What if a famous Australian chef came to your home and offered to make dinner?<\/p>\n
That\u2019s the premise of a new television cooking show-but with a twist. Chef Curtis Stone is making his debut on American television, ambushing unsuspecting shoppers with an offer they simply can\u2019t refuse.<\/p>\n
Each episode in the series called \u201cTake Home Chef,\u201d shown Fridays at 8:00 p.m. on TLC, begins with a covert Stone racing through a grocery store as he searches for the perfect culinary partner.<\/p>\n
Once he\u2019s found one he turns on the charm, offering to accompany the shopper home and prepare a gourmet meal using the items in his or her shopping cart-plus a few savoury extras.<\/p>\n
Once participants seem willing to go along with this culinary savoury, they take Stone home and work with him in their kitchens or out at the grill to create a delicious dinner.<\/p>\n
And, as Australians are known for \u201cthrowing another one on the Barbee,\u201d Chef Stone is likely to be sharing a lot of his grilling secrets from Down Under, while at the same time learning how to function in an average American kitchen.<\/p>\n
Some of the grilling tips offered in \u201cTake Home Chef\u201d include:<\/p>\n
\u2022 When cooking larger pieces of meat, like roasts, pile the coals on one side and place the food on the other. This allows for indirect cooking and reduces charring.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Don\u2019t use charcoal lighter fluid or briquettes that have added starter fluid built into them. This will leave an unpleasant taste in the smoke.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Rubs are one of the best things you can use to add flavour to your meat. They are combinations of spices that seal in the flavour of the meat, form a tasty crust, enhance colour and pull moisture from the air while drawing juices from inside the meat, causing the meat to marinate itself as it cooks.<\/p>\n
Chef Curtis Stone started his culinary career at The Savoy Hotel, in his hometown of Melbourne, Australia at the age of 18. The European and British chefs he knew there taught him the importance of working abroad to increase one\u2019s experience and skills.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s why, once he\u2019d qualified as a chef, he set off for Europe to experience Italy, France and Spain before finally arriving in London.<\/p>\n
There, he was eventually promoted to head chef at the critically acclaimed Quo Vadis, a London institution since 1926.<\/p>\n
So what\u2019s this new American TV show like for Chef Stone? \u201cCooking in someone else\u2019s home can be absolutely anything; it can be fabulous or a complete disaster,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s the fear of the unknown that makes it so exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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