Does gourmet chef mean like10 years experience, exec. chef, or what. I have a culinary degree and have never heard of this ranking until recently job hunting.
2006-11-01 12:12:37 · 5 answers · asked by Geoff H 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
You know that anyone can attend a cooking school but not everyone will come away with an educated palate. Being a student of the art, you also know that in addition to your level of proficiency regarding prior experience, technique and comprehension, a major factor is an expanded concept on your part of basic food, i.e., for the family barbecue you would stuff a roasted Idaho with bacon and cheddar...for a dinner of importance you'd tourne and braise yukon gold's in court bouillon, flash roast them in butter and serve with sevruga, creme fraiche and chive, or something to that degree and beyond. It's an ability to perceive the more important flavors, and ingredients and use them in an innovative way.
I have been at this for 20 years and my culinary experiences both in class and out have given me that ability to flow from the everyday to the haute. I'm sure if you think about it, you can find the higher end of your palate and use it to your advantage in your job search and use the term "Gourmet Chef" as easily as the industry throws it around!
Good Luck!
2006-11-01 16:34:56 · answer #1 · answered by Lexi 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Gourmet Kitchen Definition
2016-11-08 02:32:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually a gourmet chef is one that does small amounts of 'creative' cooking. Being a Hotel/Resort Chef in charge of feeding thousands a day at $15 a plate is different than being Wolfgang Puck and feeding 50 people once a week for $500 a plate.
2016-03-19 02:38:14 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A gourmet chef means a cheft creating a comlex meal with different elements of foods.
2006-11-01 12:23:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably with culinary degrees and specializes in fufu fluffy upper crust food and always coming up with new exciting unusual flair recipes. You know, on the cutting edge of trend setting. You know the big white plate with a few little medallions of meat and some off the wall sauce and herbs for decoration that someone pays $25(or more), $10 for a cup of soup, $15 for a salad, $20 for a dessert the size of the entree or main course, and still leave the restaurant hungry.
2006-11-01 12:26:12 · answer #5 · answered by eehco 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A gourmet is a person with a discriminating palate and who is knowledgeable in fine food and drink. The word is a corruption of the French word gourmet, a valet in charge of the wines. It is often used as an adjective for meals of especially high quality, whose makers or preparers have used especial effort or art in presentation or cooking the meal, or for facilities equipped for preparing such meals, such as a restaurant.
Gourmet is often used to modify another noun: gourmet cooking; gourmet restaurants. [French, from Old French, alteration (influenced by gourmand, glutton; see GOURMAND) of groumet, servant, valet in charge of wines, from Middle English grom, boy, valet.] USAGE NOTE: A gourmet is a person with discriminating taste in food and wine, as is a gourmand. Gourmand can also mean one who enjoys food in great quantities. An epicure is much the same as a gourmet, but the word may sometimes carry overtones of excessive refinement.
2006-11-01 13:50:39 · answer #6 · answered by MB 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