anyone cooked for a chef.

[imajenarry]

have just done this today...my best friends new bloke.he's a lovely guy and just did my usual sunday roast dinner but still left me totally stressed out worrying if food was ok for him.has anyone else done this?it is so gonna be a takeaway next time.

[bobtheturkey]

i made brenda a pot noodle today she loved it

[Eve]

Yeah, quite nervewracking, my ex housemate is a chef who worked for Champneys, Harvey Nicks and the like.

Also used to live with 3 italian guys, al amazing cooks, who cooked for us al the time, the most amazing stuff! I cooked to try and make it fair but couldn't really compete somehow :)

[Orangesauce1]

yeah tell me about it my bloke was a chef for 5 years!! so its his kitchen... when I do cook i get really stressed out so now avoid it ;-)

besides he is fab in the kitchen so now have no need to bother... dinner parties are wicked and get to do all the hosting while he slaves over the cooker .. hehe

[wonderwoman1]

i am a chef(not practising just now!) and we had to cook for Gordon Ramsay!! can you imagine????? lol

When i go for meals to my friends they all panic and stress about what to cook me and how to cook it....personally it doesnt bother me what they cook me and i wish they wouldnt stress about it...it makes me feel bad!! lol

[country_boy]

Did he like it? What did you cook out of interest? I've cooked for a couple of chefs, ham egg and chips went down the best! Was 2am after a night out mind you! It is a bit strange though I know (the other time I was sober!)

[wonderwoman1]

it was 4/5 years ago when i was a pastry chef in a restaraunt in Glasgow. It was a Fusion restaraunt and he had our sushi to start, chateau briande and for dessert he had a mixed berry soufflee. our sous chef was an arrogant prat and wanted to plate the whole thing himself and we were told the appearance of the food was cr4p! needless to say he lost his job the next day!! haha

[imajenarry]

i was hoping he would be a chef for a harvester/steak and chips type place but turned out he's works somewhere much more upmarket.i love cooking for friends/family but today wasn't fun.sounds like he cooks some amazing stuff though so i'm looking forward to trying some of it. ;-}

[Hammer Head]

I haven't cooked for a chef, but can more than hold my own in the kitchen. If I was to cook for a chef, I would probably do something really simple and easy, but do it very well. I could do boiled ham with parsley sauce and new potatoes or a nice fish pie. Dessert would be my classic bread and butter pudding or apple crumble.

Most people would try to impress a chef with complicated dishes. I think most chefs, as most of us do, would appreciate good wholesome classic British grub, well cooked.

[jon1968]

I�ve not cooked for a chef but an Italian chef I know threatened to send members of their family round to �sort me out� when I mentioned I sometimes use a jar of Ragu!

Scary stuff!

[China Doll]

One of my cousins used to be a chef in a hotel for a while and I used to cook for him if I was visiting. Never really worried me but then he's family so I guess not quite the same.

He did once say that his girlfriends mum used to get stressed about what to cook for him but he said that it's really nice to have someone just cook for him for a change and he's not always judging the food he serves... he's just hungry!

(I was quite chuffed when he admitted that I make the best nachos in the world but I already suspected that anyway.... ;0) )

Don't worry about it. I'm sure he had a lovely time... xx

[andy-hughes]

I can understand your aprehension, but really, it's nothing to worry about. If you 'do' anything profesionally, be it a chef, a musician, a doctor, what ever, then you will find that sometimes someone else does what you do, either to you or for you.

Because of the chef progs, especially Mr Ramsey, it's easy to imagine that any chef is looking and judging with a critical eye. He's more likely thinking how nice it is to have a day off from cooking, and let someone else do it! I really wouldn't worry - it's a social event not an exam, and if he is a lovely guy, he'll be aware of what you feel, and try not to let you bother too much.

You don't have to be a chef to be critical of someone's cooking - if he were boorish enough to be rude, don't invite him again, but I am sure he enjoyed what you did, and didn't give it a second thought from the 'quality and presentation' point of view.

[imajenarry]

ah thanks all.and yes the initial invite was due to my friend saying that after he finished work he was going to come round and cook for her and himself so thought would be nice to give him a break but didn't appreciate how stressed out i was going to get.