Take a trip to the forest and experience the greatness of getting on your knees and picking your own food and going home... and eating it.
Rene RedzepiRead
Chefs have a new opportunity - and perhaps even an obligation - to inform the public about what is good to eat, and why.
Interpretation
Chefs are now expected to educate the public on healthy eating choices.
In the modern culinary landscape, chefs hold a significant responsibility to guide consumers towards healthier eating habits. They have the unique opportunity to leverage their expertise and creativity to inform the public about nutrition, the origins of ingredients, and the importance of making informed food choices, thereby influencing the overall well-being of society.
In practice
A nutrition seminar led by a chef on healthy meal preparation.
Take a trip to the forest and experience the greatness of getting on your knees and picking your own food and going home... and eating it.
There's no media training. In cooking school, there's not even manager training. You learn the fundamentals of cooking. Everything else is learning by doing.
All of the people who work in the kitchen with me go out into the forests and on to the beach. It's a part of their job. If you work with me you will often be starting your day in the forest or on the shore because I believe foraging will shape you as a chef.
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Books are the building blocks of civilization and a people without books are a people without history, a people with no story older than the tales of the oldest man or woman.
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They teach in academies far too many things, and far too much that is useless.
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