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Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.22,0:00:08.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jacques) Good morning!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.48,0:00:10.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good morning, everybody!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.45,0:00:11.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Audience) Good morning!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.70,0:00:14.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Claudine and I are delighted \Nto be with you this morning
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.55,0:00:16.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be the first ones.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.35,0:00:22.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I left home when I was 13\Nto go to apprenticeship,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.94,0:00:24.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was in 1949.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.28,0:00:30.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually, home was a restaurant\Nwhere my mother was the chef,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.13,0:00:33.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was already in that business.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.19,0:00:37.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, there was 12 restaurants\Nthrough the years in my family
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.24,0:00:40.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and 12 of them owned by women,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.54,0:00:44.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm the first male to enter \Nthat business in my family.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.47,0:00:49.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went into apprenticeship from Lyon,\Nwhere my mother had her little restaurant
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.18,0:00:52.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to Bourg-en-Bresse, where \NI was born a few miles away.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.74,0:00:57.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Prior to that, when we were \Nabout 8-9 years old,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.08,0:00:58.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my mother had that little restaurant
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.80,0:01:02.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so, my brother and I, \Nbefore going to school,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.21,0:01:04.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,walked with my mother to the market
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.76,0:01:08.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- the St. Antoine market\Nalong the Saône river -
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.27,0:01:14.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she would walk the market one way, \Nabout 1/2 a mile, and buy on her way back.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.94,0:01:17.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Buying a case of mushrooms \Nwhich were getting dark
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.92,0:01:20.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe for a third of the price or less.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.08,0:01:24.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We carried, of course,\Nwe didn't have a car at the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.63,0:01:28.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She'd get home and start doing \Nher vegetables, peeling for the day.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.78,0:01:33.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She did not have \Na refrigerator at that time.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.30,0:01:37.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She had an ice box, that is\Na block of ice into a little cabinet,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.73,0:01:41.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so she'd have chicken of the day, meat,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.92,0:01:48.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fish, usually, whiting or mackerel \Nor skate - inexpensive fish -
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.66,0:01:51.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that she has to use it that day.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.68,0:01:55.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And again, the day after, \Nwe start all over again.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.88,0:01:58.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything was organic, \Neverything was local.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.24,0:02:01.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The word organic did not really exist --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.10,0:02:06.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, since chemical fertilizers \Ndid not exist either,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.37,0:02:09.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or fungicides, insecticides, pesticides,\Nall that stuff did not exist,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.96,0:02:14.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so everything was, you know, local and --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.92,0:02:17.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Claudine) Organic.\N(Jacques) Organic, that's it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.26,0:02:22.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, I went into apprenticeship, \NI was 13 years old and, at that time,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.38,0:02:27.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was very structured,\Nwell, still is to certain extend,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.04,0:02:30.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you got to be there on time,\Nyou got to be clean,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.67,0:02:32.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have to be willing,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.64,0:02:36.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's discipline, it's structure,\Nthat's the way a kitchen can work.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.03,0:02:39.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We learn through a type of osmosis.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.82,0:02:45.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The chef never really explained \Nanything, he'd just say, "Do that".
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.51,0:02:49.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you say, "Why?", and he'd say, \N"Because I just told you".
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.13,0:02:51.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was about the end\Nof the apprenticeship.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.95,0:02:55.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Probably, just as good for\Nsomeone who's 13-14 years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.27,0:03:02.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we worked, repeating, and repeating,\Nand repeating those techniques ad nauseam;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.17,0:03:06.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we were not allowed\Nto go to the stove for a year.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.64,0:03:09.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, during that year,\NI did pluck a lot of chicken,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.85,0:03:14.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eviscerated a lot of chicken, \Nscaled fish, chopped parsley,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.44,0:03:17.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of that type of things,\Nand then, the chef called me --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.86,0:03:20.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name was "you" at the time,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.05,0:03:24.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then by the time I went to the stove,\Nthey called me Jacques, so I got the name.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.24,0:03:28.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, he said, "You start tomorrow".
