19. My Food Idols

in trying to find a place to buy a blowtorch for tonight's maple crème brûlée, i decided to google "blowtorch canadian tire", whereupon the first result presented was a blogger blog directing me to aisle 5.

anyway, i decided to further explore the blog & ended up at a post called "niche". after reading it, i was really intrigued & eventually discovered that Jason Leizert was the owner & chef of niche, which has been getting extraordinary reviews. i want to go so bad but it's in vancouver! but, more importantly, i discovered that he is also anthony sedlak's executive sous-chef at the corner suite, a newly-opened french bistro in vancouver.

ANTHONY SEDLAK?! OMG, WOOT!

yeah, see i had this obsession w/ him cause i LOVE his style. he hosts "the main" & he's a good speaker & obviously passionate about food. but, he steers away from strict tradition just enough to make things tastefully new, similar to jamie oliver, whom i also adore. they don't over-do or over-glorify & they cook with a sense of taste in mind & with instinct.

oh yeah! anthony's lost 58 lbs. in the past 2 years & he's completely unrecognizable! he looks REALLY good. he's a scary mix of tom cruise & adam sandler. he says he's exercising to maintain the stamina required to last through the grueling hours of being a chef. makes sense. however, it's trendy & done so in the footsteps of gordon ramsey, who runs marathons to stay in shape. we all know i've got my opinions on "trendy", but i guess you can't deny good health either.

looks like tom cruise (left)...



looks like adam sandler (right)...



nah, it's anthony sedlak :)...

wanting to do some mise en place in a restaurant kitchen,

<3

[bt]