Well all you chefs,cooks and foodies must know who Albert Roux is but for those who don't, he's a famous 2 Michelin starred chef (now 74) who is owner of Le Gavroche in London's Mayfair and is famous along with his brother Michel Roux (who's also got a son called Michel Roux jr) and is a culinary godfather of modern French cuisine.
The first thing that struck me about him was his height:p he's a small man; (not much taller than 5ft) but man!, he's got big heart, big sense of fun (when not throwing pots and pans across the room like he famously used to do) and to me, big influence. The sad thing is when I was plating up something for lunch service and he was talking to the Head Chef and watching me plate up is that when he left, about 5 students in our group all went "Chef! Who was that?" - I felt so embarrased thinking "F*cking ****!! He's only a culinary godfather of modern French cuisine who's taught likes of Marco Pierre White (another big influence on me) and Gordon Ramsay!" (I told the chef you just met the godfather and he said he almost felt as though he should of bowed down:lol:)
After lunch service I got a menu of his (just for that day) signed by him and while he signed I told him "It's an honour to meet you Mr Roux, your a big influence for me" to wish he meerly smiled and I thanked him before he signed the next person's menu.
I felt like I was on such a high (well I was - adrenalin+excitement+caffeine;):thumb:) people.
Such a good day for me I confess (yet embarrasing for when 5+ people didn't know who Albert Roux was)
Okay i'll stop rambling on but I guess the rambling shows how much i'm passionate about food:lol:
The first thing that struck me about him was his height:p he's a small man; (not much taller than 5ft) but man!, he's got big heart, big sense of fun (when not throwing pots and pans across the room like he famously used to do) and to me, big influence. The sad thing is when I was plating up something for lunch service and he was talking to the Head Chef and watching me plate up is that when he left, about 5 students in our group all went "Chef! Who was that?" - I felt so embarrased thinking "F*cking ****!! He's only a culinary godfather of modern French cuisine who's taught likes of Marco Pierre White (another big influence on me) and Gordon Ramsay!" (I told the chef you just met the godfather and he said he almost felt as though he should of bowed down:lol:)
After lunch service I got a menu of his (just for that day) signed by him and while he signed I told him "It's an honour to meet you Mr Roux, your a big influence for me" to wish he meerly smiled and I thanked him before he signed the next person's menu.
I felt like I was on such a high (well I was - adrenalin+excitement+caffeine;):thumb:) people.
Such a good day for me I confess (yet embarrasing for when 5+ people didn't know who Albert Roux was)
Okay i'll stop rambling on but I guess the rambling shows how much i'm passionate about food:lol:
