It now offers the most comprehensive collection of celebrity chefs, world-class restaurants and Master Sommeliers in the world.
But to find a pastry chef who mostly wanted to explore the many layers of pie — not everyone wants to do that, when you're in the pastry-chef world.
But he quickly outgrew the caricature of a bad boy and became a rarity in the celebrity chef world: a guy who knows food but is a lot more interested in the human ingredients behind the cuisine than the recipes.
Mr. Ramsay's media appeal is based on a fiercely aggressive, megalomaniacal television persona (not uncommon in the chef world but less often seen) that is not entirely exaggerated, and his interviews are laced with robust obscenities.
In the chef world you start at A and maybe, with a ton of hard work, burns, cuts and blisters, maybe get to C. Or G. Or whatever.
In between my two traumas, I ran a marathon, did a triathlon, made my way to the top of the private chef world, made beautiful friends and memories, and nearly forgot about the first strike, until the second occurred.
"You're cooking for a great chef, world-famous people, food critics from all over the nation.
The event turned out to be the greatest ever gathering of haute cuisine and "molecular" chefs the world has seen.
Take it from gourmet chefs the world over: the best way to make a meal shine is to use fresh local ingredients and to keep it simple.
David Ferraro, formerly the chef de cuisine at Village, is now the executive chef at World Cafe, 201 Columbus Avenue (69th Street).