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.82,0:03:31.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I start tomorrow?",\NI didn't know how to do it;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.65,0:03:33.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went to the stove\Nand I knew how to do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.89,0:03:38.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was that type of osmosis,\Nthings that you show, that you mentor.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.55,0:03:43.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've got a book called, "La technique",\Nthat I published in 1975,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.08,0:03:44.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it's 40-year old,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.13,0:03:48.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I don't cook\Nthe way I did 40 years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.54,0:03:51.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the way I did an egg white, \Nor sharpen a knife,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.74,0:03:55.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or bone out a chicken, \Nto give you a sense;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.28,0:03:58.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is that kind of permanence,\Nthat kind of continuity,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.71,0:04:00.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that, you learn in the kitchen;
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.80,0:04:03.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be first a craftsman.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.30,0:04:11.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's very difficult, \Nvery often, to explain in words
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.11,0:04:13.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something that you can show --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.85,0:04:16.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's easier to show --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.34,0:04:23.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than to explain
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.91,0:04:26.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in words.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.32,0:04:32.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can do that to chocolate as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.55,0:04:34.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'd do that at exactly \Nthe right temperature.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.11,0:04:37.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we used to
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.67,0:04:41.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put the butter in \Na little container, that on top,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.79,0:04:43.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now you can charge 20 bucks for it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.70,0:04:46.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.26,0:04:51.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Put that in water that's cold, \Nso we could do whatever.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.80,0:04:54.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.27,0:04:55.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you, Titine.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.43,0:04:58.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me, first you have to be a craftsman.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.50,0:05:02.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to be a craftsman, and is\Nthat repeat, and repeat, and repeat,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.84,0:05:05.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is very important.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.60,0:05:08.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just like
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.14,0:05:13.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can spend a year, two years, \Nin a studio in art school
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.58,0:05:18.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and learn the law of perspective,\Nit is perfectly fine,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.04,0:05:20.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you learn how to mix \Nyellow and blue to make green,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.85,0:05:24.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know what to do with your thumb, \Nwith your spatula, with the brush;
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.24,0:05:27.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you can come out and \Ndo one painting after another.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.94,0:05:30.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does that make you a chef? Not really.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.48,0:05:35.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you're by then, a good craftsman,\Nand that's very important.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.76,0:05:38.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have, first, to know your trade,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.35,0:05:40.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether you are
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.55,0:05:45.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a shoemaker, or a cabinet maker\N- like my father -
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.60,0:05:47.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first, you know your trade.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.87,0:05:53.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, those things that we boned out
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.63,0:05:57.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I learned, as I said, as a child.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.73,0:06:04.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, I learned this from --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.24,0:06:06.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't remember where I learn that but --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.63,0:06:10.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you learn something \Nyou learn it a certain way
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.20,0:06:13.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and after a while, you don't remember \Nwhere it comes from,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.19,0:06:16.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you do it your own way, eventually.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.77,0:06:21.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To do a type of lollipop \Nlike that, as we used to --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.49,0:06:29.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, those techniques, as I said,\Nfirst make you a craftsman,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.69,0:06:33.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if you are a good craftsman,\Nthen you can run a restaurant.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.90,0:06:37.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are about 20,000 restaurants in NY
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.91,0:06:45.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and 100 are well known, maybe 200, \Nmaybe 300, maybe 400 even,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.05,0:06:51.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but what happen to the 19,500\Nis that they are run by artisans,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.85,0:06:56.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people who know how to work properly,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.04,0:07:04.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is the only way if you become,\Nin my opinion, a good craftsman,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.38,0:07:08.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you have that type of knowledge,\Nthen you can express yourself.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.52,0:07:11.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is half of yourself,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.74,0:07:15.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the other half has to do with talent.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.38,0:07:17.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you have talent --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.11,0:07:18.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you happen to have talent,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.96,0:07:22.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by this I mean, if you have taste,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.34,0:07:26.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you have a bit of a vision,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.42,0:07:30.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you have a little bit of creativity,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.54,0:07:31.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you can express yourself,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.98,0:07:35.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you now have the means in your hands\Nto express yourself,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.07,0:07:39.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you've gone through those techniques.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.39,0:07:44.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to repeat \Nthose techniques, as I said,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.02,0:07:47.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,long enough so that,\Nyou can afford to forget it after.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.05,0:07:55.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here we are, \Nhalf of this, now the filet.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.74,0:08:01.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Claudine) If you have any questions\Nyou should shout them out,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.76,0:08:03.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a good opportunity.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.45,0:08:08.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Claudine) There's going to be a test.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.26,0:08:11.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.77,0:08:13.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jacques) This way.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.33,0:08:14.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's my carcass.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.47,0:08:21.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, the tip of the filet,\Nyou remove it here.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.40,0:08:29.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This one here --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.31,0:08:38.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, you free your hand\Nby learning those techniques
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.12,0:08:40.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as I said, you can now
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.52,0:08:44.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,think in term of texture,\Nin term of other things
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.81,0:08:50.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because, as I said, you free your hand\Nby repeating and repeating.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.27,0:08:52.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, this is one part of yourself,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.98,0:08:55.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,half of yourself is there, \Nit's the craftsman;
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.64,0:08:57.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the other part of yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.98,0:09:01.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now depend on whether \Nyou have talent or not,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.50,0:09:06.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even if you have \Na little bit of talent, not too much,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.36,0:09:10.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can still run a little restaurant\Nby being a good technician.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.02,0:09:14.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you have a lot of talent,\Nthen you can take it further.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.02,0:09:18.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not all the chefs are René Redzepi,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.21,0:09:20.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or David Chang,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.56,0:09:24.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or José Andrés --
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.23,0:09:34.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here we are.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.10,0:09:40.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause) (Cheers)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.96,0:09:43.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jacques) At that point \Nyou really don't want to cut the bone
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.86,0:09:48.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the skin will shrink \Nall over the place so, we break it.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.100,0:09:53.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know, the interesting part\Nis that if you carve in the dining room,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.87,0:09:57.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or if you do a quail \Nor a pheasant or a goose,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.02,0:09:59.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the morphology is the same.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.03,0:10:02.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you cut a chicken \Nin pieces to do a skew,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.20,0:10:06.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you cut exactly in the sample place,\Nat the shoulder joint, at the hip joint --
Dialogue: 0,0:10:09.48,0:10:10.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.64,0:10:17.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, you have to be very proud \Nof what you're doing
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.50,0:10:23.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you also have to be humble\Nto a certain extend
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.100,0:10:26.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because there's always someone
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.92,0:10:31.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who can think with \Nmore creativity than you are,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.33,0:10:34.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who can think harder than you do.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.98,0:10:38.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're all limited\Nby the extent of our taste
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.97,0:10:40.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they are different,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.93,0:10:44.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sometimes, you have people,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.21,0:10:46.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like a food critic, who doesn't \Nreally know how to cook
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.84,0:10:49.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but maybe who can\Ntaste better than you do.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.43,0:10:52.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We fail on that and sometimes\Nit's not easy to take,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.05,0:10:54.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that's the way it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.32,0:11:01.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me, a young chef should work\Nwith a good chef, in a good place,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.91,0:11:07.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at that point your aim is \Nto try to visualize what that chef does.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.52,0:11:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If she or he works with you,\Nthen you try to see --
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.88,0:11:18.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, that's where there are no bones --
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.96,0:11:20.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a little bit here --
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.87,0:11:25.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you try to see the food through\Nhis or her sense of aesthetic,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.09,0:11:26.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their sense of taste,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.36,0:11:32.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even if it doesn't coincide with you,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.66,0:11:34.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most of the time it won't coincide
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.63,0:11:37.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with your sense of taste\Nor your sense of aesthetic,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.14,0:11:39.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it doesn't \Nreally matter at that point,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.22,0:11:41.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have to look at it through that,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.99,0:11:44.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you do it for a year or two,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.18,0:11:48.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you work with another chef\Nfor a year or two,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.91,0:11:52.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and again looking at things \Nthrough a different point of view,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.67,0:11:54.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,different sense of aesthetic,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:56.53,0:12:00.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then maybe with a third one\Na few more times --
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.65,0:12:04.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then, at some point,\Nyou're going to give it back.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.10,0:12:06.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're going to give it back,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.49,0:12:11.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now you're going to filter it\Nthrough your sense of taste,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.47,0:12:13.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through your sense of aesthetic,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.94,0:12:15.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's how it works
