Chef of the century Eckart Witzigmann would be at the final round of The Golden Spoon contest 2016.
Southeastern
Asian chefs community is so eager because of Eckart’s appearance, and a
question is raised, “How to find the star chefs of The Golden Spoon contest
2016?”
Pioneers
In
culinary history, the first chef became “the star” was Bartolomeo Scappi, an
Italian chef who was private cook of Pius V the Pope in 16th
century. Bartolomeo Scappi was also the first author of modern style cookbook
named Opera.
Long
time after that, in 19th century, another French chef –
Marie-Antoine Carema – was the second “star” of the culinary community. Carema
was not only a chef of famous restaurant, who was invited to cook for the most
noble and topping parties, but also the father of nobly French recipes, which
have been used till nowadays.
After
that was the golden time of culinary world with many stars had appeared,
especially when Michelin organization started starring chefs and it had begun
“Oscar of culinary industry” period.
Next
was the outbreak of cookbooks and culinary-related TV shows.
In
Viet Nam, as Food Artisan Bui Thi Suong said, we had had passed the time when
cooks were underestimated. Gradually, chefs have been more respected and
culinary career has been getting onto higher class recently.
In
bookstores, we have seen a separate section for cookbooks. Moreover, we have
had numerous culinary TV shows, and big brands have been willing to pay not
only Misses or singers but also professional chefs to be their ambassadors
since they have shown the same attraction.
Truc Linh vegetable rolled calf shank in wild pepper sauce – Crab paste, foie gras, and salted lime fish sauce.
And hard training
How
far from a chef to a starred chef is? Google has answered that it was too far
to be estimated. The only way to become a good chef is hard training.
Academic
courses, relentless practicing, and persistent learning of skills, updated
information, and new culinary trends are just parts of the journey to the peak
of this career.
In
addition to achieve are passion, creativity, and profession. However, being a
starred chef is another totally different story.
We
need to learn everything. This seems right for chefs who want to chase bright
success.
Super-chef
David Thai once talked when testing in The Golden Spoon contest, “Look at the
gait of a chef, we can tell how professional he is.” Therefore, on the way to success, there is no trace of
lazy men.
Chef Le Vo Anh Duy (red scarf) was working in semi-final round.
No
one would understand about hard training more than chef Le Vo Anh Duy, an
appealing figure who seized the 1st prize of southern semi-final
round.
His
story is about a Law student and a singer who wanted to learn to cook. Starting
as a labor in kitchens, he persistently has stepped onto higher culinary
stairs. His story has enthusiastically inspired culinary students at the
contest.
Chef
Duy is also a rare competitor who consistently has participated in all 4
seasons of The Golden Spoon and gradually gotten closer of the championship. He
is a representative of passionate and ambitious young chefs of Viet Nam.
Mr.
Eckart Witzigmann will be one of The Golden Spoon judges at the final round.
Having an opportunity to stand by a world big star, will our chefs learn a way
to touch at the public’s heart?
By Kien Chinh/TTTG