A chef is a trained professional cook who is proficient in all aspects of food preparation, often focusing on a particular cuisine. The word "chef" is derived from the term chef de cuisine, the director or head of a kitchen
You might be surprised to learn that, when communicating face-to-face, only 7% of communication is via the spoken word. That’s followed by 38% of vocal communication, which can be everything from the intonation in one’s voice to the speed or volume at which words are spoken. But the most significant…
Often, the more time someone has been a restaurant or hotel chef, the longer they take to adapt to being a private chef. Being a private chef is so very different from being a restaurant chef. Success as a restaurant chef is no indicator of ability to be a successful…
For over 5 years, for many individual players at football clubs across the Premier League and Championship, Discreet & Delicious Performance Chefs have been providing delicious food to match the nutrition required for elite professional football players. Taking the nutritional advice off the page and putting it on a plate.…
It is time to reflect on another completed Premier League season, and what a close finish it was, Manchester City clinching the title by just one point on the very last day. If we look in a bit more detail, however, how close was it really? Third placed Chelsea were…
With the arrival of the Spring sunshine, I always start to crave salads. The word ‘salad’, for many people, brings to mind a bit of soggy lettuce and some slices of cucumber and tomato. That is not what I mean by salad! Wikipedia defines salad as “a dish consisting of…
An old English proverb says, “You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink”. A Discreet and Delicious Performance Chef can make delicious food that you want to eat, and which is good for you and meets most of your nutritional needs. What we can’t do…
Discreet and Delicious Performance Chefs buy fresh, organic food whenever possible for our elite athlete clients, but what is the difference between organic and conventional farming and is it worth everyone buying organic food? Definitions of organic vary from country to country, but in the UK, the Department for Agriculture…
Discreet and Delicious are a company of Performance Chefs and we always advocate a policy of ‘food first’. This means that we believe it should be possible to get all of the nutrients, vitamins and minerals that the body needs from the food. However, there is no escaping the fact…
Back in the day, before football became all professional and commercial, some players used to go out the night before a match, have a few beers and a burger then turn up at half past two the next day ready(ish) to play. That was normal. Few people understood the connection…
