Episode notes
🎙️ EP151 – 🍳 Forget the tasting menu. If you want to be a real cook, start in the trenches. 🔥This week we take on audience questions — and crack open the uncomfortable truths young chefs need to hear. ⚡
🎧 Topics Covered in This Episode:
👨🍳 Best Advice for Aspiring Chefs – Why foundations matter more than stars
🔥 “F### Tasting Menus” – The lost art of real cooking
🔪 Choosing Your Path – Decision fatigue in a career with too many options
🍚 The Rice Wars – There’s no one right way (sorry, Valencians)
🍗 The Underdog Meat – Why chicken deserves respect
🥂 Berlin Dining Scene – Hype vs. substance
🥔 Potato Purée Salt Debate – Timing, sup ...
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