Chefs and Restaurants

What It's Like to Give Up Your Toque and Stage in France

I’ve been pushing to go to France and cook since I started working at Sofitel. This is a French hotel with a lot of French touches and French employees who create that experience. When I was coming up in kitchens, I worked in different places in America, where everything was based in French technique. But when I started at Sofitel, I realized I didn’t really know French cooking—I only knew the bastardized...