"I am a cook that uses cooking to send this message of a way of living. I am always cooking in remote places in the wild with fires. So the message is get out of your chair, sofa or office and go out," says the most influential chef from Argentina. When I sat down to watch Chef's Table documentary on Francis Mallmann I was intrigued by the visuals of the trailers which showed Argentina's arguably most high-profile chef cooking lamb with fire in snow with a stunning landscape as the backdrop. That intrigue was not misplaced. This documentary, produced by David Gelb is an exceptional portrait of a chef who has really returned to the basics of cooking, using fire in all its possibilities to produce simple dishes which are full of flavours. Mallmann explains that today we educate children to be settled and once they have a job, a car and a place to sleep the dreams are dead. "You do not grow on a secure path. All of us should conquer something in life. It needs a lot of work, it … [Read more...]