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A Passion for Food

对料理的执著热情

English Version：Heidi Dugan  Chinese Version：Lina

You Are The Chef was created to teach people that you don’t need a culinary degree to cook awesome food. The most important thing is a passion for eating and cooking. All said and done thou it really does help when you have a great teacher. During the past 5 years I have learnt so many things through the guidance of all of the wonderful and very experienced chefs we have had on the show, but the most important thing I learnt was to have confidence in myself and what I like. From there truly, anything is possible.

 I have loved every minute working on this show. I work with people that are passionate about their job and who love sharing what they know.

 Our audience is also passionate about the food and will often stop me on the street asking hundreds of questions about the dishes we create. These are just a few of the questions I’m asked.

  “Do all the dishes really taste as good as I say they do?”

The answer is simply… “YES”. I mean how could they not? We are dealing with some of the best chefs in the world, chefs that have traveled from country to country learning how to cook different cuisines and please the palates of people all over the world. They can cook for 1 person or a group of hundreds, all the while keeping a smile on their face.                                                                                                      

“Out of all the food I have leant to cook on the show what has been my favorite?”

Hard to say there are so many that have been absolutely fantastic.  I do however, love to learn cooking Asian food as it is so different from the food I grew up with, and has very quickly become my favorite type of cuisine.

 “What was the worst dish?”

I will be honest with this because I remember it so well. We cooked a salad and steak which all went well, until the chef decided to use truffle oil for the salad dressing. To be fair he was using very high quality oil and did mention to me that it was an acquired taste… I remember the camera rolling and I put some of the salad in my mouth and thought I was going to faint. I felt like I had eaten a mouthful of petrol. It was so bad that we had to stop filming and the salad had to be taken away. Funnily enough thou, the rest of the crew thought it was fabulous and finished it within seconds. Just goes to show you that food really is a personal thing and in the end it really depends on your own likes and dislikes.

 “What do I cook at home?

Mostly Chinese food, because the ingredients are so readily available and because it takes a short time to cook a fabulous meal of 4-5 dishes. Gosh I can’t even imagine having to cook that many western dishes. I would be there all night.

 “What’s the most important thing I’ve learnt?”

To not be afraid of experimenting and changing recipes to suit yourself, because in the end the more you enjoy making and eating the food, the more you will cook and the better the chef you will become.

 Cheers.

       创建“洋厨房”是为了让广大美食爱好者即使没有名厨们的高超手艺，也可以通过节目学会烹饪各种美味的食物。对于烹饪而言，最重要的是对于美食和烹饪的执著热情。俗话说，名师出高徒。在过去的5年里，我从那些曾经合作过的、经验丰富的名厨们那里学会了很多东西，其中最重要的是：我对自己以及自己喜欢的东西更有信心了。的确，万事皆有可能。

在做节目时，我享受着工作中的每分每秒，和我一起搭档的厨师都是对自己的动作充满热情的人，并乐于与我们分享他们的心得。

许多热情的忠实观众在街上偶遇我时，常常会在大街上就向我询问好多问题，其中不乏有许多我在节目上曾提出的问题。

“所有的菜肴真的都是名副其实的吗？”

答案毋庸质疑，肯定“是”。我的意思是它们怎么会不味美呢？我们与许多世界顶尖的厨师合作，在世界各地都有他们的足迹，他们努力学习不同的菜肴以使每一位客人就餐时都感到愉悦。不仅是一个人用餐，即使面对上百个人的宴席，他们都能应付自如，笑容可掬。

“除了在节目中我学会的菜肴之外，什么烹饪风格是我一直偏爱的？”

这个很难说，因为各种各样的美食太多了，但在其中，我最喜欢学做亚洲料理，因为他和我从小就吃的食物是截然不同的，因此，很快亚洲料理就成了我最喜欢的食物风格。

 “哪一次是最失败的料理？”

坦白说，对于这个问题，有个经历至今令我记忆犹新。那是我和厨师共同料理一份色拉和牛排的经历。开始的时候一帆风顺，直到厨师把松露汁拌入色拉，让我尝试味道。他当使用了高品质的油而且提醒我可能会有些味道……我仍然记得，那时摄相机镜头正对着我在转动，我把一部分色拉放入嘴巴尝试味道，我想那时我差点昏厥，我只感到嘴里好像满是汽油味。大家不得不停止拍摄，把色拉拿开。同行的工作人员对这件事都感到难以置信，稍后大家才把节目录制完。通过这件事，我充分认识到料理的成功与否，取决于每个人的不同喜好。

“在家里做些什么料理？”

大部分都是中餐，因为一顿丰盛的中式晚餐不必花费我太多的时间去准备食材，就能有四至五个菜肴。我不能想象为了准备和料理一顿西餐，要在厨房里忙活整个晚上的情景，那真是太糟了！

“在这期间，学会的最重要的事情是什么？”

不要害怕或改变你自己的菜单。因为你越是享受烹饪和品尝美食的过程，就越会成为一名更出色的厨师。