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.16,0:12:18.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because ultimately, at some point,\Nyou cannot escape yourself,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.68,0:12:21.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are who you are, and that's the way\Nhow you are going to do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.95,0:12:25.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's always a bit of a paradox for me
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.86,0:12:28.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I work with young chefs\Nlike at Boston University
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.68,0:12:33.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and everyone wants to do \Nsomething special and different.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.92,0:12:36.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I do a class which I call a perfect meal,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.92,0:12:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is a roast chicken,\Na bowl of potatoes and a salad.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.48,0:12:42.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It used to be done this way:
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.90,0:12:47.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They all go to the stove\Nto do the same type of things
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.22,0:12:54.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I say, "Don't try to blew my mind\Nbecause I know that I have 12 people here,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.78,0:12:56.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to have 12 different chicken."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.98,0:12:58.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because that's the way it is,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.38,0:13:02.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't really have to torture yourself \Nto be different, you are different,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.04,0:13:04.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's no way that you can \Ndo exactly the same thing
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.87,0:13:06.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than the person next to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.65,0:13:11.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a good beef stuffing \N- not really - but
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.59,0:13:14.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just to give you an idea.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.15,0:13:23.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, Titine --
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.99,0:13:32.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we have our galantine,\Nthat is if we poach it,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.69,0:13:35.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our ballotine if we roast it.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.53,0:13:36.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.23,0:13:38.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we put it this way --
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.11,0:13:53.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Claudine) No questions?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.09,0:14:10.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jacques) Okay.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.10,0:14:22.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jacques) Very quiet here.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.46,0:14:23.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Claudine) I know.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.24,0:14:25.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Claudine) Do you want some wine?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.13,0:14:29.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jacques) Ah, my daughter knows me --
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.69,0:14:31.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.34,0:14:35.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jacques) Our galantine, so --
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.29,0:14:41.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.97,0:14:46.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jacques) Up to that point --
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.48,0:14:48.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Claudine) You have five minutes --
Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.40,0:14:50.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jacques) Oh yeah, okay.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.08,0:14:54.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The technique to do something\Nremain fairly constant,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.16,0:15:03.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but at that point\Nthis is what it'll change:
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.21,0:15:06.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you're happy with the way \Nyou cook it, what you do with it,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.33,0:15:09.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the seasoning and all of that \Nbecome your own.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.22,0:15:12.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.07,0:15:20.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- (Jacques) Pepper, Titine?\N- (Claudine) Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.03,0:15:22.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jacques) That's your salt --
Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.48,0:15:28.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Pepper mill grinding)
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.67,0:15:32.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Claudine) Everybody needs one of me \Nin your kitchen, you all need me --
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.10,0:15:34.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.100,0:15:37.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jacques) Now I cook with\Nmy granddaughter as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.43,0:15:40.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Claudine) She's 12.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:42.43,0:15:43.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jacques) Yes --
Dialogue: 0,0:15:44.23,0:15:49.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I did a television show \Nwith Claudine many years ago --
Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.89,0:15:53.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jacques) Why did you \Ngive me two of those?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.23,0:15:56.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Claudine) I offered\Nwhatever you want it --
Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.01,0:15:57.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jacques) Okay, good.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.36,0:16:03.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jacques) I learned how to make \Nthree different types of omelettes.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.84,0:16:08.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A flat omelette, called à la piperade
Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.17,0:16:13.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or omelette basquaise and so forth --
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.25,0:16:15.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Western omelette, as it's called the US,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.15,0:16:17.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then, we did an omelette\Nthat my mother would do
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.60,0:16:20.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with very large curd, brown --
Dialogue: 0,0:16:24.55,0:16:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then we did a more \Nclassic omelette - like this one -
Dialogue: 0,0:16:30.97,0:16:37.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for those we want to make \Nvery small curds, like scramble egg.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:51.52,0:16:54.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, there are three different \Ntypes of omelettes that I would do,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:54.76,0:16:58.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one is not better than the other,\Nit's just different.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.57,0:17:00.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A few weeks ago, \NI did that for a television
Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.100,0:17:04.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who came to my house and wanted me\Nto do the three types of omelettes,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:04.29,0:17:05.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I did --
Dialogue: 0,0:17:06.72,0:17:10.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then they realized they only have \Na minute and a half when they edited,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:10.49,0:17:13.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they just took some stuff \Nfrom one omelette to the other,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:13.50,0:17:15.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the other, and mix \Nthe whole thing together --
Dialogue: 0,0:17:15.83,0:17:16.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:17:16.84,0:17:17.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jacques) What a waste!
