Becoming a better Chef

Hello!

I have started this blog, although in a similar fashion than others, as a tool to advance my cooking knowledge and my cooking skills. I am an aspiring chef making my way through college as I prepare to enroll in a Culinary School hopefully in January 2012.

I have been wanting to do pursue this passion for about a year now. I first became interested in cooking more than just at home last summer while working at a new local restaurant. Most of it was thanks to the chef that was there to encourage me and be my mentor. (Lots of thanks to Chef Luke Fowles). He helped me a great deal to understand a lot of basic things about cooking and showed me alot of great skills that have helped me advance and be a chef on my own.

So while I have this great desire to be a great as I can, and learn all I can, by going to Culinary School, unfortunately I will not be able to attend school until January 2012.

I figure the time I have til then is a great opportunity for me to get even better and start creating dishes and learning and creating a style that is my own. More time behind the stove and putting different things together is money in the bank as far as becoming a chef.

And I figure having this blog to write about it will help to motivate me to learn and try new things. And maybe some of you can learn along with me. Plus I think writing about things tends to add a new level of learning and retention.

This blog will include things like new recipes I try, dishes I create, new techniques, any fun new gadgets I get, cool restaurants I go to, fun facts about common foods, and fun facts about less common foods, or new foods I discover altogether!. And any other cool things I encounter while trying to make myself a better chef.

I will try my best to make my posts short, because I know when there is a great deal of writing I don't bother reading at all.

So begins the journey!

Always in the kitchen,

Mel