World-renowned chef, Marco Pierre White, is the international headliner at this year's Good Food and Wine Show in Cape Town. We got up close and personal with the chef-turned-restaurateur, whose career spans almost forty years.
What is he talking about, his ability to project on screen is phenomenal. He never stutters, he's calm, collected, articulate and most of all authoritative.
The difference is most celebrities are completely fake and project a facade to entice customers/fans or appeal to their benefactors, etc. Marco is genuine and speaking from the heart. That’s what he’s talking about. He doesn’t like pandering or performing.
Agreed. Having worked with doctors and engineers, most working professionals that are obsesed with a title tend to be the least humble and capable. The few that are actually good at there work tend not to care about a title.
@@tonymiller225 he's also not saying that he isn't a celebrity, he's saying that he's a better chef than the people generall classed as celebrity chefs
@@jiveAt5 what's wrong with the Knorr stockpots? They're pretty effective in home kitchens where cooking your own stock will cost you time and energy. Those videos are respectively for home cooking. And I love them!
In a way it makes sense. He didn't want to be a chef so perhaps he knew of a way to becoming one that people who do want it don't have the capacity to figure out.
@@thaddeusmarcuscheeleyjr.786 That really doesn't make that much sense. I guess you could argue that someone who wants it could be blinded by the goal?...still doesn't really work.
Hey, he busted his arse all his life to get to where he is at, striving to achieve perfection to get those 3 Michelin Stars. Now he is older and quite naturally wants to take it easy a bit more. Why the hell shouldn't he take a massive paycheck to endorse a cooking aide designed for people who arnt as talented as him. Good for him I say
Agreed. Once you're established the way anyone like Marco has , even at one Michelin star, is an outrageous lifetime achievement. Let the man be unchained of the saute station, let him walk away from the refrigeration, let him escape florescent lights and let his skin turn olive and tinted again.
and it's also more down to earth. That fine dining is pretentious too, expensive, elaborate. Fish and chips will do fine for a lot of people. He just shows you how he cooks at home and uses the Knorr products, because a lot of people do use those artificial products to create sauces, etc. Of course, the recipe will taste better if you just make your own sauce, stock, whatever (he even says so in those clips: 'why buy it, when you can make it yourself?' - Before he oddly enough, throws in a premade Knorr product xD). I mean, I don't think he's in it purely for the money. The food he makes is quick, cheap, easy and he manages to include the pods in wonderful ways.
@@jmbkpo Stolen is the correct word. Not being a jackass. Just trying to help. Regardless, what and how did he steal? If you're going to make an assertion that big then you need to back it up.
june may Lol wtf are you even on about? Why are you trying so hard to be a tough guy? I've seen this same comment, written by the same person, on different videos and you come at me with that keyboard warrior crap. Your intuition sucks btw, seeing as I'm not male, fat, gay or British and I hate Domino's LMAO
Cidi Huia Whoa, calm down! I call everybody bro, ya chill? Bro, the Queen is on your money, dude. Just watch the clip, I'm the one singing with the glasses.
I love that he mentioned his mother's favorite biscuits and how as a child they weren't his personal favorite, but as an adult they are. He is a family-oriented person! There are many things in my life that I didn't personally enjoy but found a love for them because of their connection to a loved one.
"A recipe can confuse you, a story can inspire you." Marco Pierre White. This quote is applicable to the kitchen as much as in business, in relationship and in life.
Because what you see here is him in his natural form, his genuine self. On set, no doubt he'll get directed to be this and that or do this and that by producers. Like any of us, its quite miserable having to put on your fake persona just to please your coworkers, boss or work culture.
"The truth is, nature is the true artist, were just the cooks". Wow! Love that line, the truth is Marco Pierre White is to food, what Pablo Picasso was to art.
@claire bigelow The only lump seems to be that so called cabbage you call your brain. Marco Pierre White has achieved culinary status the likes of which, this country had never before seen. I doubt whether even a few people will remember you when you pass away.
I’m listening to someone who uses the language carefully. A “chef” is the chief - the head of a professional kitchen. The chef is also a cook, generally. I don’t like the term “chef’s knife.” The chef uses the same kind of knife most other cooks use, but it might be more expensive and he or she is likely to own it and not let others use it. My knife is a cook’s knife.
"A recipe can confuse you but a story can inspire you! And that's what life is all about, those stories. Because its those stories which can inspire us to achieve what we want to achieve in life. Its those stories that make us dream and success is born out of dreams" I just love when Marco Pierre White says that, he is so much more than a cook. He is very deep and inspirational.
My biggest takeaway from this: Marco had a very specific and concrete goal. Worked nonstop since he was 17 to achieve it. Achieved 50% of it in 1988 and 10 years later achieved 100% of it. And more than the satisfaction of achieving the goal, he appreciated how it transformed him as a person as he "progressively realized a worthy ideal" as Earl Nightingale would say. I struggle to cook toast, but I have nothing but admiration for Marco as a man who achieved his goals, and he is truly an inspiration for anyone who has dreams and goals and is dedicated to achieving them!......Cynics please don't bother replying. Only people who get it need respond.
He's ridiculously humble for someone of his caliber. Gordon Ramsey considers this man his mentor and inspiration even to this day. And he never gloats about his sex appeal which is also a huge turn on..they don't make em like this anymore.
Looks nothing like Hopkins. Has a great voice for an actor? Maybe, but I assume you're making that judgement based off of the Hannibal films with Hopkins, and in that case, any relaxed deep voiced person from Wales, or any Englishman can fill the roll. Marco just so happens to seem to have similar mannerisms.
