Editor's Choice: Top chefs reveal their biggest secrets - where they go when ...
25.09.11
Top chefs celebrate their biggest secrets - where they go when only takeaway will do
Sep 25 2011 Exclusive by Heather Greenaway, Sunday Mail
FROM fish and chips and pizza to chow mein and curry, our angel of takeaway is stronger than ever.
Scotland's biggest online restaurant booking place, 5pm.co.uk, is even launching an online takeaway service to meet call for.
But where do the experts in sit-down dining go when only takeaway will hit the spot?
Here, Heather Greenaway asks six of the land's top chefs to reveal their fast food favourites.
DAVID FRIEL - Boss head chef at Glasgow's 29
Fish and chips from Chips & Co. in Kirkintilloch, narrow Glasgow
I'm a sucker for their scampi and chips. Once a fortnight I nip in on my way on from work.
They do amazing fresh fish, with hand-cut chips and homemade tartare sassiness.
My 15-year-old twins Aimee and Mikaila attachment a haddock supper and my wife Debbie likes their pizzas. It's also agreeable value as I can feed the four of us for around £20.
Source: Scottish Daily Record
Chefs' throw down for a good cause
25.09.11
Shoppers gobbled down a collection of cheese concoctions Saturday to raise money for children fighting debilitating sturdy dystrophy during the 2nd annual Westside Chef's Throwdown in Katy
Twenty-eight restaurants and three prog trucks from the greater westside of Houston squared off in a culinary tournament using this year's special ingredient, cheese. Judges and attendees dished out a people's choice endow with and the "Best In The West."
The competition, which benefits the Muscular Dystrophy Group and its summer camps, featured dishes ranging from New York elegance cheesecake to cheese quesadillas.
Executive chef Jason Stitlan of the Alamo Drafthouse won the judges over with his smoked cheese grits. "I was definitely surprised," Stitlan said. "I was glad to take part in this."
Executive chef Michael Martinez and sous chef Jordy Miranda , of Amaxen Chef Creations, took native the people's choice award for their white truffle macaroni and cheese with red wine vinaigrette.
Source: Houston Chronicle