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Belgian professor of rural and food history calls on chefs to contribute with their culinary legacy
Vegan star chef Zineb Hattab (35) is making a name for herself in Zurich
Quite a unique chef: young, female, business owner, immigrant and daughter of immigrants. She pours all that love and experience onto your plate in Kle in Zurich. Zizi Hattab is one to watch!
How to feed a holiday crowd and be calm, cool and collected?
Een kerst zonder stress! Tips en tricks en een lekker menu.
“It is not the edge of your knife that cuts sharply”, according to Michal Simko, master sharpener in Peru
What role do knives play? Should chefs sharpen their own knives? Templo del Filo in Peru has all the answers.
Menu’s dictated by the rhythm of the garden
All over the world chefs become gardeners and gardeners become chefs. In the April 24 newsletter for we’re smart, we portrayed a couple.
How French culinary traditions are the fundament for plant-forward gastronomy
How can traditional French culinary techniques be a key to a sustainable future? I went back to school to do a presentation about just that!
Zero waste as a mission: what would you do if you had no bin?
At Silo in London we ponder, zero waste is possible, what would you do if you had no bin in the kitchen?
Culinary creativity with botanical pairings
For the February newsletter of we’re smart world I delved into the world of botanical drinks. What a way to unleash culinary power!
Delicious books to find underneath your tree
My personal selection of all these delicious books.
What’s on the menu in 2035? (Copy)
Why we should stop making the customer King and give that role to nature. Column for Food Inspiration, based on predictions about our food system in 2035
The art of waiting
Fast action is the creed in the business world. For a long time, investor Sheila Struyck indeed thought that speed was a quality. But since she also works as a chef, she knows how important waiting is. A good chef can put the time to his or her will. And a good boss in business should consider doing that too.
- Het Financieele Dagblad - 8 January 2022
Loss aversion and being able to stop
Column about Lars van Galen (*) Chef / owner ‘t Lansink. About winning competitions and knowing when to start over again.
Real hard work, falling down, getting up and continuing - Najat Kanaache
Chefs who do it differently. Interview with Najat Kanaache, a fighter for equality.
Setlle for afterglow if there is no anticipation
If you can not visit a restaurant, looking back at two great visits is second best. Sheila discusses Septime in Paris and Aliança 1919 in Anglès. Both one star restaurants. Which one is better?
Delicious books to find underneath your tree
My personal selection of all these delicious books.
What’s on the menu in 2035?
Why we should stop making the customer King and give that role to nature. Column for Food Inspiration, based on predictions about our food system in 2035
How to harvest a carrot - Chef Eric Briffard
Chefs that change the world, interview with Eric Briffard - Executive Chef Le Cordon Bleu
A blue head - essay Financial Times
What can chefs, rugby players, pilots and entrepreneurs learn from each other? Staying calm when things seem to be going wrong. After thirty years of international business life, Sheila Struyck now works as Chef de Cuisine. She wonders how to prevent 'choking' or 'freezing', in an essay for the Financial Times. Here is a translation. FD - 11 September 2021
What is the difference between flavour and taste?
What are the five flavours and why is umami so important?
Flavour is the complex experience we have when we eat something, it is the combination of all senses and it evokes an emotion. Taste is a characteristic of the ingredient and together they compose a meal.
‘The perfect egg’ - essay Financial Times
Once Sheila Struyck (1965) worked as a sous-chef in a grand café. She is now an investor and non-Executive Board member. Throughout her corporate career, a job in the kitchen has always been the escape-route to gave her mental freedom in her work. Now plan B has become reality. This is an essay in FD Persoonlijk (the dutch equivalent of Financial Times), 20-05-2021