was supposed to be here at 6:00. you know, it s 6:10. i want my interview. and so, alice turned to me and said, do something to this soup. and i tasted this it was a pot of soup like this, and i salted it and put some cream in it, and they were like, wow. you better come back tomorrow. ruth: i mean, he became an accidental cook, really. um, he hadn t intended to be a chef, but sort of given the opportunity to walk into a kitchen and take it over, he kind of rolled up his sleeves and said, okay, i m going to take all these memories that i have of eating in grand restaurants and try and translate it onto the plate. jeremiah: my first day on the job, i was left alone in the kitchen. there was no alice, nobody, except for this beatnik drummer, willy bishop. he knew all the levels, draw chalk on the soup, a huge pot of soup and say, you know, make soup to here, that kind of thing. i also loved the food that
he kind of rolled up his sleeves and said okay. i m going to take all these memories that i have of eating in grand restaurants and try and translate it on to the plate. my first day on the job i was left alone in the kitchen. no alice, nobody. except this beat nick drummer, willy bishop. he knew all it levels. draw chalk on the soup and say make soup to here. i also loved the food that chez panisse represented which is south of france bistro selling vermuth and roast chicken. that wasn t enough for me. this also goes everywhere with me. ancient version of it. very quickly i realized
willy bishop. he knew all the levels, draw chalk on the soup, a huge pot of soup and say, you know, make soup to here, that kind of thing. i also loved the food that chez panisse represented, which was a little local south of france bistro, you know, selling vermouth and roast chicken. so i that wasn t enough for me. endless inspirationally alice b. toklas cookbook. it also goes everywhere with me. an ancient version of it. very quickly at chez panisse, i realized that everything that had gone before in my life menus, all the experiences with food and hotels and travel, cookbooks, my education were finally going to come into play. inspirational. michael: he began to mix and match from the different cultures he d been exposed to, to make a kind of audacious experiment.
and said, okay, i m going to take all these memories that i have of eating in grand restaurants and try and translate it onto the plate. jeremiah: my first day on the job, i was left alone in the kitchen. there was no alice, nobody, except for this beatnik drummer, willy bishop. he knew all the levels, draw chalk on the soup, a huge pot of soup and say, you know, make soup to here, that kind of thing. i also loved the food that chez panisse represented, which was a little local south of france bistro, you know, selling vermouth and roast chicken. so i that wasn t enough for me. endless inspirationally alice b. toklas cookbook. it also goes everywhere with me. an ancient version of it. very quickly at chez panisse, i realized that everything that had gone before in my life menus, all the experiences with food and hotels and travel,