Gary Goldie
Ardanaiseig Hotel
Argyll

Chef de Partie

Bruce Morrison
Ullinish Country Lodge
Skye

Commis chef

One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating. ~Luciano Pavarotti and William Wright, Pavarotti, My Own Story

When you cook it should be an act of love. To put a frozen bag in the microwave for your child is an act of hate.
Raymond Blanc

A lobster is more beautiful to me than most woman are.
Marco Pierre White

Who's the greatest...Top 3 to come

Last meal on the Titanic

Hors D’Oeuvres
Oysters

Consommé Olga
Cream of Barley

Poached Salmon with Mousseline Sauce, Cucumbers

Filet Mignons Lili
Sauté of Chicken, Lyonnaise
Vegetable Marrow Farci

Lamb, Mint Sauce
Roast Duckling, Apple Sauce
Sirloin of Beef, Chateau Potatoes
Green Pea Creamed Carrots
Boiled Rice Parmentier and Boiled New Potatoes

Punch Romaine

Cold Asparagus Vinaigrette

Pate de Foie Gras
Celery

Waldorf Pudding
Peaches in Chartreuse Jelly
Chocolate & Vanilla Eclairs
French Ice Cream

Each of the 10 courses was served with a special accompanying wine. Following the tenth course, fresh fruits and cheeses were available followed by coffee and cigars accompanied by port and, if desired, distilled spirits

Jamie Oliver

"A big bowl of spaghetti chased with rice pudding"

Mario Batali

"I would have eight or ten courses of magnificent seafood, pasta and vegetables (including raw radishes with good oil and salt). This would all be washed down with a sea of icy limoncello. REM would play live with U2, and John McLaughlin would play acoustic with Paco de Lucia."

Alain Ducasse

I would begin with a [the Sicilian specialty] caponata...I would then have roasted quails in a Madiran wine sauce...Then would come smooth celeriac (celery root) purée with nutmeg, whose delicate lightness would pair marvelously with these small birds. I would finish with "melt-in-your mouth apple slices."



Eric Ripert

The French chef would choose "A simple dish, a slice of toasted country bread, some olive oil, shaved black truffle, rock salt and black pepper." He would prepare the meal himself, dine under a "very big oak tree or banyan tree" and sip red bordeaux.


A murderer from Texas ordered twenty-four tacos for his last meal---and that was just the appetizer! A Maryland man wanted nothing but a cup of coffee prior to his lethal injection, while a killer from Oklahoma requested SpaghettiOs and was enraged when he didn't get them!

Strawberries are the only fruit with seeds on the outside.

The average strawberry has 200 seeds.

Strawberries are low fat, low calorie; high in vitamin C, fiber, folic acid, potassium

The Word "Salary" Comes From "Salt!"
Salt, our oldest preservative, was extremely rare in the past. So rare, in fact, that it was often used as pay.
In ancient Rome, soldiers were paid in salt; a salarium.