Obri Gonzalez

If you read my Origin of Memoires of a Chef, you've made it to my second writing, and this one has grabbed momentum as I have literally written it 2 days after that one. Something which I'd never done before on my blog! Exciting stuff!  This post will be all to do with building the concept of my cooking channel, perhaps other people have thought about doing something, but kept putting it off, cause I have been doing that for such a long time with this blog...mostly anxiety and the feeling of inadequacy that my writing wasn't up to scratch; but, up to scratch to what is always my second thought...like "up to what and who's scratch am I even competing with?" Food for thought, I suppose. But, anyways, we are currently at the initial writing of ideas.  What does it mean "Memoires of a Chef"?  The idea that food can bring so many memories was something I began tapping into in my last blog, but let's dive deeper, understanding the concept as to how I s

The concept of the name behind the idea has been boiling over in my head for some time, understanding what it means to me and what I want it to bring to my life. It's like remembering the first time you heard that song, and it brings back so many fond memories. Well, if you put it across food, it honestly brings so many fruitful moments, which has allowed me to treasure my life through the richness of what I consume.  The idea of a Chef is to bring edible elements into fruition as if they were there waiting for you to break the shell; food can mean so much to people, it can be their life, or it can be their hell, be what it is to you, it really does bring a moment of clarity to one's mind, with the opportunity to bring a whole nation together. That is the fascinating idea that food can bring to an individual.  Honestly, something I've been pondering for some time is the moment I realise I will begin writing, a daunting task, to say the least, and perhaps blown out of propor