It's
about passing on all you've learnt to the next generation, so that they might
push the boundaries of gastronomy even further. The teacher and protégé
relationship in cooking is a special one, sometimes fraught, but ultimately
rewarding for all parties.
But
do you know who trained who in the world of cooking? The infographic below from
ResDiary shows how some of the world's top chefs are interconnected, and as you
can see, the Roux brothers seemed to have trained more than most, including
Gordon Ramsay, Marco Pierre White and Sat Bains.
Take
a look at an interactive version of this infographic and also, check out this
footage of Marco Pierre White training a young Gordon Ramsay at Harveys in
London. You can see where Ramsay got his exacting standards from: along with
Pierre White, he had the Rouxs, Joël Robuchon and Pierre Koffmann as teachers.
It’s
uncanny how many celebrity chefs have worked together and how many have trained
the same protégés. Brothers Albert and Michel Roux Snr are undoubtedly two of
the world’s best-loved chefs and between them, have mentored an amazing number
of the superstar chefs that we’ve come to know and love. Everyone from Gordon
Ramsay and Marco Pierre White to Marcus Wareing, Pierre Koffmann and Bryn
Williams have trained under the duo.
It
turns out it’s a very interconnected world. The chef mentor/protégé
relationship is crucial to establishing a career in the culinary industry.
By Tom Jenkins/ FDL