The Making of A Chef: Book Report
Lydia Beckwith
CUL.140.1402
November 16, 2016
The Making of a Chef was a fascinating book that alternated my perspective on cooking giving me a clearer view of working through a culinary program. Michael Ruhlman gave readers a glimpse of life within the Culinary Institute of America, which is the most critical culinary school in the United States. Nothing is left to instinct or assumed information, everything is shown whether it is with culinary maths or precisely how you lay out unresolved issues for the ideal stock. Everything was just striven to be excellent, not good, nor O.K., but miraculously perfect.
The book is highly informative and educational, and as Michael Ruhlman wrote I could feel his learned passion for the craving to become a cook. He did the greater part of the course, both preparing to be a gourmet expert and expounding on it as a writer. Ruhlman learned the fundamentals of cooking stocks, roux, vegetables, and sauces; also, he gained the experience of working the front of the house by waiting tables. Most importantly, he gained the knowledge of the meaning of being a chef to become a leader within the industry. You were expected to know the answers to all the questions in the Culinary Institute of American (CIA), and know why things happen the way they do. As chef Pardus would add, “you better know how to do it” (35). One of the most useful things of training in the CIA are learning the
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All things changed my sophomore year with the decision to take culinary. I had finally found my niche in high school. Here I met the infamous Chef Rick! Chef is definitely not like any other teacher, he has no filter, which surprising is probably the reason that he is one of the best teachers at Sickles. He is real and up front and will make you become a hard worker. Culinary has taught me more about life than any other class I’ve taken. “Never be
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Chefs and restaurant owners goal during the revolutionary war of French cooking was to make new and personalized dishes that were made with combinations that never existed before. Chefs and cooks while getting their professional training were instructed and forced to learn how to cook dishes that were considered standards of cooking and are now called classical cuisine. Chefs began to grow tired of making the same dishes and using the same recipe, these chefs than began to rebel against the establishment of cooking. These chefs started to experiment and tamper with dishes to see what new creations that they can
Because of passion with cooking and dream to be a chef, I have read a lot of cookbooks, regional culinary books and books about famous chefs, some of them are interesting but none of them was attracted to me the most. Normally, I just found some my favorite recipes in such books. However, “Letters to a young chef”, a book contains a collection of letters which Chef Daniel Boulud wrote to Alex Lee whom worked alongside Daniel for ten years as a passionate young cook, truly brings me desire to make my dream come true as much as help me to broaden my knowledge about culinary arts.
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Through these programs I have been able to work with the chefs and I love how they are more than willing to go above and beyond to make sure that we are able to widely succeed in the culinary industry, they are also very honest with you and tell you all of the good and the bad about the industry. Through my high school Culinary teacher, Brandi Eades who attended Jefferson State Community College's Culinary program- and loved it!- I was able to learn about and participate in all of the wonderful programs that they have to offer for high school students. I was also able to compete in the Prostart competition on a small team consisting of me and another student where we placed sixth for the state, and all throughout the day chefs that I have worked with wished me good luck and asked me how did we do and they continuously go above and beyond to help with whatever I
“I came from a family of bankers and I was expected to be one too. Aside from the fact that I hated math, seeing my father, grandfather and uncles in the kitchen, I realized that it was normal for men to cook and soon enough I knew where I really belonged.” This quote is from Chef Kunal Kapurs’ website and many other interviews he has taken in the past. Kapur comes from a middle class family, whose men are all bankers as they are expected to be. When Kunal finally decided to follow his heart in the culinary world; his father and other members of his family looked down on him with little to no respect. Before he actually went into cooking he went to an Institute of Hotel Management Chandigarh, where he received a degree. Though through thorough research dates of Kunals’ degree are widely unobtainable, most recognizable is Kapurs’ graduation from Delhi University in Commerce. His full commit to school exemplifies the passion Kunal has for his dreams and goals, which will propel his career in the future.