What can you learn from a man who’s made Gordon Ramsay cry, but still continues to inspire aspiring MasterChef Australia cooks decades later? A lot — especially about discipline, dim sum, and why his non-smartphone is better than your iPhone.
WHO IS HE: MARCO PIERRE WHITE, 54, celeb chef dubbed the original ‘rock n roll restaurateur’. He is the first British culinary wunderkind to earn three Michelin stars, and has cooked for the likes of Johnny Depp and Madonna in his hell raising heyday. He’s become synonymous with his fiery passion and strict regime in the kitchen, and has thrown customers out of his restaurant, and reduced protégés like Gordon Ramsay to tears in his kitchen (their very public feud persists today). These days, the revered elder statesman of alpha chefs exacts tough love as a regular mentor on MasterChef Australia. Marco is in town fo preside over or a MasterChef pop-up restaurant with MasterChef Australia alum and fan fave, Reynold Poernomo.
8 DAYS: To say that you’re tough on the MasterChef Australia contestants is an understatement. Why do chefs always shout at apprentices in the kitchen?
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