decided for whatever reason to jump into his kitchen.
I watch astounded as Chef White marches around the kitchen. As he explains a dish or a concept to them. I feel comfortable watching it as I go through this everyday. I have also watched with glee as the less than amazing kid (so unimportant I don’t even remember his name) who is a cry baby is beat up by his own lack of and force of will. CLEARLY NOT KITCHEN MATERIAL.
The glare. The stare. The voice. The shaken reserve. The steady resolve. I can see them when I watch Chef White work the kitchen. Work this rag tag crew. And I admire him for it. Because it really is, ultimately his ass on the line, and while the producers would not let it fail, I think what is more important and telling is that HE won’t let them fail. And that to me is heart warming and endearing.
At any rate, if none of you have watched Marco Pierre White’s Hell’s Kitchen I strongly recommend it.
Marco Pierre White once said; " Looking back, I realize that it was my love of nature which gave me the understanding of natural ingredients. Mother Nature [sic] is the true artist, and the chef is merely the technician. " I hope to be a great technician.
Are you dreaming big and inspired?
A la prochaine
SDM
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