kitchen confidential
Kitchen Confidential: The secret chef makes a case for industry change
When established commercial and social norms are upended it can often take years for new business models and behaviors to…
Kitchen Confidential: why failure is a great motivator
I fail all the time. We all do. It’s a universal aspect of the human condition. In fact, low expectations…
Kitchen Confidential: Growing and learning
Growth is hard. Growth demands an acceptance that the current situation is unsatisfactory, deficient in some way, or that your…
Kitchen Confidential: The secret chef on humanity in hospitality
As far as we can tell, the origins of hospitality lie in the classical world. The ruins of Pompeii, a…
Kitchen Confidential: The secret chef on the rise of the machines
During Britain’s industrial revolution – as automation was becoming commonplace in textile factories that had previously employed hundreds of workers…
Kitchen confidential: The Secret Chef on a difficult year
At some point in the next week, or so, I will pack up yet another box of takeout food. It won’t…
More time to think: the Secret Chef on navigating Covid-19
There are times when I envy those who bow their heads toward Rome. There must be something freeing about confession…
Kitchen Confidential: the secret chef on food waste
The numbers are almost too large to comprehend. We look at the figures and gasp, wide-eyed and appalled, scarcely able…
Kitchen confidential: on trend for 2019
The annual run down of trends, wishes, beliefs, hopes and dreams for the coming 12 months has become something of…
Kitchen confidential: All the best bits
The plan was to take the summer off. I had scheduled in some time away from the stoves so I…