The
earliest memories of food would be my nan in her kitchen wearing her tabard
steaming Christmas puddings for what seemed like months, and of course her
amazing butterfly cakes and victoria sponges, she too went to culinary college,
and like me, found passion or relief in baking.
My
next and biggest influence was and still is my mum, her roasts will always be
better than mine, my cauliflower cheese is better but my mums crispy roast
potatoes will always win. Being of South American decent the food she cooked
was very multicultural with empanadas for special occasions to amazing curries,
which you could still smell around the house two days after, and of course mums
roast dinners which are famous amongst friends and family.
“…her roasts will always be better than mine,
my cauliflower cheese is better but my mums crispy roast potatoes will always
win.”
I
suppose growing up constantly surrounded by food had a large part to play in my
future career as a chef. Although this
is an antisocial, stressful, and generally unrewarding job I love it, I have
seen many chefs come and go and I sometimes ask myself why after 16 years I
still do it and the answer is always the same… I love what I do.
Gourmet
Grill is a mixture of passions from my food, and myself to my business partners
and their passion for bars, service. The hardest thing about being a chef or
running a business in this industry is that we are trying to please you. I have
to think about you and what you like, what I can cook that will intrigue you
and make you smile, most of all tell all your friends about. My aim for the
menu at gourmet grill is to create a menu that you will read and struggle to
decide what to eat, as you want to try everything. There are influences from
America, Germany, Latin American food and English cuisine. For me a perfect
steak isn’t all about the cut or what country the animal is from its all about
the cooking technique, simple things like seasoning the steak and not the pan
and allowing the resting time is key to the perfect steak.
This
blog will be keeping you up-to-date on; what we are creating, events we are
involved in and putting on and the journey of Gourmet Grill.
