New Zealand-born Peter Gordon was the co-owner and head chef of London's Providores and Tapa Room. The BBC once described him as "the leading light of the Antipodean fusion-style of cookery," a British way of describing folks from Australia and New Zealand. Between...
Rolling Stone magazine once labeled Kerry Simon "the Rock and Roll chef." I had the chance to work next to him when we were both employed by separate kitchens at New York's Drake Hotel, Kerry working under Jean-George Vongerichten(JGV). Later Ivana Trump stole him...
For me, Dieter Schorner signified a past that was distant but so relevant to anyone running a restaurant. Originally from Bavaria, Dieter baked pastries for everyone from plebians (like me) to high-and-mighty figures such as Jacqueline Onassis and Henry Kissinger. ...
This is an interview Stir the Pots did in 2006, not long after we started out. At the time, Brad Farmerie was making a name as the force guiding the food at the terrific New York City restaurant Public. Now years later, Brad is working in London, helping lead one of...
Dan Lepard's book, The Handmade Loaf, has been seminal in guiding me on everything from sour dough fermentation to shaping and baking all sorts of breads. Early when we launched Stir the Pots, I invited him for an interview. Dan was kind enough to oblige us. The...
When we launched Stir the Pots in 2005, co-founder Jeremy Shapiro wanted Chef Jean Michel Gammarielo as one of our first interviews. As his radiant smile captures in the photo above, Jean Michel was ever the confident, thoughtful professional, someone for whom Jeremy...
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