Meridith Ford
August 10, 2021
Battman & The Banana Boys
January 8, 2022
My first job in food.
Working the deli at K-Mart
Website
http://www.kimberlybrockbrown.com
Your current and/or most recent restaurants
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When and where were you born?
Chicago, 1960’s
What was your first job in food?
Working the deli at K-Mart
When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
Something with food but could not articulate the word Chef.
What is your favorite thing about being a chef?
Seeing people happy with my food
Did you have an “aha” moment when you knew you wanted to be a chef?
YES! I read an article about an Apprentice graduating and said “That’s it!”
Best advice you ever got?
Never ask a question you do not know the answer to.
What’s the strangest thing you’ve ever eaten?
Blood Sausage
Your favorite ingredient.
Ginger Cumin Garlic Almond
The ingredient that turns you off the most.
chestnuts
Your favorite tool.
my hands
What is your favorite thing to do when you’re not cooking.
Beach or any thing with water and bevvies
What would you like to do before you get too old to do it.
Travel more
Tell us a deep dark secret (doesn’t have to be food related).
I really LOVE my alone time!
How do you deal with the stress?
Breathe, pray, release
How did becoming a chef change your life, your direction.
can’t answer as it was my direction!
Who would you like to meet?
Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Oprah, Kamala Harris
Who would you like to cook for?
See above and add my dearly departed Dad
What was the hardest thing for you to learn? Or is there something you just can’t get right?
How to make a hollandaise- just didn’t incorporate enough air into the yolks!
Is there some little something you do for your family to make up for the time you’re not with them?
Cook something special
Please give us a cooking tip that people might not know like “adding a little bit of oil to butter so it doesn’t burn.
Sharp knives are always the best especially when you use the right knife for the job!
Tell us a funny story from the kitchen
Banquet Chef told the apprentice to collect and wash and store the skewers from the apps that went out. He was out there at the garbage pit starting before we caught him!