Dialogue: 0,0:17:17.99,0:17:20.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, here you bring it back here,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:20.18,0:17:22.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that you're now rolling \Nreally a carpet --
Dialogue: 0,0:17:23.15,0:17:25.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you're just bringing one lid --
Dialogue: 0,0:17:26.77,0:17:28.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one lid here and a half moon --
Dialogue: 0,0:17:29.62,0:17:31.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nice half moon --
Dialogue: 0,0:17:31.75,0:17:33.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bring that here --
Dialogue: 0,0:17:34.16,0:17:36.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bring the other lid on top --
Dialogue: 0,0:17:36.93,0:17:39.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is the time \Nwhen you want to stuff it,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:40.49,0:17:41.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,change hands --
Dialogue: 0,0:17:42.10,0:17:43.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then that omelette should be --
Dialogue: 0,0:17:45.84,0:17:47.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the edge --
Dialogue: 0,0:17:49.30,0:17:50.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ooooh!
Dialogue: 0,0:17:51.18,0:17:52.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The chef in my kitchen --
Dialogue: 0,0:17:52.56,0:17:55.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:18:01.15,0:18:04.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The chef in my kitchen \Nwould have seen the pleads on top
Dialogue: 0,0:18:04.08,0:18:08.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he would have done some reference\Nto the behind of his grandmother --
Dialogue: 0,0:18:08.21,0:18:10.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:18:12.70,0:18:16.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As you see, it should be pale \Nright on top, very creamy,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:16.94,0:18:19.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very soft inside, like scramble eggs,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:19.83,0:18:23.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's what a classic omelette is.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:25.05,0:18:26.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, Claudine?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:26.17,0:18:27.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Claudine) Yes, papa!
Dialogue: 0,0:18:27.26,0:18:28.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jacques) Will you drink to that?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:28.83,0:18:29.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Claudine) I will!
Dialogue: 0,0:18:29.81,0:18:31.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jacques) Thank you very much!
Dialogue: 0,0:18:31.24,0:18:33.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause) (Cheers)
Dialogue: 0,0:18:39.96,0:18:45.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Claudine) Whatever \Nyou take away from here, I hope --
Dialogue: 0,0:18:45.72,0:18:48.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's so wonderful that \Nyou're taking the time to be here,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:48.83,0:18:52.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope you share \Nyour knowledge with everyone
Dialogue: 0,0:18:52.99,0:18:55.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because that's how the craft continues,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:55.98,0:18:58.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's how our trade continues,\Nthat's how it gets better.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:58.71,0:19:03.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jacques) Yeah, I realized quite well,\Nall of you know those techniques,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:03.58,0:19:09.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some better than me... \Nyet, I thank you for coming
Dialogue: 0,0:19:09.47,0:19:13.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and listening to me, but for me\Nthe permanence is there,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:13.59,0:19:19.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to teach, to explain and to show\Nat least the basic structure,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:19.21,0:19:22.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at that point, when you have\Nthat type of manual dexterity
Dialogue: 0,0:19:22.34,0:19:24.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or technical knowledge,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:24.51,0:19:26.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you can run a kitchen quite well.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:26.45,0:19:29.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As I said, if you happen to have talent,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:29.39,0:19:31.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you bring it to a another level
Dialogue: 0,0:19:31.69,0:19:37.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, like the person who works \Nin a studio for a couple of years,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:37.95,0:19:40.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after that, you know how \Nto mix all your paintings,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:40.65,0:19:42.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and know what you can do with a brush,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:42.54,0:19:45.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you step outside you do \None painting after another --
Dialogue: 0,0:19:45.09,0:19:47.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does that make you an artist?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:47.15,0:19:49.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not really, at that point \Nyou're a good craftsman.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:49.80,0:19:52.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If, however, you have talent,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:52.19,0:19:54.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now you have the means in your hands\Nto express that talent,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:54.100,0:19:56.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to take it somewhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:57.68,0:19:59.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As I said, you do have to \Ntranscend that level
Dialogue: 0,0:19:59.91,0:20:03.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at which you have to concentrate\Non the manual task that you're at.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:03.93,0:20:07.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see a beginner coming around\Nand you say: "Do you have any parsley?"
