from instant noodles to haute cuisine: vancouver chef wins national scholarship - mexican restaurant main dishes

A whole week.
Vancouver chef Daniel King said after receiving a prestigious chef scholarship that he is still decompressing.
"My heart kept beating as I stood there.
"I'm very, very nervous," said Kim.
"Now I'm trying to learn how to settle down.
"The scholarship is from Canada-
Extensive competition by Canadian chefs under 28 years of age, winner receive $10,000 cash rewards and stage (ie.
Apprentice)
At an international restaurant of their choice.
Kim, 24, works at vancouver's boulevard & Oyster Bar, but his first attempt at cooking is not advanced cooking. "[I was making]
Maybe some instant noodles.
He said with a smile.
Attracted by culinary ideas, Kim started working at a small Mexican restaurant at the age of 16, followed by Earl's.
After graduating from high school, he worked in a fine Western restaurant in South Granville.
Kim, who didn't attend a cooking school, said working in West inspired his career in the restaurant industry.
"When things really start to get better, I start working longer.
Higher requirements. It was tough.
I just like it more and more, "he said.
As part of the scholarship contest, the chef will get a "black box" containing the mysterious ingredients they have to add to the dish.
They have two hours to do the main course and 45 minutes to do the dessert.
Kim's team got a box with a whole duck in it, guthriale (
An Italian bacon made of pork cheeks)
Dark chocolate, pumpkin, eggs and honey.
With the clock running, Kim said he had to decide what to do as soon as possible.
"You're just constantly thinking about what you're doing, what you're doing next, what you're going to be in the next four steps, five steps, and he says: "In a game like this, you have to start thinking about it. ".
The dish Gold won for him made a duck breast with farce (stuffing)
Duck Juice, spiced cream pumpkin sauce, roasted pumpkin, potato fudge cooked with Gougu fat, celery and mushroom.
His desserts are adark chocolate mousse, raspberry cake, local honey cake, walnut crumble and sabale (
A shortbread).
Kim said he is happy to win the game, although he has not yet decided where he will go on the international stage.
He said she appreciated everything he did.
"I like what I do. . .
I like to wake up for it.
That's it.