Everything you've always wanted to know about cooking, but were too afraid to ask
Posted in 2) Recipes, Cooking on Jun 29th, 2009
Stocks are the basis to all good soups and sauces, they have to be nurtured with care. some will take days to simmer to perfection, but it will be totally worth it.There is a saying in the industry which goes, Garbage in Garbage out! This week I am going to give you some good tips [...]
Posted in Personal on Jun 26th, 2009
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Posted in Chef's Tales, Personal on Jun 24th, 2009
For the month of July, I am willing to give away signed paperback copies of Chef’s Tales. All you have to do is send me proof of purchase of a copy of the hard back from Amazon.co.uk plus the postage fee and the complimentary signed paperback, which you can give away as a gift, will [...]
Posted in Cooking on Jun 18th, 2009
I would like to share my knowledge to anyone who would like to learn basic cooking skills so that they can learn how to cook gourmet meals themselves at home. Nothing would give me more pleasure than to inspire but one person to cook themselves or their loved ones a home cooked meal. The basic [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 16th, 2009
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Posted in Personal on Jun 15th, 2009
We have just had two wonderful days at our beloved hotel, The Eastern & Oriental with Singapore’s Minister Mentor Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. As you can imagine, not everyone who walks through our doors on a daily basis qualifies for being outstanding members of the international community, but this man does. Obviously having him in [...]
Posted in Personal on Jun 12th, 2009
It is never too late to change if you do not entirely admire what you see in the mirror, every single person is a “works in progress” and we should all help each other develop, feel better about ourselves and become better people……otherwise what is the point of having friends.
Posted in Personal on Jun 10th, 2009
When I was working in the Bahamas, a few friends and I rented a sea plane, the small propeller type that lands on the sea. The pilot flew us to a remote & secluded tiny island and dropped us off so we could enjoy a very private barbecue. It really was a tiny island with [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 9th, 2009
When I was a teenager and walked through the back door of the hotel for the first time, I received a very big wake up call and understood extremely quickly that that you learned something every day or you were punished. A good kick in the back side, pastry cream rubbed all over my face, name calling, intimidation, a hit [...]
Posted in Chef's Tales, Personal on Jun 8th, 2009
Can you imagine the pressure of catering for a young couple about to get married and relying on you to make sure it’s a day they will always remember with pleasure rather than one to forget? Hoteliers, and more especially restaurateurs within the hotel industry, are a breed on their own, living a strange lifestyle [...]
Posted in Personal on Jun 4th, 2009
I remember many years ago I worked for a very “old style” hotelier who never cut me any slack, he used to constantly berate me at every possible occasion, belittling me daily. This constant harassment made me think at that moment in time that my life was worthless. I was working my butt off, he [...]
Posted in Personal on Jun 3rd, 2009
Being a hotelier has provided me with experiences that money could never buy and memories that time can’t erode. I’ve worked with people across the globe and come to understand and appreciate the religions and cultures of the many countries I’ve worked in and visited. As a result I would like to think that this [...]
Posted in Chef's Tales, Cooking on Jun 2nd, 2009
When somebody wants or dreams to be a chef, they have to remember one simple rule and that is that if they are going to be a successful chef, they have to love to cook from the heart and not just because they want a regular pay check. Being a chef is a way of [...]
Posted in Cooking on Jun 1st, 2009
When people want to learn how to cook, following basic recipes from a cook book is not always the best way to go. They need to know the fundamentals first so they can understand the basics and therefore learn to experiment themselves. A very simple example to illustrate my point would be boiled potatoes. If [...]
Posted in Personal on Jun 1st, 2009
I love watching many of the chefs on television cooking up a storm and teaching people how to cook themselves at home. I respect most of them and think that they are doing a good service to our industry, I do wish however, that the ones who are always screaming, belitteling and swearing at colleagues [...]
