Over the Christmas season, you’re resigned to the fact that your chef life is thrown even more out of balance than usual. That much-needed rest can wait for a few weeks. But that shouldn’t keep you from gaining small wins
Your contribution
I’ll repeat this multiple times over the season, because it needs to be reinforced: take a moment to appreciate your work, chef. While the world transitions from closing out one year and ushering in the next, you’re helping people celebrate, reminisce, forget,
Chefs at Christmas 2017
This week Love Letters to Chefs once again launches the 6-week Chefs at Christmas campaign, sending you gentle reminders to look after yourself during this crazy busy season. All the best, chefs! Share Tweet Follow Email
My biggest gift of 2016
I’d like to finish the year by giving thanks for my best gift from 2016. In a year that brought me uncountable adventures, blessings, amazing people and work experiences, this is my choice for the thing that I’m most grateful
Free online course: Science and Cooking
Instead of the usual post on team dynamics, I’m instead sending out an alert about a free online course that might interest you: Science & Cooking: From Haute Cuisine to Soft Matter Science (part 1) offered on learning platform Edx, which
Happy Holidays!
Love Letters to Chefs is taking time off to recharge for new adventures in 2017. Hope you will also enjoy the break. Happy Holidays! Share Tweet Follow Email
Teach a man to fish
Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn – Benjamin Franklin Just a reminder, because all of us, at some point or another, whether we lead a team or not, will have to
Enjoy
Survived the busy Christmas period, Chef? Congrats. Celebrate yourself and your team. Get some rest. Take some time off to renew. You’ve earned it! Share Tweet Follow Email
What did you learn?
Continuing from yesterday’s theme about setting up a daily reflective practice, my invitation to you today is to extend that to reflecting on what life has taught you during the day. Or the year, since this is a great time
Reflective practice in the kitchen
As (most of) you begin to wind down, I can imagine that what’s most pressing now is getting some much-needed rest. Maybe you’ve given some thought to the New Year and your hopes and dreams for 2017? I have to say this