The beginning

I have always loved food, to me it something more than sustenance, it is life.

To some, food is a just part of daily life where they have to 'squeeze' it in around their day, mine is the other way around, I like to work my life around food. It is something to look forward to. How often do you think when you are working that you can't wait to eat...your mouth begins to salivate.

I am a mothers dream, ever since I was a kid there was nothing I wouldn't eat. Vegetables (even brussel sprouts), fruit, fish etc. etc. I was especially fond of the sweet and salty things. That was probably why I was always the biggest kid in class my whole schooling career, but what I am trying to get at is the fact that when you love food, you know what tastes good, you know what would go well with what and you start creating these menus in your head.

I started creating these "menus" since I was six. I use to help in the kitchen cooking dinner with my mom and tell her this would be nice with this, and yes it was mostly salads and meats, but I knew then what tasted good. The more I learnt about food, the more I wanted to do something with it in my life. Some kids wanted to be firemen and policemen, I wanted to be a chef. But as I grew older my love for food never faded, it was my need to be a chef that did.

I soon learnt that I was a good people's person, I am a good listener and I thought "how hard could this be" and the thought of being a psychologist crossed my mind. After school I went to university and found that it wsn't for me. Too many subjects, too much studying...I am not a learner, I am a creator. I loved to write and my English wasn't too bad so I enrolled in an advertising college that would let me express my true creative nature, and for three years I learned to love what I did.

As much as I love being a copywriter, there is this beast within me that wants to break free, that wants to break out of its shell and do something that I have dreamt of for 20 years, and that is to be a chef. This blog is my starting point in becoming who I want to be. My thoughts, ideas and recipes will hopefully give me the courage to take the next step and be the next best thing since sliced bread.

Wish me luck!