That’s super cool!
My younger son has had his hand in many different restaurant jobs. Most recently he was a line chef for an up and coming restaurant where he lives. He got frustrated with their business plan. When he cooks, he wants the prep work to have been completed before he goes in to create his masterpiece. He says you can’t prep and cook (amazing meals, anyway) at the same time.
I heartily agree. A chef should always have access to his ingredients before he starts going at it.
I think I could’ve been a decent pastry chef, or maybe my sister, I think she’s more talented than I am, but I am a bit riskier, so I sometimes have inconvenient flops. Ahhh, that’s the stuff of life, isn’t it!
Hubby was recently discussing with me when we go to vacation next June with our adult kids and our grandchildren. He wondered if we should have each family sign up to take a dinner meal. I told him that I don’t think we need to worry about that more than 6 months away. We are, and all of our kids are, accomplished cooks. It will be more likely that we will be fighting to show off some culinary skill to the others. The kitchen is a hyper busy place when we’re all together.
Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners are several of us on top of each other in the kitchen. I kid you not. A nice problem to have, no?
In my post I left out the most important part (duh). Her restaurant is the focus of a PBS series now for a few weeks.
And yes, having so many eager and competent cooks in your family makes you a lucky person!