Posts by kiwisizzler

Love the mining helmet idea! Chinese food ideas: crispy wontons (CHEAP!!!), steamed dumplings; Japanese gyoza

Have you thought about mini-English Pasties? Pasties are THE most traditional miners' food - check out Pasty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia for more info. If you do decide to try it (and it's well worth it!), here's my...

What BDL said! Experience and passion rules at the end of the day. Talent plays an important part of creativity but essentially you also need to know the classics (there is a reason they are called 'classics'!). Once you understand the...

What do you like about food? Italian? French? Japanese? South American? Any particular reasons why you decided to become a chef? Maybe you need a mentor... Do you have a favourite restaurant? Look into these ideas and maybe subscribe to...

If you want to become a good chef, you need to try things out and make mistakes. It is about learning after all! Good luck.

Just to put my two cents worth in: When you make that step up to a sous chef role, be aware that not all sous chef roles are the same. A sous chef in a small, local restaurant won't have nearly the responsibility as a sous chef in a...

Once you start buying your own knives, you will come to love and appreciate them. You will also notice the difference if you buy some that are half decent but ultimately, no matter what the quality, they need to be sharp. If you do end...

I am fortunate to be in corporate hospitality. I cook for the same people most days but we have a new menu each and every week. If I want to try something different or want to teach my team something new, it goes on the menu and in four...

I don't think there is necessarily a preference towards eating organic over wild but if we are to farm our meat, I would rather eat an animal that has space to move and an environment to live in that is relative to the natural living...

I agree with other chefs who have commented, in that to be considered 'organic' there must be a control of what the fish has ingested, ie organic food. Being 'wild' doesn't guarantee that the fish has only eaten organic food, and this...