Dialogue: 0,0:20:07.50,0:20:10.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he says: "Don't disturb me,\Nsomeone is slicing something."
Dialogue: 0,0:20:10.40,0:20:13.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have to transcend that level\Nso you don't have to think about it,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:13.74,0:20:17.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things that are there, \Nso you can think in terms of texture,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:17.26,0:20:20.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,combination of ingredients,\Nor things like these.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:20.31,0:20:21.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right, Titine?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:21.50,0:20:23.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Claudine) Right. \NDo you have any questions?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:23.61,0:20:26.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jacques) I think I was there\Nat one and a half minute,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:26.23,0:20:28.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now I'm back to seven minutes?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:28.09,0:20:29.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:20:29.99,0:20:31.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Claudine) Okay!
Dialogue: 0,0:20:31.70,0:20:32.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jacques) Yes --
Dialogue: 0,0:20:33.44,0:20:35.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Any questions?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:37.84,0:20:39.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No questions? Yes, sir?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:39.60,0:20:41.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Audience comments)
Dialogue: 0,0:20:41.20,0:20:43.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Claudine) Oh, yeah.\N(Jacques) Do I know that man here?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:43.78,0:20:47.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Claudine) I gave him 20 bucks before \Nto say that. Thank you, Michelle!
Dialogue: 0,0:20:47.48,0:20:49.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Claudine blows a kiss)
Dialogue: 0,0:20:49.43,0:20:51.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jacques) Thank you, Michelle... yes!
Dialogue: 0,0:20:52.89,0:20:56.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that there are great, \Nfantastic chefs here --
Dialogue: 0,0:20:56.46,0:21:00.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we had an extraordinary, \Nextraordinary meal at Noma,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:00.01,0:21:02.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm gratified to be here,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:02.90,0:21:05.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know I'm the oldest of the group
Dialogue: 0,0:21:05.56,0:21:09.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now that I've passed 80 years old\NI'm supposed to be wise.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:09.85,0:21:12.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't think that I'm wiser\Nthan when I was 30 years old
Dialogue: 0,0:21:12.52,0:21:16.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but this is what happens when you get old.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:16.02,0:21:17.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You think I'm wise, Claudine?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:17.47,0:21:21.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- (Claudine) Yes, yes, of course, you are!\N- (Jacques) Ok, that's a good daughter.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:21.33,0:21:22.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:21:22.43,0:21:26.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jacques) Now I'm doing a show\Nwith my granddaughter, Shorey,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:26.84,0:21:29.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which we called "Lesson of a grandfather".
Dialogue: 0,0:21:29.23,0:21:32.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, little things, \Neven how to set up a table,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:32.75,0:21:35.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eat properly at the table or --
Dialogue: 0,0:21:35.97,0:21:38.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But no, not enjoying wine yet.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:38.09,0:21:41.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Claudine) No, no, no wine yet,\Nit's just to give us show, so --
Dialogue: 0,0:21:41.37,0:21:43.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:21:43.02,0:21:44.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Claudine) Yes, sir?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:44.48,0:21:47.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Audience comments)
Dialogue: 0,0:21:52.50,0:21:56.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a very interesting question.\NDo you want to repeat the question?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:56.82,0:21:59.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Claudine) The question is\Nhow are the kitchens today
Dialogue: 0,0:21:59.59,0:22:03.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,different than the kitchens\Nthat my father was an apprentice in.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:04.41,0:22:05.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pretty dramatic?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:05.59,0:22:08.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jacques) Yes, well, no... but, yes!
