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 properly. He’s been my proper hand for nearly 5 years and is formally our Head Chef right here at RecipeTin. From growing and testing recipes with me, taking cost of public occasions and main RecipeTin Meals – the place 600 do-it-yourself meals are made daily for these in want – he’s been throughout every part cooking associated within the RecipeTin world.
Born and raised in Lyon, JB has been classically skilled in France, beginning at culinary college then working in Michelin-starred kitchens. At simply 28, he was working a Manhattan restaurant for the legendary French chef Daniel Boulud – that type of duty at such a younger age says every part about his expertise and work ethic!
RecipeTin wouldn’t be what it’s immediately 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 Kids’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 establishing or working business kitchens, the gear, the logistics, or producing meals on a big scale!
Over time he’s poured a lot into serving to me convey dependable, nice tasting recipes to you, testing recipes relentlessly, double-checking particulars late into the night time, quietly shaping a lot of what you see right here behind the scenes.
And now, I’m so excited that he’s entering into the highlight himself! You’ll begin to see recipes developed, written, photographed and filmed by JB himself – assume, timeless French classics and wonderful eating dishes from his restaurant years, tailored for dwelling cooks such as you and me.
Don’t fear, I’m not going anyplace! I’ll nonetheless be publishing new recipes as properly. Between us there’ll proceed to be 2 recipes per week, and we will probably be making and testing the recipes collectively – as we have now been doing for the previous 5 years.
JB will probably be sharing his first recipe on Friday, and I can’t wait so that you can expertise his cooking straight. Please be a 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 beneath! – Nagi x
~~ A phrase from JB ~~
Hello everybody! Thanks Nagi, in your type phrases and making me really feel so welcome. I can’t imagine it’s already been virtually 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 get pleasure from 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 below are French recipes I’ve shared up to now, courtesy of JB. Count on all future French recipes to return from him straight!
JB FAQ (Written by Nagi!)
Sure in fact – I by no means wish 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 similar 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 manner.
Consider it as an enlargement of the RecipeTin universe – not a alternative. I’ll proceed to put up all of the recipes you already know and love from me, and JB will probably be bringing his personal voice, creativity and French aptitude to the combination.
So nothing adjustments with me – you’re simply getting extra!
Initially he will probably be sharing a brand new recipe each fortnight, and different work commitments allowing, we hope to proceed this if not enhance the frequency!
It’ll vary from traditional and homestyle French recipes in addition to some wonderful eating restaurant dishes which might be made to be accessible to daily dwelling 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 wanting methods to plate up dishes.
The identical manner as we at all times have – besides I will probably be JB’s testing assist for his new recipes as he has been doing for mine all these years!
Usually, one among us will “personal” a brand new recipe and do many of the legwork to create and check it to ultimate type. 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 enough steering for anybody to observe.
If there are issues with the recipe then we hold going forwards and backwards till we’re comfortable.
JB is! Over time he’s picked up a lot working side-by-side with me and the group on numerous photograph and video shoots. He’s realized the RecipeTin “model” inside out, from the best way we mild meals to the little particulars that make the step-by-steps clear and useful.
He’s been training behind the digicam as a lot as he has behind the range, and I feel you’re going to be amazed whenever you see his first recipe put up this Friday. It appears to be like and feels similar to the RecipeTin you already know – however with JB’s personal character shining by too!
YES! It was a key situation to him approaching board as a recipe contributor!
Lifetime of Dozer
When JB mentioned he had a employees mentoring session, this isn’t fairly what I pictured……🤣 The cactus wants a proof!!!
