Apart from the obvious, what sets the chef apart from other professions out there? A truly passionate and hardworking chef makes his way to people’s hearts through the culinary masterpieces he presents before them.
Winning Hearts
It isn’t just creating a delicious dish and saving the day for the restaurant or hotel that is employing you – it also involves surpassing the expectations of your guests and winning your way to their hearts through their stomach. A great meal not only satisfies hunger but also provides a sense of emotional wellbeing. That’s priceless for the guests, and it partly explains why they are willing to pay through their nose and dress up in haute couture costumes to dine at an extravagantly expensive restaurant. It’s mainly the chef that makes it all worthwhile. Are you willing to be that individual?
That requires innovation and a taste for that special something that would set your creation apart from others. It also requires gleaning new ideas from the cuisines of the world, and even from some unlikely sources. Innovation involves grasping new menus and techniques and then applying your creativity to them. And if that exceeds expectations, you build up your reputation.
Making Guests Talk about Your Cuisine
This is the age of celebrity chefs. Gordon Ramsay is just one of the many out there who have become absolute stars. And while restaurants may not have the most famous chefs working for them, they do like to brand their chef. Often, customers look for big names when deciding where to dine with their esteemed guests. With innovation and sheer capability, you can attain that celebrity status. You can write a few books and attend live shows and get into the hearts and minds of people. But before you get there, you need to do it firsthand. There’s nothing like word-of-mouth propagation by your guests. It contributes to building your reputation initially.
Becoming a Much Valued Consultant
And when you have gained significant experience, you can earn by being a full-time chef at a restaurant and also earn enough from being a consultant chef where you’re called by various high profile destination restaurants to improve their menu. These restaurants would then brand their menu with your name to gain leverage from your celebrity status.
To reach that level, where restaurants simply crave for your involvement in sprucing up their menu, you need to have already impressed guests with your distinctive culinary styles, years and years of experience, and also effective communication with the customers of the restaurants you’ve worked with. All that contributes to making you a celebrity chef, enabling you to earn enough to live a luxurious lifestyle.
Being a chef is a very rewarding job since you not only earn money, but also goodwill and reputation. Celebrity chef
Peter Theodorou has managed to do that from humble origins, and so can you. Impress your guests with your dedication. They’ll remember you when you appear on TV years later!
