Adriano Zumbo Quotes

Adriano Zumbo

Profession : Chef

Birth : November 6, 1981

My favorite dessert for me to eat at home is Milo and ice cream.

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In my early teenage years I wasn't doing well at school and I wasn't really interested in a way. I knew I wasn't going to go to uni or anything like that.

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Before I went on sporting trips I'd take chips or lollies. I had a love for sweet foods.

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You might go to a cheap bakery that uses really bad fats and sugars and stuff like that. You go to a nice bakery and you can enjoy a nice sweet that's made well and it doesn't make you put on any weight if you eat in moderation and if you do a little bit of exercise.

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I was a fussy eater when I was young and a lot of the time my parents weren't there because they were always working. So I'd just eat lollies and biscuits and chips. That's kind of where I got the taste for the sweet fix.

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I'm someone who's easily bored.

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I want to promote pastry. Pastry has always been in the background - it's always cooking, cooking, cooking on programs, and pastry has just been this thing at the end. I want to show people what we do.

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I want to stay ahead and to stay ahead you always have to be thinking out of the box.

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I'm like anyone else: there's good and bad in what I do and there are always people out there who think they know better than you.

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Everything you do in life or experience in life gives inspiration for the creative process. But it also depends ultimately on what the consumer wants.

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I look at what's happening, the trends and what people want, to come up with something that's going to work.

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I live my normal life. I love what I do, and try to look after myself as much as I can.

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It's an indulgence to go out for bacon and eggs. It's not something you can do every day.

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Salt is a more-ish sort of thing. But it can be a bad thing if there's too much salt. It's awful.

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I learnt a lot from eating junk food.

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I love raw caster sugar. It's a bit more earthy than white sugar, especially for cakes.

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Temperature is the key to making a smooth custard butter cream. Some add the butter when the mixture's still hot but it tends to split and you end up with a grainy result. Wait for it to cool.

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I couldn't pay attention to a novel; I'd get three pages in and couldn't remember what it was about.

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There are no mistakes in life... only experiences.

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The hardest challenge is doing something more traditional. When you do something new, it's easier because it's its own thing. But the traditional ones, you have to do them right.

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