Dialogue: 0,0:22:08.56,0:22:10.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:22:10.13,0:22:12.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a permanence there,\Nthe point is that
Dialogue: 0,0:22:12.29,0:22:14.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you still have to come on time,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:14.19,0:22:16.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you still have to be ready to work,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:16.29,0:22:20.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you still work in a place which is \Nvery structured, very disciplined,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:20.14,0:22:21.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like in the army,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:21.36,0:22:24.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't say, "Yes, captain!",\Nbut you say, "Yes, chef!",
Dialogue: 0,0:22:24.08,0:22:26.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's about the same thing\Nand you have to --
Dialogue: 0,0:22:26.67,0:22:29.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have to, so that \Nthe kitchen works properly.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:29.57,0:22:30.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're a member of a team,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:30.97,0:22:33.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if you're late or don't show up\Nto be part of that team,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:33.93,0:22:35.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're going to destroy the structure,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:35.75,0:22:37.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that remains the same.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:37.71,0:22:40.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That being said, when I was a kid,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:40.51,0:22:44.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we would never up there\Nto cut a tomato --
Dialogue: 0,0:22:44.18,0:22:45.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we only cut it in one direction,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:45.74,0:22:49.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we'd never alternate to the other side\Nwhen I worked at the Plaza and in Paris,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:49.45,0:22:50.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or whatever in the fifties.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:50.75,0:22:53.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, there's a much greater deal
Dialogue: 0,0:22:53.03,0:22:55.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and innovation is part of yourself too.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:55.40,0:22:59.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, of course, we,\Nup to 20-30 years ago --
Dialogue: 0,0:22:59.88,0:23:05.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been in the kitchen 65-67 years --
Dialogue: 0,0:23:05.57,0:23:08.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the cook were at the bottom\Nof the social scale.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:08.30,0:23:12.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Any good mother would have wanted\Nher child to marry a doctor, an architect,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:14.100,0:23:16.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,certainly not a cook.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:16.81,0:23:20.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now we are genius! I don't know \Nexactly what happened but --
Dialogue: 0,0:23:20.39,0:23:23.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is great, this is terrific,\Nso it's quite different.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:23.10,0:23:25.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- (Claudine) Papa, he has a question.\N- (Jacques) Yes, sir.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:29.84,0:23:32.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- (René) I have a question for you.\N- (Jacques) Yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:32.27,0:23:34.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(René) You said you're \Nmore than 80, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:23:34.32,0:23:36.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jacques) Yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:36.94,0:23:39.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(René) I'm 39.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:41.54,0:23:44.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think a lot of cooks \Nthat deal with this --
Dialogue: 0,0:23:45.70,0:23:48.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what can I say, like, guilt, sometimes --
Dialogue: 0,0:23:48.38,0:23:51.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they feel like they should be yearning\Nfor something in the past,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:51.57,0:23:53.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that in the past \Nthings were better, kind of --
Dialogue: 0,0:23:55.28,0:23:58.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you please tell us
Dialogue: 0,0:23:58.90,0:24:00.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how it used to be in the kitchen
Dialogue: 0,0:24:00.90,0:24:04.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and whether you think \Nthe life in the kitchen is better today,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:04.43,0:24:08.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and actually, do you think \Nthat food has become better
Dialogue: 0,0:24:08.32,0:24:10.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- and is becoming better?\N- (Jacques) Yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:10.40,0:24:13.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(René) Or, was it better \Nback in the old days?
Dialogue: 0,0:24:14.12,0:24:16.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, it is better,\Nthere's a cycle also --
Dialogue: 0,0:24:16.72,0:24:19.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,certainly as I said, my mother used \Nonly organic products too
Dialogue: 0,0:24:19.87,0:24:22.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that's what we have,\Nwe didn't have anything else,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:22.41,0:24:25.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we're going back to that,\Nwhich is a great thing, of course,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:25.36,0:24:27.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be in communion with the Earth
Dialogue: 0,0:24:27.39,0:24:29.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in communion to where you work,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:29.26,0:24:30.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and be local, and so forth.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:30.91,0:24:32.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, absolutely.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:32.95,0:24:34.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The cooks now still have
Dialogue: 0,0:24:34.30,0:24:36.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the same structure\Nthat we used to have
Dialogue: 0,0:24:36.23,0:24:40.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you have much more freedom\Nthan we ever had before.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:41.89,0:24:45.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Certainly, I got kicked in the rear end\Na few times by my chefs,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:45.34,0:24:49.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean it was the type of things\Nthat it was supposed at that time --
