Chef's Table is the first of it's kind, being created for Netflix especially meant it was open to a range of different audiences around the world, especially the younger generation (16+). I believe it shows being a chef and creating food as something that is beyond the shouting and chaos stereotype, instead it shows being a chef as an art form and an individual journey which is different for everyone.
I have always appreciated food, chefs and beautiful plating but until watching this series in 2015, it made me realise that I never truly appreciated how much passion and thought goes into a dish and how all different senses play a role in our experience eating food, especially in a restaurant. It was also the first time in which I considered food plating to be a valid form of art (shout out to the iconic intro and the beautiful and flawless videography throughout this series) It is the kind of series you indulge in on a relaxing evening with a hot mug of tea and alot of snacks (you WILL be hungry). I decided in this blog post to write briefly about my favourite 3 episodes.
Grant Achatz' episode truly inspired me and I think will stick with me for a long time. It explores his creative process to make new dishes and also how he tragically got mouth cancer and temporarily lost his sense of taste, yet continued to innovate, create and never give up on his passion. This episode is particularly relevant as it explores the use of different senses and how they play a role in creating a successful dish. His dishes are amazing and if you are going to watch just one episode of this series I definitely recommend it being this one!
Dominique Crenn (Season 2, Episode 3)
Dominique Crenn is a French chef and is known for her Michelin star restaurant: Atelier Crenn. This episode stood out to me as I loved Dominique Crenn's innovative menu style. Her restaurants menu is a poem and each line of the poem is a plate of food, however you cannot distinguish the food from the words in the poem as it does not give away clues to the ingredients, just hints. I loved this idea as it's not like any other menu I've heard of before.
Last but not least, Virgilio Martinez is a Peruvian chef who explores all parts of Peru and uses only local ingredients, in which he discovers and find himself with the help of local people and his scientist sister, many of which ingredients don't even have names, as they have discovered them their selves. He then makes dishes using these ingredients based off the altitudes in which he finds them. I loved this episode again as it was such a unique concept plating-wise, I was also amazed at how devoted he is to the ingredients which create the dishes and how takes his two passions for exploration and food and combines them effortlessly.You can find all 3 seasons of Chefs Table on Netflix.
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