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Recipes, Flavour Notes, culinary techniques and professional insights.
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FROM THE RECIPE LIBRARY
Kung Pao Chicken
A classic Sichuan stir-fry of tender chicken, dried chillies, Sichuan pepper and roasted peanuts in a glossy sweet-sour savoury sauce.
THIS WEEK’S FLAVOUR NOTES
Flavour Notes Series II #32 China – Five Flavour System
Chinese cuisine demonstrates how contrasting flavour elements interact to create depth, balance and complexity.
Savoury ingredients establish the foundation. The principle: flavour develops through interaction, not the dominance of one seasoning.
Recipes worth keeping. Collections made for cooking.
Practical themed recipe collections for cooks who enjoy exploring a subject in greater depth. Created with professional culinary discipline, but designed to be straightforward, approachable and enjoyable to cook from.
THE CHEF'S TOOLKIT
Practical checklists, templates, training resources and operational tools developed through more than 35 years in professional kitchens and hospitality.
Behind Chef’s Notebooks
Mark J French is a chef, hotelier, author and consultant with more than 35 years’ experience across international hotels and restaurants, including The Dorchester in London, the Waldorf Astoria in New York and RockResorts in the Caribbean.
A UK Craft Guild Master Craftsman, former member of the UK World Master Chefs team and recipient of Marriott’s first Worldwide Chef of the Year award, he has spent his career developing people, systems and practical solutions.
Chef’s Notebooks brings that working knowledge together—recipes, flavour, operational tools and professional insight designed to support chefs, hospitality leaders and serious cooks.
CONSULTING
Independent hospitality consulting built on more than 35 years of international hotel, restaurant and F&B experience..
