Cindy Ord / Getty Izithombe URichard Blais ubuso obuqhelekileyo kubabukeli be Umpheki ophezulu . Njengomntu okhuphisana kwisizini ye-4, ukuthanda kwakhe izinto ezibandayo kunye ne-nitrogen engamanzi abalandeli abanomdla. Nangona wayeyimbaleki yelo xesha, kamva wabuyela kuye Umpheki oPhezulu: Zonke iiNkwenkwezi ngo-2011 kwaye wagoduka isihloko okuphumelela. UBlais ukusukela ngoko waba ngumntu owaziwayo kwilizwe lokupheka, ebonakala njengomntu okhuphisana naye kwimiboniso efana nale IiMasters zaBapheki abaPhezulu , Zonke iiNkwenkwezi eziHlathiweyo , kunye Umpheki wentsimbi Melika , nanjengejaji kwi Imidlalo yokutya yeGuy , Phezulu Chef Canada , kunye URachael vs. Guy , ngokuka ICulinary Institute yaseMelika . Umpheki uphumelele kwesi sikolo siphezulu siphezulu, eseHyde Park, NY, kodwa ayilapho aqala khona ukufunda malunga nekhitshi.
U-Blais, inzalelwane yase Uniondale, NY, eneneni waqala umsebenzi wakhe wokusebenza e McDonald's xa ndandikwishumi elivisayo. Wenze i-Filet-O-Fish sandwiches (umpheki uye wahlekisa ngelo xesha, wayeyi-'poissonnier' yokutyela) kwaye yayilulwalamano phakathi kwabo basebenza naye ekhitshini olwamenza wafuna ukupheka ngobungcali (nge Intatheli yaseHollywood kunye neCIA). U-Blais uqhubeke nokufunda e-CIA kwaye wagqibezela ukuphuma kwakhe e-French Laundry, indawo yokutyela eyaziwayo ka-Thomas Keller e-Yountville, e-Calif., Kunye nabanye abapheki abaziwayo ngoku kunye ne-CIA alumni Grant Achatz kunye no-Eric Ziebold.
Umsebenzi weRichard Blais njengompheki wamchaphazela njani
UDaniel Zuchnik / Getty Izithombe Emva kokuthweswa kwakhe isidanga, uBlais wafundisa ukwenziwa kweentlanzi kunye nokupheka e-CIA njengomphathi-kuqeqesho ngelixa wayesebenza kwifama ezinzileyo kwiNtaba iKisco, NY La mava amnika umsebenzi phantsi kukaDaniel Boulud. Umpheki kamva wabamba i-El Bulli eSpain phantsi kukaFerran Adrià, isahluko sobomi bakhe apho wafumana khona 'ikhampasi yobungcali.'
Kodwa ukusebenza kwishishini lokutyela kuyichaphazele impilo kaBlais. Indlela yokuphila yompheki osebenza iiyure ezili-16 ukuya kwezili-17, ukungcamla ukutya ngalo lonke ixesha, ukupheka, ukuthetha ngokutya, ukuhlala ume ngeenyawo imini yonke kodwa ungafumani mthambo, kwaye uthatha inxaxheba kwimiba yentlalo yolu shishino ukusela ibhiya emva kotshintsho olude, oludinayo- kwathatha umthwalo kuBlais, owaba ziiponti ezingama-60 ukutyeba kwisithuba seenyanga. Uye waqonda ukuba kufuneka abuguqule ubomi bakhe xa engasaziboni esipilini. Kodwa oyena mshukumisi mkhulu kuye kwafuneka anciphise umzimba luthando (nge CNN ).
URichard Blais woyise njani ukutyeba kwakhe
UNick Tininenko / imifanekiso kaFetty Xa uBlais echaza umzabalazo wakhe wexesha elidlulileyo kunye nobunzima, uthi ukuthoba ubunzima bakhe 'kukudibanisa into eyonwabisayo kunye noxinzelelo olukhulu.' Ngelixa umpheki wayephulukene nendawo yokutyela, wadibana noJazmin, uthando lobomi bakhe. UJazmin, imbaleki ekhuphisanayo kunye nomqeqeshi wangaphambili wobuqu, wanceda ukutshintsha kukaBlais kwindlela yokuphila enempilo. Baqala ukubaleka bobabini kunye. 'Kwakufuneka ndifumane le ntombazana intle,' utshilo uBlais kwi-CNN. 'Bendingumfana okrelekrele, kwaye kuye kwafuneka ndileqe emva kwale ntombazana.'
Emva kokuphumelela Umpheki oPhezulu: Zonke iinkwenkwezi , U-Blais ubuyile esimeni ngokutya kwe vegan kunye nokuzilolonga rhoqo kwaye waphulukana neeponti ezingama-60. Wacebisa ukuba-intombi yakhe uJazmin ekupheleni komdyarho wakhe wokuqala kwaye bobabini babopha iqhina. Namhlanje, bahlala kunye neentombi zabo ezimbini uRiley no-Embry eDel Mar, eCalif., Ke uBlais unokusondela kwingcinga yakhe esekwe eCalifornia iJuniper kunye neIvy kunye neCrack Shack. U-Blais kunye nenkosikazi yakhe baqhuba i-Trail Blais, inkampani yokubonisana, kunye ne-podcast Ukutyiwa yindlala yokuqwalaselwa . Umpheki naye usandula ukumiliselwa Indawo yokutya , Ipodcast entsha apho abongamela iindwendwe, abahlekisi, ababhali, okanye abapheki, abaphikisana neembono zabantwana (ezinje ngebhekoni vs. isoseji kunye nekhekhe nopayi).
Ezinye iiprojekthi uRichard Blais uthathe inxaxheba kuzo
Ifoto nguRommel Demano / Getty Izithombe Umsebenzi kaBlais uchume ngaphezulu kweTV, iivenkile zokutyela kunye neepodcast. Umpheki ubhale iincwadi zokupheka ezimbini: Zama oku Ekhaya: Iiresiphi ezisuka kwiNtloko yam ukuya kwiPlate yakho ngo-2013 kunye Kulungile: Iiresiphi ezili-100 ezisuka kwiKikhi yam ukuya kweyakho Ngo-2017. Uye wangena kwilizwe le-YouTube nge Uchungechunge lweBurger Lab Urekhodele ijelo leTast ngo-2013. Uye wenza uphuhliso lwemveliso kunye nokuxhasa iimveliso eziphambili ezinje nge-LG, McCormick, Quaker, Diageo, kunye nokutya kwekati Umthendeleko oMnandi (ngeCIA).
U-Blais wafumana unyango lwe-movie ngo-2016 xa wayevela njengenguqulelo yakhe ehlekisayo ngexesha lokuza kwakhe Kutheni Yena? Kudlala uJames Franco noBryan Cranston. Indima yayihlekisa ngothando lwakhe nge-molecular gastronomy, kunye nomlingiswa wakhe osebenzela izinto ezingenangqondo zokupheka ezinokuthi zingabi zizo zonke izinto ezingenakulinganiswa, ngokuqwalasela ubuchule bompheki ekhitshini. (Ungayijonga ifayile ye- ikliphu yeBlais 'cameo kwiphepha leFacebook kwifilimu.)
Kuba unezandla kwiiprojekthi ezahlukeneyo, utshilo uBlais Ootata elona candelo linzima lomhlaba wakhe 'uzama ukuba ngumyeni notata olungileyo kwaye uzama ukulinganisa yonke into.' Kodwa uhlala esenza ixesha nosapho kwaye upheka nabo ekhaya xa enakho.
