Guest from C to you, cook Philippe Etchebest answered a question from Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine on recommendations in terms of freezing food.
“If I have a small ocean of frozen fish in my apartment … Are you okay, are we allowed to freeze?” Guest of C à vous on October 26, Philippe Etchebest was questioned by the presenter of the show, Anne-Élisabeth Lemoine, on his opinion about freezing. While they had just watched an excerpt from Kitchen nightmare, so the chef is the star, the presenter wondered about the relationship he has to freezing. “You can freeze, I have nothing against freezing”, first replied the juror of Top chef. Be careful though, “it must be done intelligently and well”, warned the cook. “In this case, on the extract you are showing, it’s nonsense, the fish are not protected and it is above all over-conditioning … there were 700 lobsters in the freezer . “ It will be understood that to freeze well, we do not load frozen food. As for general advice about freezing fish, it is important to freeze it when it is as fresh as possible, to make small portions and to clean it beforehand. And as a reminder: we avoid refreezing.
The cleanliness pro
If Philippe Etchebest is questioned on the good behavior to adopt to preserve his food and a certain level of hygiene, it is because the French Gordon Ramsay has seen all the colors. For ten years now, on the show Kitchen nightmare, the Meilleur Ouvrier de France 2000 comes to the aid of French restaurateurs in great difficulty. Unsanitary cuisine, improbable menu or outdated products, the chef tries in each episode to put establishments back on their feet on the verge of leaving the key under the door. Philippe Etchebest published his latest book last October, Cook well with my Mentor method, a book of advice to help you cook simply, efficiently and responsibly on a daily basis.
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