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Executive chef at a top Thai restaurant tells Gordon Ramsay that his Pad Thai is trash [x]

minusthelove

Lmao “what do you want to know from me?” Fuck!

katjohnadams

So no one thinks that Gordon’s being “Put in his place” or something, this is from Gordon’s show where he specifically goes to places around the world to be schooled in how they do their cuisine and un-fuck the British (Imperialist but we can’t admit that on TV, but he does hint STRONGLY at it in some episodes) way of cooking “exotic” dishes by learning from the people who do it best.

That’s the world’s most successful chef putting himself in a position to learn from chefs around the world in world-class restaurants, grandmother’s houses, in a cramped make-shift kitchen on a rocking and speeding steam train, and more. He doesn’t shy away from learning from people who’ve never been in the remote vicinity of a culinary arts school or run a “professional” kitchen.

And here he’s showing a chef what he thinks of as Pad Thai and if you don’t think one of the most talented chefs on earth didn’t know he was specifically setting himself up to fail to make a point to his audience, then hopefully you do now! <3

brunhiddensmusings

the context- he wasnt saying ‘heres my world famous pad tai for you to sample, a recipe i hold more dear then my own mother’ its closer to ‘here, this is how i was taught to cook pad tai in liverpool by a man named charles, how far off am i?’

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Also!!! The subtext!!! He’s not just speaking directly to the other chef, he’s leading his answer for the audience- “It’s not pad thai”, the man says- and chef Ramsay says back, “I think it tastes good”- and it probably tastes GREAT! But he’s creating a platform for his host to say, “Your food can taste good, but it isn’t authentic. You’re calling it by the wrong name when you do this. I will show you what to do now”.

And so love that! Being a good interviewer isn’t always as straightforward as giving your speaker air time- you have to guide the message they want to share in a way your audience can internalize and process without getting defensive or confused, and he’s doing that by showing respect and playing up his lack of expertise- like how a rodeo clown dresses up in silly costumes to distract us from how they’re guiding the bull. What a lovely piece!