With “Meet the Chef” I have fulfilled a long-cherished wish of my heart. For many years I have appreciated cooking sessions – just as musicians love to hold jam sessions.
I always enjoy cooking and eating with others. Cooking is not only fabulous and relaxing – cooking is also pure inspiration and a celebration of joie de vivre that is contagious and wants to be lived out.
Even before the work starts in the kitchen, the fun begins with the shopping – of course you already have an idea “where the journey is going”, but I always remain open for spontaneous changes. Not infrequently, the availability – especially of regional ingredients – determines the ultimate cooking pleasure.
It doesn’t have to be the star chef with whom I exchange culinary ideas in a relaxed atmosphere to expand my knowledge or cook the unusual. It can also be the Italian mamma – who still knows recipes that would otherwise have been lost long ago, or the boss of a small family business who has “spent” his life with a certain ingredient.
Like the rat Rémy in the legendary animated film Ratatouille – a MUST SEE for everyone who loves food – got “Anyone can cook” – among the autodidacts and career changers you often find the most talented cooks.
Here are the chefs I’ve jammed with since the idea for this new category on foodadvisor.de:
- Bunmee Nueangchaiyos – Head Chef Arcadia Elements Phuket
- Maew Pratumthip Trakoonsri – Executive Pastry Chef of the Richmond Hotel Bangkok
- Nicolas Basset – Executive Sous Chef & Head Chef Belga Rooftop Bar & Brasserie Bangkok
- Roberto Rota – Head Chef of the VERO trattoria & wine bar Phuket
- Supat Chinsangtip – Executive Sous Chef & Head Chef VIE Hotel Bangkok
- Teemu Kaijanen – Head Chef of the Finnish Vaiha in Mikkeli
- Tom Köffers – Head Chef Surf & Turf by Soul Kitchen Phuket Town
If you think that someone you know – whether chef, autodidact or bon vivant – is missing here and is just the right person for this category, please let me know.
