Adriano Zumbo Quotes

Adriano Zumbo

Profession : Chef

Birth : November 6, 1981

Use your imagination. Look around the kitchen and see what you can use.

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If you have the chocolatiest everything you eat two spoons full and be out on the couch for the rest of the day. It's better to have something you can enjoy.

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What better way to celebrate 50 years of defending human rights than over a candlelit dinner with friends and family.

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High tea is fun. It's elegant and social and a great way not to have to devote yourself to a big meal but still have a drink and a relaxed time.

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If I was hosting a high tea at home the last thing I would want to do is make it too fussy for myself.

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If you use apple in one dish think of using citrus or something more neutral like vanilla in another. You constantly need to be challenging the tastebuds but not assaulting them.

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If I hosted a high tea at home it would be an Italian aperitivo-style high tea. I'd make little meatballs with lemon puree and mozzarella centres. Or maybe little schnitzel sliders with coleslaw.

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There were some flavors that didn't work, like doughnut-flavored Tim Tams.

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I don't get time to go to the gym often, so I exercise on the job.

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When I'm working and I need to taste food, I use a small spoon or eat a small piece, rather than wolfing down an entire piece of cake.

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I'll put a 25-kilogram bag of sugar over each shoulder and run up the stairs with them when we're loading ingredients that have been delivered, and I'll hold 25-kilogram blocks of butter at shoulder height to build arm strength as well.

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Growing up and walking around the supermarket, lollies were the thing that gave me that kind of kick, and you'd expect lots of them. It would be that or a pack of cake mix which got me into food.

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I'm a bit of a thinker so I think a lot, and process a lot, and it always evolves into something different.

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Chocolate fondant, creme brule, and sponge cake with jam, cream and fresh berries are always winners.

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In the end, you have to do what makes you happy - the people who love you and are around you are all that matters.

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I'm used to criticism.

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When I was 19, I began work at a French sourdough bakery in Balmain.

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I've become good at judging whether a girl wants to be around you just because she's after your status or because you're popular.

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I go to Perth a few times a year and I love going there.

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