Friday, 04 December 2009
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Friday Fun: Who Would You Hire as Your Personal Chef?
Most of us will never rise to such a level of luxury that we're in a position to hire a personal chef. And frankly, even if I could afford it, I'd probably prefer to cook for myself, thank you very much. But there's no harm in pretending, right?
If you could appoint anyone in the whole wide world as your personal chef, who would it be and why?
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Michael Symon. His food looks amazing.
I would hire jadedjanissary. The guy has mad cooking skills, is not afraid to be creative and he also has a great sense of humor which anyone living with and cooking for my family would desperately need.
My first thought was Thomas Keller of the French Laundry in Yountville, CA; but then I thought... he's the best chef I've ever experienced; but I don't know if I'd want him as a personal chef. I think personal chefs are something different.
Then I thought, well... I love Alton Brown. And he's cool to hang out with as a person. But I don't know if he'd be a good personal chef.
Then there's Nigella Lawson, who, other than loving her food and style, she's just... hot. But I'd want her for a personal chef for the wrong reasons.
And there's Paula Deen, who would make a wonderful personal chef; and I love her food, but I don't think I could eat like that all the time. Work out as much as I do, and as tasty as her home-soul style food is, too much of it would just make me fat.
Ina Garten is probably the best choice, I think.
But then I thought, no -- you know who would be an awesome personal chef? Sakai Hiroyuki. Iron Chef French of ICJ. I've cooked with Sakai Sensei before, and he's not only an incredible chef, but he's a genuinely warm, very grandpa-like person. He's very modest, and enjoys playing the ukulele. He's the kind of guy who could cook you dinner with the catch the two of you just fished up out of the ocean after hanging out on the beach in the afternoon; something not pretentious, but made with skill and care that embodies food love.
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I want chow@irlf. Or osmundaregalis. Or even better, both of them! =D
@arenadi@xanga - If you won't take Paula, I gladly will.
Unless YOU wanna come cook for me. Then hey, I'm cool with that, too. :D :D
@just_the_average_jane@xanga - Aw :D
Though yes, I have to admit, I would love to be living with Osmundaregalis so we could cook for each other all the time; we can be each-others personal chefs :)
And as for you, Jane, if I was living where you were, you'd have a constant open-invitation for dinner to help me eat all this damned food I make. x)
@live_for_love@xanga - You know I will, once get the Beach house with the pavilion with the big cushy pillows and the drapey fabric outside by the beach; and the big outdoor kitchen :D
Big 'ol serving tray of random food, glasses of wine, pillows scattered all over a giant 15x15 mattress with a view of the ocean and a breeze...
@arenadi@xanga - I feel like anything you and Jacquie made together would be so filled with warm fuzzies, there'd be rainbows coming out of your ears afterward. And that's the best kind of food! =D
Ima have to stalk you to Hawaii some day, just so I can take you up on that dinner invitation. *drools*
@arenadi@xanga - @just_the_average_jane@xanga - Beach house could be a club house for all the cool xanga kids. Could one house hold that much awesome, though?
My culinary dream team would include: Anthony Bourdain, Hiroyuki Sakai, Rokusaburo Michiba, Chen Kenichi (I love spicy Chinese food!), any old Southern pit-master that can do good Memphis-style BBQ, my Grandma and Paula Dean.
@arenadi@xanga - "Then there's Nigella Lawson, who, other than
loving her food and style, she's just... hot. But I'd want her for a
personal chef for the wrong reasons." - Uniform??? What uniform??? All you get is an apron....yeah, I know that's what you're thinking
I'd want Ferran Adria, Grant Achatz, T.Keller, Heston Blumenthal, or Jose Andres as my personal chef. Every day would be a culinary excursion through a brilliant mind. It would be like living with Willy Wonka
If we're talking about sexy sexy...I'd have to agree...Nigella or Giada fit the bill.
@live_for_love@xanga - I think we need to test this out. It should be ok as long as we're outside or leave a window open, assuming awesomeness is like air pressure. =P
@just_the_average_jane@xanga - Of course it is. That's why you have to check the barometer every morning to see how awesome the day is going to be. "Oh? It's high? Guess who's going to be pissing excellence today!"
Isa Chandra Moskowitz. She is a vegan chef, and I own all of her cookbooks! Of course, no matter what I do, I'm sure she can do it 1000x better :o)
@just_the_average_jane@xanga - Hahaha, you wouldn't have to stalk me to Hawai'i; I have tentative plans to be back living in California in August of next year :)
@DeathzDezign@xanga - Nothing wrong with a little eye candy haha. Hot woman chef makes me melty.
@arenadi@xanga - *sigh* By that time, I'm not positive I'll still be in LA or California even.
hubert keller, hands down. french food ftw!
Thomas Keller, or Robert Morris, of my favorite restaurant here in AZ, Cork.
@arenadi@xanga - you've cooked with SAKAI?!
one more reason I love and envy your life :)
Anthony Bourdain and Mario Batali
I would want chow@irlf =)
@greenbird321@xanga - Yeah, a few years ago at a local fundraising event here :) He's a very kind man. He actually comes here quite often.
And my life is nothing to be envied! XD
It's quite boring, to be honest.
@osmundaregalis@xanga - Aw... and I want you too x)
gordon ramsay or alton brown!