Adriano Zumbo Quotes

Adriano Zumbo

Profession : Chef

Birth : November 6, 1981

A lot of old Australian bakeries used a lot of trans-fats but I just wanted to use quality ingredients - butter, cream, custard - to produce a high-quality product.

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I had a Vegemite bun every day from the tuck shop for lunch when I was a kid and I was inspired by that.

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Chocolate's good for ya - high cocoa content chocolate is.

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I ate everything. I ate every single lolly you can think of. Chocolate bars, Curly Wurlys, Aero bars, Fantales, Minties, Clinkers, Cherry Ripes. Pretty much anything, you name it, I ate it.

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I used to eat the batter raw. My sister would make it and I'd lick the bowl and then I started to get it off the shelf and whip it up and eat it with a spoon.

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Mostly my ideas come from within, from my experiences, my childhood and the master of all sweets and lollies, Mr. Willy Wonka.

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I eat around 6 handfuls of 65 percent and up cocoa mass content chocolate each day.

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Compound chocolate is gritty, cheaper and doesn't have that fruitiness, the backnotes and smoothness you get in couverture.

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Chocolate is one of those flavors that's very likeable, very loveable, very versatile.

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When we first opened in 2007 no one really knew about macarons. We sold maybe 50 to 100 a day.

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I do the odd pie, or quiche or sausage roll.

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I eat cake every day.

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When I was a kid, my parents ran a supermarket; I grew up in there and everything was free, it was like a wonderland. There were lollies and biscuits and chips, and I used to eat more of that than vegetables.

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Inspiration is everywhere - life, travel, childhood, nature - it depends on how you see it, how you can absorb the inspiration, and it depends on how your mind thinks. It could be a pattern on the floor that may be the next pattern I put on a cake, it just depends upon how you take it, when you're seeing it and what you're looking for.

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I think you need to have a day or two when you treat yourself, because it brings happiness, it stimulates your mind.

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I love a good burger, and when I was brainstorming pies, I thought, hey - burgers and pies are both perfect for eating out of your hands.

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I say to the guys at work, 'You've got to have fun - we're here more than we're at home.' Same with cakes; when you go and buy something, you've got to buy some fun.

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Long term, I'd love a big shop with everything in it. A one-stop shop. A haven.

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I love chocolate and I think there is no such thing as too much.

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If you're dreaming up a dessert, you've got to remember to keep it well balanced.

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