http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/steve-cumper/ Steve is a city boy with a country heart. He’s chef with nearly 30 years’ experience with a deep commitment to regional cooking, which was recognized with a national award in 07. Steve and his family live the bucolic life on 11 acres in the township of Cygnet, in Southern Tasmania, a picturesque village bordered by rolling emerald hills and sparkling estuaries. Steve is a compulsive writer and was a finalist in the ABC rural short story writing competition and continues to polish his words on his food related blog, The View From My Porch. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/a-field-companion-to-various-species-of-chef/ To avoid some traps for young players I feel compelled to offer some advice observed from way too many hours in the rough and tumble of professional kitchens. Call it Chefs, and how to spot them in their natural habitat. Points are given (out of ten) for each species that you may have inhabiting your kitchen, a low score is excellent, a high score should have the alarm bells ringing. The Pedigreed Slouch, also known as the Know–all, or Mr Europe: First thing that you notice is its casual air of superiority. Its CV is long and littered with all the right names. Once working it makes repeated and ill-timed references to previous methods in other, better kitchens. Like some sort of defense mechanism, the Slouch will, when under the pump, start a frenzied monologue of how things were done at Le Manoir Quat Saisons whilst getting deeper and deeper in the shit. Usually this ends with the Slouch being rescued by an apprentice and then promptly walking out shamefaced. Score 8 feedback@thepunch.com.au (Steve Cumper) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/a-field-companion-to-various-species-of-chef/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/a-field-companion-to-various-species-of-chef/#item1829 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:45:25 +0000 Steve Cumper | Author bios | The Punch