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how can i become a better chef?

hulahoops asked:


I have been cooking for a few years and want to become a great chef. What is the best apporach to learning skills besides cooking, taking classes, and reading cookbooks. I want to learn why certain things go together well…like onion and bacon, or avocado and tomato, or ham and swiss?

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7 Responses to “how can i become a better chef?”

  1. marduk D on March 25th, 2009 10:18 am

    taste every thing all the time. even things you hate. take notes and think about what you are tasting.

  2. Ask the Chef on March 26th, 2009 1:34 pm

    Take one of my classes

  3. Pianojazzman on March 29th, 2009 3:14 am

    The same way you get to Carnegie Hall, my friend… PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE!!!

    taste… try… ask… study…

    Best!!!

  4. Ryan's mom on March 31st, 2009 1:44 am

    Experiment. I have never taken any cooking classes, but have cooked for a living for the last 10 years or so. My family never knows what to expect when I am cooking but they always love the food. Use a lot of fresh herbs. I have an herb garden that I use almost daily.

  5. chefgrille on April 1st, 2009 11:49 pm

    Look on amazon.com in the cooking section. I am NOT suggesting a cookbook. They have so many good books about foods and the science and history behind them. When you understand how foods work, it makes pairings a lot easier. The food science will tell you why onions and bacon complement each other for instance.
    A lot of it comes from tradition and the ethnicity of the foods and people having to use whatever was around them.

    It’s really interesting to learn about.

  6. Amal A on April 4th, 2009 2:56 am

    Cook for ME !!

  7. Andrea on April 5th, 2009 7:42 pm

    I would highly recommend a book that I just purchased and am very excited about: Sally Schneider’s “The Improvisational Cook.” Her perspective is that when a cook knows the basics of several different dishes, it frees him/her to improvise more often with whatever is fresh, available, leftover, etc.

    It sounds like you are probably pretty experienced and may know a lot of these basics already, but I think you would still really enjoy her thoughts and possibly be able to make many more connections that a dabbler like I would.

    Good luck!