I’m past excited to announce our very personal Chef Jean-Baptiste “JB” goes to begin 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 nicely. He’s been my proper hand for nearly 5 years and is formally our Head Chef right here at RecipeTin. From creating and testing recipes with me, taking cost of public occasions and main RecipeTin Meals – the place 600 home made meals are made every single day for these in want – he’s been throughout every little thing cooking associated within the RecipeTin world.
Born and raised in Lyon, JB has been classically skilled in France, beginning at culinary faculty then working in Michelin-starred kitchens. At simply 28, he was operating a Manhattan restaurant for the legendary French chef Daniel Boulud – that form of accountability at such a younger age says every little thing about his expertise and work ethic!
RecipeTin wouldn’t be what it’s in the present day with out him. We wouldn’t have performed half the general public occasions and not-for-profit issues we’ve performed 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 organising or operating business kitchens, the gear, the logistics, or producing meals on a big scale!
Through the years he’s poured a lot into serving to me carry 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 getting into the highlight himself! You’ll begin to see recipes developed, written, photographed and filmed by JB himself – assume, timeless French classics and nice eating dishes from his restaurant years, tailored for residence cooks such as you and me.
Don’t fear, I’m not going wherever! I’ll nonetheless be publishing new recipes as nicely. Between us there’ll proceed to be 2 recipes per week, and we will likely be making and testing the recipes collectively – as we’ve been doing for the previous 5 years.
JB will likely be sharing his first recipe on Friday, and I can’t wait so that you can expertise his cooking instantly. Please be part of me in welcoming JB as a recipe author on RecipeTin Eats. Go forward and hit him up along with your recipe requests within the feedback under! – Nagi x
~~ A phrase from JB ~~
Hello everybody! Thanks Nagi, to your variety phrases and making me really feel so welcome. I can’t consider 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 come back so don’t go wherever and let’s have enjoyable within the kitchen! ~ JB
Browse JB’s French recipes
Listed here are French recipes I’ve shared up to now, courtesy of JB. Anticipate all future French recipes to come back from him instantly!
JB FAQ (Written by Nagi!)
Sure in fact – I by no means need to cease! Sharing recipes with you is the guts 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 identical to I at all times have.
The thrilling half is that now I get to share the publishing of recent recipes with JB, which implies you’ll see much more selection, extra inspiration and extra scrumptious concepts coming your means.
Consider it as an enlargement of the RecipeTin universe – not a alternative. I’ll proceed to put up all of the recipes you understand and love from me, and JB will likely be bringing his personal voice, creativity and French aptitude to the combination.
So nothing modifications with me – you’re simply getting extra!
Initially he will likely be sharing a brand new recipe each fortnight, and different work commitments allowing, we hope to proceed this if not improve the frequency!
It would vary from traditional and homestyle French recipes in addition to some nice eating restaurant dishes which might be made to be accessible to every single day residence 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 means as we at all times have – besides I will likely be JB’s testing assist for his new recipes as he has been doing for mine all these years!
Sometimes, one in all us will “personal” a brand new recipe and do a lot of the legwork to create and take a look at it to ultimate type. Then we write it up and the opposite cooks it with out help so we will test if the recipe is written precisely and with ample steering for anybody to observe.
If there are issues with the recipe then we maintain going backwards and forwards till we’re glad.
JB is! Through the years he’s picked up a lot working side-by-side with me and the crew on numerous picture and video shoots. He’s realized the RecipeTin “fashion” inside out, from the best way we gentle meals to the little particulars that make the step-by-steps clear and useful.
He’s been working towards behind the digicam as a lot as he has behind the range, and I feel you’re going to be amazed once you see his first recipe put up this Friday. It seems to be and feels identical to the RecipeTin you understand – however with JB’s personal character shining by way of too!
YES! It was a key situation to him approaching board as a recipe contributor!
Lifetime of Dozer
When JB mentioned he had a workers mentoring session, this isn’t fairly what I pictured……🤣 The cactus wants a proof!!!
