I’m past excited to announce our very personal Chef Jean-Baptiste “JB” goes to start out sharing his personal recipes right here on RecipeTin Eats! 🎉 Say bonjour to JB!!
Chef JB steps into the highlight!
Lengthy-time readers will know JB effectively. He’s been my proper hand for nearly 5 years and is formally our Head Chef right here at RecipeTin. From creating and testing recipes with me, taking cost of public occasions and main RecipeTin Meals – the place 600 home made meals are made each day for these in want – he’s been throughout all the pieces cooking associated within the RecipeTin world.
Born and raised in Lyon, JB has been classically skilled in France, beginning at culinary faculty then working in Michelin-starred kitchens. At simply 28, he was working a Manhattan restaurant for the legendary French chef Daniel Boulud – that sort of duty at such a younger age says all the pieces about his expertise and work ethic!
RecipeTin wouldn’t be what it’s right now with out him. We wouldn’t have carried out half the general public occasions and not-for-profit issues we’ve carried out if I didn’t have him to organise them, from cooking for households on the Youngsters’s Hospital to internet hosting a 14-course degustation reader dinner at our meals financial institution. And RecipeTin Meals solely exists due to him – I knew nothing about organising or working business kitchens, the gear, the logistics, or producing meals on a big scale!
Through the years he’s poured a lot into serving to me deliver dependable, nice tasting recipes to you, testing recipes relentlessly, double-checking particulars late into the evening, quietly shaping a lot of what you see right here behind the scenes.
And now, I’m so excited that he’s moving into the highlight himself! You’ll begin to see recipes developed, written, photographed and filmed by JB himself – assume, timeless French classics and high-quality eating dishes from his restaurant years, tailored for residence cooks such as you and me.
Don’t fear, I’m not going anyplace! I’ll nonetheless be publishing new recipes as effectively. Between us there’ll proceed to be 2 recipes every week, and we shall be making and testing the recipes collectively – as we’ve got been doing for the previous 5 years.
JB shall be sharing his first recipe on Friday, and I can’t wait so that you can expertise his cooking immediately. Please be part of me in welcoming JB as a recipe author on RecipeTin Eats. Go forward and hit him up together with your recipe requests within the feedback under! – Nagi x
~~ A phrase from JB ~~
Hello everybody! Thanks Nagi, on your type phrases and making me really feel so welcome. I can’t imagine it’s already been nearly 5 years, I didn’t realise how briskly time went, that’s how a lot enjoyable it’s been!
I’m past excited to open this new chapter and to have the ability to share recipes with all of you. I hope you’ll take pleasure in them as a lot as I’m having fun with creating them. There’s a lot to return so don’t go anyplace and let’s have enjoyable within the kitchen! ~ JB
Browse JB’s French recipes
Listed here are French recipes I’ve shared up to now, courtesy of JB. Anticipate all future French recipes to return from him immediately!
JB FAQ (Written by Nagi!)
Sure in fact – I by no means need to cease! Sharing recipes with you is the center and soul of RecipeTin Eats, and it’ll at all times be my greatest ardour. I’ll nonetheless be cooking, testing, photographing, writing and chatting away with you right here identical to I at all times have.
The thrilling half is that now I get to share the publishing of latest recipes with JB, which implies you’ll see much more selection, extra inspiration and extra scrumptious concepts coming your approach.
Consider it as an growth of the RecipeTin universe – not a alternative. I’ll proceed to submit all of the recipes you recognize and love from me, and JB shall be bringing his personal voice, creativity and French aptitude to the combo.
So nothing adjustments with me – you’re simply getting extra!
Initially he shall be sharing a brand new recipe each fortnight, and different work commitments allowing, we hope to proceed this if not improve the frequency!
It’ll vary from traditional and homestyle French recipes in addition to some high-quality eating restaurant dishes which can be made to be accessible to each day residence cooks. I’m particularly excited by the latter as he has taught me so many nice restaurant secret recipes – particularly sauces and easy-but-fancy trying methods to plate up dishes.
The identical approach as we at all times have – besides I shall be JB’s testing help for his new recipes as he has been doing for mine all these years!
Sometimes, one in every of us will “personal” a brand new recipe and do a lot of the legwork to create and take a look at it to remaining kind. Then we write it up and the opposite cooks it with out help so we will examine if the recipe is written precisely and with adequate steering for anybody to observe.
If there are issues with the recipe then we hold going forwards and backwards till we’re glad.
JB is! Through the years he’s picked up a lot working side-by-side with me and the group on numerous picture and video shoots. He’s realized the RecipeTin “type” inside out, from the best way we gentle meals to the little particulars that make the step-by-steps clear and useful.
He’s been working towards behind the digital camera as a lot as he has behind the range, and I believe you’re going to be amazed if you see his first recipe submit this Friday. It seems to be and feels identical to the RecipeTin you recognize – however with JB’s personal persona shining by way of too!
YES! It was a key situation to him approaching board as a recipe contributor!
Lifetime of Dozer
When JB stated he had a workers mentoring session, this isn’t fairly what I pictured……🤣 The cactus wants an evidence!!!
