London Taxi-Drivers (Black Cabs) and Chefs - any similarities?

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I'm a Chef - full C&G (RN UK). Chefs and taxi Drivers tend to come from the working classes, but yet we have to have an immense knowledge of obscurities. I'll take celery, a bit of  offal and some Tamarind juice and make you something special. A London Taxi Driver (Black Cabs - not minicabs) will take you from Liverpool St Station to Mayfair or some obscure back street in Kilburn with dispatch and efficiency. Any comments? London Black Cab Drivers - do us Chefs have the equivalent of "The Knowledge"?

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Never thought of it like that, but thats possibly true.
When I was younger I always wanted to be a chef, but nothing ever came of it. Shame really, because I have a passion for cooking and I'm actually pretty good (he says looking big headed...)

Edit: carina - LOL! we can hope ;)

Anonymous · Answer

A very strange comparison. I'd rather have the company of a chef as I hate cooking. I think though that being a chef means that you have an intense knowledge of food and a brilliant imagination to come up with such diverse ways of using it. A cabby may have lots of geographical knowledge and quick wit but he would be well out of his depth in a busy kitchen.

Tavy · Answer

Not really. My husband a Chef now Catering Manager went to a private boarding school and his father was a Captain the R.Navy.

Axiom · Answer

You want to get your head out of the clouds. Your profile states that you are of jewish descent yet you are a member of the BNP. Wake up. if National socialism had its way you would be in a que for the gas chamber.

carina · Answer

the only similarity I can think of is that they both seem to be as nutty as fruit cakes ... suppose both need a good dose of the extrovert

Matt ... look forward to seeing you on Masterchef some day

Anonymous · Answer

Why? Homework is it? Do it yourself.

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