It is clear that each chef who walks into the Bravo’s Top Chef kitchen is immensely gifted. Nonetheless, there are some little-known secrets and techniques to getting forward within the competitors.
Within the video above, High Chef co-executive producer Hunter Braun shares his tips about how one can succeed on the present — earlier than even stepping foot on set. For individuals who do not need to pack their knives and go, Braun suggests to “take into consideration what you need to put into your knife roll” earlier than filming begins. As he explains, cooks are allowed to have 12 knives of their knife roll, a pair of tweezers, a thermometer, a sharpening knife metal, and “as much as 10 non-electrical instruments, excluding knives.”
“You do not know what the challenges are going to be,” he says, “so you need to suppose correctly about which knives to place in your roll.”
Finding out up can also be key. “Memorize some ratios for pastry,” he says. “Know some breads in your head. Take into consideration what pie crust could be. It is a completely totally different talent set. It is a science. You may’t simply add just a little of this, add just a little of that such as you do as a savory chef. On High Chef there’s oftentimes a dessert problem, so have a pair issues in your again pocket.”
Braun’s “most essential” suggestion is to “study every thing you probably can in regards to the culinary developments, the native delicacies of the host metropolis,” as a result of, as he explains, “when you do your analysis, it’s going to enable you to out.”
Watch the video above to study Braun’s different two ideas for getting a “leg up” on the competitors, and catch Last Chance Kitchen on BravoTV.com, On Demand, or wherever you stream High Chef on the conclusion of every week’s episode.
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