Algerian - Chef | June 14, 1959 -
In order to succeed, you have to fail, no? You ride a bicycle, you fail; you try a few times, you succeed.
Jacques Torres
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The first time I baked, I failed a couple of times, and I made some mistakes and perhaps ended up with something inedible. Then I was a little bit more careful, and I learned how to do it right.
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I'm happy to try everything at least once.
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On TV, I really try to go back to the basics and break down a recipe until it's very easy.
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My chocolate is special because it's real. My pistachios are from Italy, and the almonds are from Spain. We make our own marzipan. If I sell a product that says 'raspberry,' it's real raspberry. My plan was to make the best product possible and be the least expensive of the best chocolate makers. That's still our position.
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I understand Christmas, and I understand Easter. But Halloween is one of those things where, if you don't grow with it? The French, they tried Halloween for a few years, and I think they're dropping it.
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It take me one year to lose all that weight. Look, it takes a long time to put it in; it takes a long time to take it off. It's a struggle in the beginning, and then you get used to it. I work also with a nutritionist, and she helped me. She became a friend.
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We eat raw dough. We eat raw cookie. We eat massive buttercream in cakes that are still warm. We eat salt. We have to taste things that you will not put in your mouth. But you know what? That's television. You have to do it.
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Valentine's Day is the biggest single day of the year, the biggest sale day of the year.
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The good thing is, the season of chocolates is during the cold months. During the cold months, I can send ground.
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Pierre Franey's producer wanted to do a show with me. This was around 1998, and I think we shot our first PBS show that same year.
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You really have to be a good entertainer, or the show won't work. For me, it was all about having fun with the audience, which meant that I could usually forget that the camera was there. It was kind of like being in the classroom.
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