Wednesday 17 September 2014

First Time for Everything, Right?

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Monochrome filters make things cooler. Only 80% depressing

If you don’t know me a single bit (or passed the lonely About Me tab on the right), let me start by introducing myself: my name’s Clement.

I want to be (you guessed it!) a world-class chef simply because cooking was my guilty pleasure-turned-passion. Like successful chefs, enthusiasm came at an early age. Growing up around family recipes & The Food Network, it all inspired me to enter the industry so that one day I could also inspire others to follow their heart instead of trying to meet the standards of society for income.

It’s fun & the food business never dies. What’s not to love (besides the long hours, backbreaking world records for standing & constant pressure in a race against time)?

 Experience-wise, I primarily started my cooking at Rick Hansen Secondary School & joined the SHSM & CO-OP/OYAP programs. Working at Alice Fazooli’s for CO-OP, I became a part-time prep chef (where I finally realized the constant demands for quality & professionalism in my first glimpse of the industry).

Since then, my philosophy (so far) is:


“In life, the only real customer you should be cooking for is your happiness.”


Please give yourself a moment to let my philosophical quote sink in & blow your mind.


             At GBC, I hope to gain the skills I need for a great start in the industry. I also want to work my way closer to that one life-changing opportunity so that I could rise to become a household name in the decades to come.


(P.S: Welcome to The Cooking Chef.)