Dialogue: 0,0:24:49.18,0:24:50.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was supposed to be difficult,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:50.71,0:24:53.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have to go to \Na rite of passage and all of that,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:53.18,0:24:54.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is not really necessary,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:54.77,0:24:56.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you don't need to be yelled at --
Dialogue: 0,0:25:00.30,0:25:04.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've seen a lot of show on television,\Ncertainly, reality show,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:04.53,0:25:09.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the kitchen is like mayhem and \Nthe chef is yelling all over the place.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:09.28,0:25:12.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not conducive \Nto good work, certainly.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:12.54,0:25:16.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a great deal of love, a great deal\Nof yourself that you put in that food,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:16.48,0:25:20.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the yelling at other people,\Nthe lack of respect,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:20.74,0:25:25.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those things are not conducive,\Nin my opinion, to learning well
Dialogue: 0,0:25:25.03,0:25:27.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and teaching people how to cook.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:27.42,0:25:31.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At a certain age, when I was 12-13,\Nthe best way of learning
Dialogue: 0,0:25:31.25,0:25:34.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was probably through \Nthat kind of osmotic way:
Dialogue: 0,0:25:34.86,0:25:37.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you look, you repeat, \Nyou look, you repeat, and so forth.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:37.62,0:25:39.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We passed that level now.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:39.42,0:25:42.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chefs come from cooking schools,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:42.100,0:25:46.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they come out from college\Nwhen they are older,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:46.22,0:25:48.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they want to know how to do it,\Nthey want us to explain,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:48.84,0:25:51.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so it's a different way of teaching\Nthan what we're used to;
Dialogue: 0,0:25:51.99,0:25:55.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and people are much more in a hurry\Nthan how we were too;
Dialogue: 0,0:25:55.23,0:25:58.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we had at least three other apprenticeship\Nwithout paid or anything,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:58.41,0:26:01.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so, you know, there are \Nsix apprentices in front of you --
Dialogue: 0,0:26:02.98,0:26:04.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so, this is much better now.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:04.58,0:26:08.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A much greater respect for the chef,\Nfor what we do for our tradition,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:08.38,0:26:10.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is why, I mean, \Nwe're here today --
Dialogue: 0,0:26:10.51,0:26:11.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Yes?\N- (Claudine) Wrap it up.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:11.98,0:26:15.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jacques) Wrap it up. Yes, ma'm, okay.\NBut I still see one minute --
Dialogue: 0,0:26:15.55,0:26:17.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Claudine) Trust me.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:17.32,0:26:21.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jacques) I don't know whether \Nthat's the right answer to your question,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:21.43,0:26:24.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or whether I was not \Nspecific enough but --
Dialogue: 0,0:26:25.52,0:26:27.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(René) Can you just say in a yes or no?\N
Dialogue: 0,0:26:27.67,0:26:30.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:26:30.16,0:26:33.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Claudine) You'll be the first one\Nto ever get that answer, if it's possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:33.78,0:26:36.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- (René) If you look back when you were 30\N- (Jacques) Right --
Dialogue: 0,0:26:36.76,0:26:39.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(René) and you look at kitchens \Nand chefs and cooking now,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:39.94,0:26:41.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do you believe that is better now?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:41.79,0:26:44.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jacques) Oh yes, absolutely, \Nno question at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:44.13,0:26:46.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- (René) Thank you so much!\N- (Jacques) No question at all!
Dialogue: 0,0:26:46.89,0:26:48.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:26:53.43,0:26:56.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Claudine) Thank you, of course,\Nto the MAD team for working there,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:56.59,0:27:00.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,took us off to the extend \Nthat I find extraordinary
Dialogue: 0,0:27:00.71,0:27:02.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and rather inspiring so,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:02.57,0:27:05.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope that everyone feels \Nreally good about the work here,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:05.38,0:27:09.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but, of course, thanks to all of you\Nfor caring so much about what we do
Dialogue: 0,0:27:09.75,0:27:12.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and about what you do \Nand bringing it to the next level.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:12.77,0:27:15.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We hope you have a wonderful,\Nwonderful couple of days.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:15.35,0:27:16.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Thank you!\N- (Jacques) We are!
Dialogue: 0,0:27:16.83,0:27:18.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And drink a lot of wine!\NThank you!
Dialogue: 0,0:27:18.65,0:27:21.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause) (Cheers)
Dialogue: 0,0:27:24.46,0:27:26.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My daughter, Claudine!
Dialogue: 0,0:27:42.81,0:27:45.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- (Jacques) Jose is not here?\N- (René) He's here --
Dialogue: 0,0:27:47.51,0:27:51.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Jacques) Okay. Everything I know,\NI learned from him, you know.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:51.14,0:27:53.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:28:01.70,0:28:08.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,English subtitles by Jenny Lam-Chowdhury