With the second season of Master Chef coming to a close, I can’t help
but notice the large increase of chefs popping their heads up on
television classing themselves as ‘celebrity chefs’.
It seems that all
it takes to become a celebrity chef these days is the ability to hold
up a carrot in front of a camera and mumble a few words about a leading
supermarket selling the said carrot at a bargain price.
It’s obvious
that you require no real talent or cooking skills and you probably
don’t even need to be a real chef.
So what I ask you today is
“are there too many celebrity chefs these days?” Let’s all remember the
real reason that chefs are on television.
It’s to show you ways of
cooking, whether simple or complicated, and to guide you to try
different things yourself to either enhance your cooking skills or to
even create some.
It’s not to show off the flash brand new triple-tie
triple-strength garbage bags or the brand new ultra soak paper towel.
Some
chefs are too focused on the limelight and becoming a celebrity rather
than the real reason for becoming a chef in the first place which is
the passion and dedication of putting together great food and putting
smiles on people’s faces.
Let’s get back on track before it gets way
out of control and before ‘celebrity cheffing’ becomes everyone’s
second job. If you want fame and fashion, become a rock star and stay
out of the kitchen.
Matt Clark Chef, Freelance Writer and Culinary Madness