This guy is on a different level. The most eloquent, philosophical, smart chef I have ever heard in my life! He would have been an ACE in any career! Everything he talks about is pure gold! Bravo Marco!
Marco is one of the few chefs that genuinely drive a passion in me to cook, hes so brutally honest and caring so long as you give him the respect he deserves from working his ass off his entire life
I actually find him very wise and likable. He’s very calm outside of the kitchen and seems like someone you could have a drink with and learn a thing or two.
The way he talks and tells his stories makes me want to listen to him for hours. I not only see the poetry in his cooking but also in how he expresses himself. Thanks for sharing this video
My cousin who's a chef had a poster of Marco Pierre (the famous one with a cigarette in his mouth). Now I'm beginning to understand why. He is such a smart and renowned individual.
Far and away the most relaxed I've ever seen him. He is a deep man. Full of emotion and nostalgia for his home and family. Here he seemed so comfortable, acknowledging his lack of celebrity performance tricks without any malice for those that do possess them. He is a cook. I'd love to taste his Lasagne! I ate at Harveys many moons ago. Fun experience but he was right. Full of strangers. I want to interview him now! :)
Bloody hell, the final part was just amazing, a very Cervantes-esque conclusion, this man's ability is wonderful; an illustrious chef and a subverb eloquent speaker.
"I'm not very good at projecting on screen", he says in a loud and clear voice with a confident posture, intense stare and incredible gravitas in his voice.
Watch his early stuff. He hated the camera. Was rude beyond belief, as modern manners go, but true to his own code. If he were a woman, he'd have been put in an asylum or convent, or burned as a witch. Or publicly 'cancelled' today.
Marco is so wonderful to listen to. The way he speaks is unparalleled. I may not want to be a cook but I hope that some day I can be as determinate in my own pursuits as Marco was in his culinary career. I'm not built of the same stuff as he is, I don't think most people are; I draw inspiration from his attitude, his character, and his perseverance to accomplish a goal he set out for himself. He may not see himself as a person that's able to project onto the screen, but he's certainly projected enough to make an impact on how I see myself, how I see work and how I look at success.
fuckin love Marco he achieved a simple kind of enlightenment through attainment. he reached the absolute peak and realised it didn't actually mean as much
he does look like he could turn into a fight at any given moment though.. like some über Italian.. passionatly.. completely dedicated.. just look at gordon..
With all the videos I have seen about Marco, I more and more believed that his mother, who died when he was only six, impacted his personalities, he attitudes towards food and how he defines the best food / meal. He often says that the best chefs in the world are the ones that are able to connect food to their childhood and let the food become an extension of themselves. Marco has achieved the top no doubt, but he is a very tragic figure, as he now constantly brings those treasured memories with his mom, limited as they are, to extend that into his cooking and what he thinks are the best food.
He is a mystical presence. It is like seeing a mystical creative channel. Something about the way he is, makes me want to tear up, almost edging on a spritual revelation.
Marco is definitely one of the deepest, most philosophical chefs. You're drawn in when he talks. There's something very likeable about him and his aversion towards all the glitz and glamor of the entertainment reality television show Michelin star restaurant industry bullcrap.
A Northern lad from Leeds, England, born into a working class family. Worked hard at and perfected his craft. And, having hit the pinnacle of gastronomy, no longer considers that pinnacle any longer relevant, and now only wishes to create food that normal people can afford and enjoy. Bravo Marco, this is what legends are made of. They are beyond awards, and on another plane altogether. A common sense down to earth person. I like Marco a lot. A great chef, but above all, a wonderful straightforward insightful person who has given so much to so many, and who continues to wow us with his abilities.
I could listen to this man talk all day. Being a chef might not have been his dream, but he certainly developed a passion and a love for food that is rarely rivaled. I could never think of MPW as a 'celebrity chef'. Celebrity chefs, in my mind, are celebrities first and chefs second. MPW only incidentally became famous as a result of his pursuit of excellence in the kitchen. I'm so happy that once he obtained his dream he allowed himself to focus on other things. Obsession is a thief of joy.
The more I listen to this guy the more I admire him...the more successful he becomes, the more humility he shows. I thought Ramsay was a great chef and even greater guy - but Marco is WAY superior in any aspect, especially the human, spiritual one. Truly awe-inspiring.
"I'm much happier doing that, making food accessible within nice environments and enriching people's lives ... A story is way more important than a recipe. A recipe can confuse you, but a story can inspire us to achieve what we have to achieve in life ..." How beautifully and profoundly said by Marco Pierre White. No doubt, Marco is one of the best chefs for modern cooking and some has even regarded him as the father for modern cooking. But more importantly, it's his deeply evolved humble philosophy for cooking "Keep it simple!", I'll never forget when he has shared his remarkable cooking philosophy with one of the contestants on 2012 Master Chef Australia when he was invited to be the guest judge. And ever since, his this philosophy has become the key and the motto for my cooking and living inspirations at all time! 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Like you not planning on being a cook, I never wanted to be a tribute essay writer but you're bang on!!cooking and dining together is all about stories. It would be my pleasure to write yours Marco.
lucas8265 Absolutely! Who cares if he is being paid by Knorr. Like he says he makes great food accessible to the likes of us. Great food like Chicken chasseur and Paella can be made by simple old me without slaving away to make homemade stocks at a very high cost.
