Page 5 - Chef World News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Chef world, daniel. the name of his three-star eponymous restaurant in manhattan, one of many in an empire that stretches from london to singapore. he came from here, a farm outside the city of lyon, through the city's great kitchens to la cirque in new york, then his flagship. >> when did you start working with food? >> 14 years old, 1969. i started as an apprentice in lyon. >> he started as so many french cooks of his time did, at the very bottom. as a 14-year-old apprentice in the restaurant nandron. what was your first job in the kitchen? >> they used to call me the beaver, because i was j...

You're appreciated here. >> no, just -- no, this is -- >> yeah. >> this is what could considered a foolhardy venture in the chef world. >> guess what? we like good food too. we're not space aliens. people say -- they often say, thank you. we just moved back from chicago, we lived in chicago the last six years, lived in l.a. six years, thank you, this is exactly what we've wanted. what you've done is counter intuitive. there is sort of a conventional career path for chefs. >> right. >> instead, you decide to go to detroit. >> yeah. not detroit, come back home. people think i'm crazy for going b...

>> beautiful, thank you. >> thank you. >> it's good, isn't it? >> mm. >> i would describe that, may i, chef? as a light, airy gazpacho. >> delicious. i won't even go that far. >> he sees an opportunity to make a melon gimlet. >> a little gin in it. >> a little gin in your soup? >> it's delicious, let me try it as a drink. >> you're on your own, dude. >> mmm-mmm. >> if i was a chef and you'd poured gin in my soup i would have stabbed you in the neck with a fork. i'm dying inside. you're the worst-case scenario customer. [ muted ]. >> next up, smoked mussels in a lightly steamed white wine, arom...

Chappell, bocuse, toisgros, and most importantly, influenced nearly all the rest of them. >> why lyon? why is this such a gastronomic capital? why bocuse here? why troisgros? why all of these great chefs? >> because lyon is really positioned between the north and the south. >> right. >> you're locked in between burgundy and rome. >> lyon is the second largest city in france, situated in the southeast of the country midway between the alps in the east and the mediterranean to the south. >> this was also a bottleneck when cars became the mode of transportation. >> goes right to the heart of the ...

The way. out of the system came chefs like this guy. daniel bulu. like prince, or madonna, he needs only one name. in new york or anywhere in the chef world. daniel. the name of his restaurant in manhattan. one of many in empire from london to singapore. he came from here, a farm outside the city of lyon. through the city's great kitchens to a serk in new york and then here. when did you start working? >> 14 years old, 1969. i started as apprentice in lyon. >> started as so many did, the bottom as 14-year-old apprentice in non-dra. >> they used to call me the beaver because i was just washing ...