How I would learn to cook If I could start over (in 8 steps)

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Zusammenfassung

TLDRJack, a London-based chef, outlines an eight-step guide for aspiring cooks to improve their culinary skills. He stresses the importance of discovering one’s passion for food, mastering foundational cooking techniques, finding personal cooking style, receiving constructive criticism, advancing culinary skills, understanding ingredients, and embracing lifelong learning. The ultimate goal is to find joy in cooking and sharing food with others, making the culinary journey both enjoyable and fulfilling.

Mitbringsel

  • 🍽️ Find your passion for food and enjoy the process of discovering new tastes.
  • 🔪 Master the basic skills like seasoning and knife techniques before advancing.
  • 🌍 Explore cuisines that excite you and experiment with those flavors.
  • 👥 Use feedback from friends and family to improve your cooking skills.
  • 🔧 Invest in essential tools like a good knife for precision cooking.
  • 🧠 Cook with intuition and understand your food beyond just a recipe.
  • 📚 Continuous learning from other chefs can inspire creativity.
  • ❤️ Enjoy the act of cooking and find fulfillment in sharing your food.

Zeitleiste

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    Jack, a chef with three restaurants in London, shares eight steps to become a better cook. He emphasizes the importance of finding a passion for food and experiencing various dishes to inspire one's cooking journey. Starting with the basics is crucial, including mastering essential skills like seasoning, knife techniques, and understanding equipment. Finding a cooking style that excites you is key to believing in your dishes. Honest feedback from friends and family helps to refine skills, while building complexity once foundational techniques are mastered is important. Understanding your food, relying on intuition over strict recipes, and sourcing ingredients seasonally can enhance cooking quality and affordability. The cooking journey continues with lifelong learning from peers and experiences. Lastly, the joy of cooking lies not only in making great food but in sharing it with others, making it a rewarding experience.

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Video-Fragen und Antworten

  • What is the first step to becoming a better cook?

    Find your passion for food and enjoy the discovery of new tastes.

  • Why are basic cooking skills important?

    Mastering basics like seasoning and knife skills provides a strong foundation for advanced cooking.

  • How can I find my cooking style?

    Explore cuisines and dishes that excite you and experiment with those flavors.

  • What role does feedback play in cooking?

    Honest feedback from others helps you learn and improve your cooking skills.

  • What should I invest in as a beginner cook?

    A sharp knife and essential cooking tools are important for better cooking precision.

  • How can I understand my food better?

    Cook with intuition and engage with local suppliers to learn about seasonal ingredients.

  • Is learning to cook a never-ending journey?

    Yes, you can continuously learn from different chefs and culinary experiences.

  • What should be my mindset while cooking?

    Enjoy the process, focus on the act of cooking, and derive satisfaction from sharing your food with others.

