Al Brown - Chef

Al Brown is a popular New Zealand chef.  He started a good restaurant in Wellington called Logan Brown but lately has starred in TV shows and has written books.

I particularly enjoyed the series Hunger for the Wild.  He has a no nonsense and very Kiwi way of looking at food.

He is a mad keen fisherman.  His book Go Fish – is one I need to get sometime.

His website http://www.albrown.co.nz/ says the basics are:

·                      Don't take yourself or your food too seriously.

·                      Keep it simple.

·                      Less is usually more.

·                      The fundamentals of cooking are the most important.

·                      Life is more important out of the kitchen.

·                      Salt, pepper, sugar, acidity, texture!

·                      Surround yourself with enthusiastic talented people, you can't do it all yourself.