On Wednesday, December 11, 2013 5:29:59 PM UTC-5, sf wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 14:07:03 -0800 (PST), A Moose in Love
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> > Yesterday, I saw a fairly famous Canadian 'chef' on the tube. He was making french toast. He put a real spin on the dish. The maple syrup sauce looked outstanding et. Wonderful stuff. He owns a few 'higher end' restaurants. But to watch him, he looked so incompetent. He had no speed. He wasted movements.
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> > I mean he wasn't incompetent, but he lacked the speed to work in a restaurant kitchen.
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> So, is he a television chef or a restaurant chef? Remember that not
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> everyone watching TV has worked in a kitchen like you have and he's
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> slowing down for the sake of the viewers - they are his customers
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> during the show and he has a certain amount of time he needs to fill
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> up. He could be wasting motions for two reasons - it's not his
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> kitchen, so it's not laid out the way he cooks and maybe he's not
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> comfortable being in front of a camera because he has to supply a
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I'm not saying the guy was incompetent. His french toast really impressed me. It was a cut above. I wish I would have written the recipe down. He just seemed kind of awkward. But then, I tend to over criticize sometimes. But I also admit that he had a great french toast recipe.