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    I'm Jack and I'm a chef and I own three
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    restaurants in London this is how I
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    would learn to cook if I could start
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    again I'm going to break it down into
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    eight different steps that I think will
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    help make you a better cook step one
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    first steps you got to find your passion
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    for food if you don't love food you're
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    not going to enjoy cooking it's as
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    simple as that now you have to
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    experience the dishes that you want to
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    recreate to know what you're looking for
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    or equally if you don't want to follow
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    recipe and want to create your own
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    things you need to at least have a a
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    passion for different ingredients and
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    coming up with new combinations and new
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    flavors but you have to enjoy eating and
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    you have to enjoy the process of
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    discovering new tastes as a fundamental
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    First Step before you start cooking step
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    two start with the basics nobody likes
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    doing it but you got to learn the
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    fundamentals how to season basic knife
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    skills uh learning to develop your
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    palette learning to understand your
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    palette get a classic cookbook learn how
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    to make all the basic sources um learn
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    how to roast uh simple cuts of meat well
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    well seasoned
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    efficiently um and then learn some basic
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    preparation techniques how to dice an
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    onion Dice and cucumbers dicing turnips
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    etc etc using the right equipment for
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    the job knowing which pan to use for
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    certain things which frying pans which
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    sauce pan using the right utensils the
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    utensils are designed for a reason um so
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    don't be an idiot and use the right tool
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    like a lot of other young Cooks is
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    always trying to over complicate things
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    too soon don't start making and stuffing
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    chicken breasts with cheese and whatnot
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    and all these other mushrooms and
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    wrapping it in this and wrapping it in
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    that before you've learned the basics of
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    how to cook don't mess around with those
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    Basics until you have a fundamental very
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    strong Foundation step three find your
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    style you're going to cook your best
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    When You Believe In what you're cooking
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    so find dishes that excite you Cuisines
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    that excite you uh flavor combinations
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    that excite you it might be a restaurant
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    uh you've been to that has certain
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    ingredients that you like go out buy
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    those ingredients buy a cookbook to that
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    has does that cuisine experiment with
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    those flavors that you know you're
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    already excited by uh because you're not
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    going to get excited by just cooking a
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    Cuisine because your wife says she wants
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    that meal for dinner it's got to excite
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    you or you're not going to fully believe
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    in it step four cook to entertain
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    through honest and constructive
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    criticism is how you're going to learn
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    the best you're going to learn the
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    fastest you're going to get honest
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    feedback from your friends and family we
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    have to take that criticism on board and
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    learn to improve through that way
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    exactly like we do in a restaurant where
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    we would take feedback from customers or
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    other employees and um through reviews
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    or mystery shoppers and then you use
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    that information to get better getting
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    out of your comfort zone makes you learn
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    about yourself step five step up your
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    game now you've mastered some fun some
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    fundamental Basics you can now layer
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    your Basics up with some more complex uh
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    sauces garnishes uh meat or fish
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    preparation techniques but using those
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    more Advanced Techniques to complement
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    your basic foundation so if you've just
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    if your basic technique is that you've
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    learned to roast the chicken perfectly
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    you're then going to compliment that
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    with a maybe a more elaborate source and
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    then you're just going to build levels
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    of experience levels of flavor you can
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    now invest in some useful tools a sharp
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    knife is a an essential piece of
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    equipment now that knife does not need
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    to be expensive but you need to learn
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    how to keep it sharp that is a skill
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    that lot lot a lot not a lot of people
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    have you can also invest in something
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    like a meat probe or meat thermometer um
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    this will give you a little bit more um
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    consistency and precision with your
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    Clipper step six understanding your food
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    a recipe will only take you so far I say
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    to our chefs all the time like you can
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    give a thousand people the same recipe
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    you'll get a thousand different results
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    um it relies on Instinct and intuition
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    um and how you interpret things you know
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    I can say cook an onion for 5 minutes
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    but it's going to depend on what heat
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    you've got it on what pan you've got it
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    in what's the surface area of that pan
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    there's so many variables so you've got
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    to cook with a little bit of uh use your
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    brain use your intuition go to your
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    local green go to fishmonger Butcher and
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    just have an honest conversation talk to
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    them what's in season what's good price
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    what's good value today Often by eating
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    seasonally you can actually eat a lot
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    more affordably as well buying
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    a out of season um cabbage in the middle
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    of the summer is going to be very
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    expensive and and have a lot of air Ms
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    whereas eating with the seasons will be
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    more beneficial for your wallet um and
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    also better for the environment and
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    better for flavor if you're used to
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    buying chicken thighs from the
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    supermarket Market boneless skinless
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    chicken thighs uh try buying a whole
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    chicken uh split it into three or four
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    meals use the thighs one day the breast
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    another day use the bones to make a
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    stock or a soup or a Ramen test yourself
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    push yourself uh go that extra mile step
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    seven the journey never ends I've been
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    goog in kitchen since I was 14 uh when I
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    used to work parttime with my Dad I'm
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    still learning new stuff every day from
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    all the young chefs that we employ from
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    all the different cultures and
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    backgrounds they come from you've got to
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    take inspiration and you've got to learn
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    from everything that's around you you
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    can find inspiration in the smallest
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    things whether it's going to e out in a
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    restaurant seeing a beautiful ingredient
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    in a market or having a conversation
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    with another young Chef step eight keep
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    cooking for me I love cooking because I
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    like to be able to zone now forget about
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    everything else that's going on just
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    focus on what I'm cooking in front of me
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    and it's not necessarily The Joy of
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    Eating that product afterwards it's the
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    joy of giving it to someone else and
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    seeing their reaction for me personally
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    in the restaurant I get so so much
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    satisfaction is into cooking and looking
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    around the restaurant and seeing all
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    these people enjoying the food um that's
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    where I get the most enjoyment and the
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    most satisfaction from keep practicing
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    and keep trying new things and it should
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    be a fun experience thanks for watching
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