Culinary Life
So. As you know or may not know, I have embarked on a culinary journey for the rest of my life - and there’s no turning back. Scary you might say? Well, life is very scary, but if you don’t take chances, your results will not be satisfying. This is my chance, my risk, my adventure.
There is a secret society, something I have come to identify as the CCC (culinary cult children) if you will. Chefs who were once 16 year olds working in the dirty nasty culture of the kitchen, hoping to be brilliant bold influential food giants who dominate the food industry in their near yet far future. Now, they are owner/chef of 3-michelin star restaurants all around the globe - restaurants that have young passionate chefs dying to work for free, restaurants that demand a certain respect for food - food is their passion… and it shows.
As I have come to realize, these outstanding chefs care more about food than people; at least for their early years when they are developing their taste and style of cooking. They go wherever, whenever, and whatever to start a new adventure, and to see the world through a different scope of imagination and creativity - a simple dandelion can inspire a unique dimensional circular plating or a patch of young grass could inspire a new salad. It’s absolutely crazy. Insane. Really, these chef’s are not normal people. Strange would not come close to describing their creativity. Madly-genius would barely scratch the surface… and this is exactly what I want to be.
I want to join.
And as remorseful as it sounds, I’m willing to give up this social life here in Arcadia for greater things to come. It’s time to leave the nest, and to fly awa- no soar away into the distant sky. I love each and every beautiful face, but I’m ready to move on…
I wish to inspire you to pursue your passion with all your heart, and to never stop pushing yourself in what you love. Keep learning. Keep practicing. Keep loving what you do. Get better at it, and then love doing what you love doing even more.
Here’s the thing. (sometimes) I love food more than people, and similarly I want my food to be so good, that people will love my food, more than me. Yes. You heard it right. THAT. GOOD. Maybe I am just as crazy as those who are secretly involved in the CCC huh? I wish. But a wish is the seed for a dream, and a dream is the bud for a future, and thinking about the future? Well… that’s the root of success.
