Do you have a favorite chef/cook that inspires you to cook?!
Grandmas & Moms included!Www@FoodAQ@Com
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Both of my grandmothers were excellent cooks and inspired me to cook good food!. Even though they have passed on I keep their memories alive by making their recipes/dishes all the time!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Yes, very definitely my Mother in law!. She passed away a couple of years ago but she still inspires me!. She was Italian!. My substitute inspiration is Lidia Bastianich!.
My original inspiration was Julia Child because she really didn't mind if she spilled something or it didn't fall in the exact place on the plate!.!.!.she just fixed it!
I think I have a great many cook books from chefs over the years but your question was for my favorite inspiration and these two make me want to cook and if I don't know what I want to cook I just pick up their books and riffle through them and I'm off to the kitchen!.
I must admit that when it comes to soup there is no one can beat my Scottish Mother!. I find I don't make many pastries as my Scottish Father was a master baker and my hands are much too hot to work with pastry unless I keep immersing them in ice water!.!.!.!.I leave fine pastries to the experts!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
My original inspiration was Julia Child because she really didn't mind if she spilled something or it didn't fall in the exact place on the plate!.!.!.she just fixed it!
I think I have a great many cook books from chefs over the years but your question was for my favorite inspiration and these two make me want to cook and if I don't know what I want to cook I just pick up their books and riffle through them and I'm off to the kitchen!.
I must admit that when it comes to soup there is no one can beat my Scottish Mother!. I find I don't make many pastries as my Scottish Father was a master baker and my hands are much too hot to work with pastry unless I keep immersing them in ice water!.!.!.!.I leave fine pastries to the experts!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Gosh, before I decided to become a professional chef, I think my Mom getting me the Easy Bake oven was the start!. But I grew up with my dad and cooking as a kid was all about using quality ingredients and being creative, so I guess that was my first inspiration!. After that, in my previous career I would be at conventions/conferences where they served you a 5 course fancy lunch and I got the bug and am inspired wherever I go!.
As for famous TV chefs, well I look for ideas everywhere and there are brilliantly talented chefs who don't have their own TV shows, but I love Jamie Oliver, Jacques Pepin, Bobby Flay, and because cake decorating/pastry is my specialty, I am a sucker for a whole slough of famous decorators/pastry chefs!. I also love watching /following the Culinary Olympics and other events!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
As for famous TV chefs, well I look for ideas everywhere and there are brilliantly talented chefs who don't have their own TV shows, but I love Jamie Oliver, Jacques Pepin, Bobby Flay, and because cake decorating/pastry is my specialty, I am a sucker for a whole slough of famous decorators/pastry chefs!. I also love watching /following the Culinary Olympics and other events!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I'd have to say that it was my mother that inspired me the most!. I have wonderful memories of standing by her in the kitchen, absorbed in every detail of what she was doing!. When I got older, I'd call her every time I'm make a Thanksgiving turkey or blackberry jam and we'd talk about what I was doing etc!. The smells that rose from her kitchen were the best and its the same feeling I want my own family and friends to experience when they are here!.
My next favorite are Ina Garten and Tyler Florence!. Simple, sweet, and flavorful!Www@FoodAQ@Com
My next favorite are Ina Garten and Tyler Florence!. Simple, sweet, and flavorful!Www@FoodAQ@Com
My mom for sure is the first and then food networks chefs giada de laurentiss and ina garten!.!. i have made a lot of their recipes and i have added some different flavors and taken out some and it is all so wonderful!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
My Mom and Grandma inspired me in the art of cooking when I was very young!. They've been gone many years, and Ina Garten and Paula Deen are my inspirations now for new recipes and foods that weren't around when I was young!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
It is my "Family" that inspires me to cook!.
I come from a large family of restaurant waitresses, restaurant owners, and restaurant cooks!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I come from a large family of restaurant waitresses, restaurant owners, and restaurant cooks!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I make alot of the things that my grandmother made !.!.!.!. and I get ideas from Paula Deen (Paula's Party)!. I also watch Guy Fiori on Diners, Drive-ins & Dives and then make the things that I see !.!.!.!.!. also, from Bobby Flay's ThrowdownWww@FoodAQ@Com
OMG everyone on food network inspires me !. Noone really likes to cook in my family or my husbands but me !.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I love Rachel Ray! My husbands grand ma also inspires me!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Many chefs and cooks have inspired me to cook!. But i do not have the confidence to cook!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Wolfgang Puck, Mario, Giada, Ina Garten!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Nigella inspires me to!.!.!.!.!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I like Alton Brown!. The science behind cooking is just as exciting as cooking!Www@FoodAQ@Com
Yes my fiance is an Executive Head Chef!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Jeff Smith and Graham Kerr!. I also like Michael Smith (Chef At Home)Www@FoodAQ@Com
my mom, thank God she taught me the German dishes my family loves to eat!Www@FoodAQ@Com