New Second Chef at Bistro LIVE Nottingham

Hi :)

My name is John – I am the Head Chef of Bistro L!VE Nottingham and welcome to our blog. As the Head Chef of Bistro L!VE Nottingham for the last god knows how many years, it has been a pleasure to have worked along side some amazing characters and amazing teams to deliver what we do.

I am about to introduce a very important player in the kitchen team to you - Rachel…

I have had the honour of training Rachel since day one. She has impressed me SO much over the past few years and I have decided to make her my new Second Chef, before some other lucky kitchen got their hands on her. With her many talents and bags of potential, we are truly blessed at Bistro LIVE to have her.

Rachel will be keeping you up to date every week with the goings on with-in our kitchen and on our training progress. Over to you Rachel……….

John
Head Chef
Bistro L!VE Nottingham

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Well, I made it! I am now the new Second Chef at Bistro L!VE Nottingham!

Its taken me some time, but since starting with the company in September 2007 as a Commis Chef, I found Bistro L!VE perfect for my course, as they use all fresh ingredients and make ALL their own stocks and sauces. Surprisingly many people who I worked with on my course didn’t have this kind of opportunity as there was not that many restaurants around that provide what Bistro L!VE do…

I enjoyed my learning experience as my Head Chef was hands on and would help me as much as he could, and now my Head Chef and I are currently training two of our newer members of staff in the same way, and have another one starting the course soon. The cycle continues…..

My work at college over the past 3 years has paid off and in January of this year I graduated with my Professional Cookery Diploma. I am pleased to say that I have earned my place within the Patisserie Diploma course starting in September and I am very excited to have this chance!
I absolutely love the creative side of my job and I always look forward to helping create fantastic new dishes for our menus.

I am excited at the challenges that I face with my new job role, my new course and the training of our future chefs. I will be keeping you updated on all of our progress as it happens.

Until then….

Rachel
Second Chef
Bistro L!VE Nottingham

Bistro L!VE through to Final

Bistro L!VE through to final of Inaugural Annual Chamber Chef Competition 2011 The Milton keynes & North Bucks Chamber of Commerce, in association with the Extra Care Charity are celebrating the quality, diversity and choice of our dining culinary establishments and have bought the 'Chefs Challenge' to Milton keynes and its surrounding area's. This gives all the highly skilled chefs across the region the opportunity to go head to head and see who comes out on top. It also provides the vehicle to showcase the extreme talents of the most significant employees within the catering sector - The Chef! The idea is that three Chefs from Hotels, Traditional & Gourmet Pubs, Restaurants, Conference and Specialist Venues respectively will go head to head on the night at an independant neutral venue. The Chefs are supported by the local college and De Veer Young Chef Academy. Each Chef would, on the night cook their own chosen signiture menu for their seated guests based on a set theme for the evenig and a maximum budget spend. The judging will be done on a scoring system by the diners and the chef with the highest score will go through to the final. Bistro L!VE entered and competed in the second heat on Thursday 3rd March - the theme being 'Energising Foods'. We prepared a acai berry, ginseng and superfruit tower, followed by a Loch Duart Thai Salmon Fillet, finishing with the most divine Lemon Tart around. Out scoring everyone on the night we were put through to the final on 14th April to go head to head with the best Chefs around. The energising theme was a tricky yet enjoyable challenge. With a healthy outlook mixed with all the colours of the rainbow, we wowed the diners and staff and was voted the best on the night and given our place in the final. The theme for the final is 'Fine Glamour' therefore the gloves are off and its time to give everyone a taste of 'Fine Dining Bistro L!VE Style'!!! To book tickets to the event please go onto the MK & North Bucks Chamber website where you will find them for £25 per person plus VAT or alternatively contact myself at spencero@bistrolive.com Keep a look out for more updates and on how we get on