Cost wise this is the best knife you can get by far. I think a chef knife is maybe $35...or it used to be...
Absolutely....At The CIA.....You cook for the public, as well. Recieved my Batchelors in Culinary Arts in 1981....could have stayed for my Masters, but I was pretty much over it...Lol...those European Chefs ain't no Joke (especially the French ones) stayed with my sister for 2 months in NYC....and did my apprenticeship on Captiva Island FL under Executive Chef John Colletta, who was no joke in his own right.
In my opinion...Henkels and Wustofs have the best Balance and Weight....
Appreciate the info bro. This is a topic I know literally 0 about, so its great to get the facts straight from someone who actually knows their schit. I believe it, regarding the French. I have heard Le Cordon Bleu is another one like the CIA that is considered very prestigious. It looks like being a master chef at the CIA is a huge honor, like being picked for an all decade team.
Le Cordon Bleu is Ridiculous...but Son of a B*tch, the French Instructors at ANY Culinary School are MFers....I'm talking Profesional Toughness. I have alot of friends who are both CIA and Johnson & Wales Grads....Unfortunately, and it pains me to say it, Culinary Schools have become Paper Mills....nothing like they were 35-40yrs ago.
I believe it. They take their cooking serious over there. Thats terrible though. It is sad that once great institutions have now become paper mills.
It's terribly Sad....And to be perfectly Honest, some of the best Chefs I know didn't attend a Culinary School. They just were taken under certain Chefs Wings, and learned from them. Tough business nowadays....I tell all young Fine Dining Chefs....
The place I went to with my GF the other night "Bruno's of Brooklyn" was beyond outstanding. I rarely ask for the Chef to come out, but I most definitely did that night. We talked for awhile....Simply outstanding....
Is it the one in Fort Myers? I have never been, but if I ever make it down there I will certainly hit it up. Just looked at some of the pictures online it looks spectacular.
Yes...Ft Myers...Not only was our food superb, but everything I saw going to other tables looked outstanding. A couple who were sitting next to us were also raving about their meals
Dexter are the knives most restaurants and Hotels have for their employees....Decent, but not anywhere near the quality of Wusthof and Henckels....
You would be hard pressed to walk into any German home and not find one or the other.At some point you likely run into a "versus" discussion. Probably with these two manufacturers. Good luck.
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Who were the noteworthy chefs you went to school with? You were probably right after Bourdain finished there.
My father's cousin was an instructor for a baking school that fed Yale students back in the late 40's. Any chance that was CIA?
Well if you say its superb I know its going to be amazing. If I am ever in the area it will be the first place I go. Thank you.
Not sure about that...CIA is a 5min drive North of Marist College...basically on the Hudson River....it's roughly a 2hr drive to Yale....
