A solution to The Onion problem of J. Kenji Lopez-Alt

Re:A solution to The Onion problem of J. Kenji Lopez-Alt by giraffe_lady on Tuesday November 26, 2024 @01:33PM (#42248474)

He's not a chef either he's a food writer and recipe tester. I don't mean this as disrespect at all just they are very different professions, using different skills and producing different outputs.

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Re:A solution to The Onion problem of J. Kenji Lopez-Alt by grgbrn on Tuesday November 26, 2024 @03:33PM (#42249753)

Before he was a food writer he worked in a number of fairly high-end restaurants in Boston (which he talks about occasionally on his Youtube channel), and then he opened his own restaurant in 2017ish. Not sure how that's "not a chef"

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Re:A solution to The Onion problem of J. Kenji Lopez-Alt by giraffe_lady on Tuesday November 26, 2024 @05:35PM (#42250857)

I simply didn't realize he had ever run a restaurant.

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Re:A solution to The Onion problem of J. Kenji Lopez-Alt by bigstrat2003 on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @11:48AM (#42257480)

I feel like you have an overly restrictive definition of "chef". Owning a restaurant doesn't make you a chef, cooking food professionally does. Even if he never set foot in a restaurant kitchen, the man cooks food all day long for his job. That makes him a chef.

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Re:A solution to The Onion problem of J. Kenji Lopez-Alt by giraffe_lady on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @12:52PM (#42258061)

I have a chef's definition of a chef. You're welcome to use whatever one you prefer though.

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Re:A solution to The Onion problem of J. Kenji Lopez-Alt by dekhn on Tuesday November 26, 2024 @08:57PM (#42252175)

he was also a biochem phd candidate.

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