Behind the Line: Jennifer Plank
Topic: Inspirations
Culinary Inspirations
Perhaps you're inspired by mom's old recipes, culinary school lessons, chef comrades nearby. What have been the biggest influences on your cuisine?
- Jennifer Plank
- Toast
- Cleveland, Ohio
The ingredients are my biggest influence. It is simple to make brilliant food with brilliant ingredients. Chef Sawyer has been the catalyst that made me realize how important this was.
Answers from other users
- Nate Hamilton
- Chef de Cuisine
- Harvest
- Madison, WI
Classic dishes. Mom's food. Flavors I like. There's a lot of stuff on my menus that are essentially shoutouts to simple dishes, prettied up for fine dining. We did an homage to a Wisconsin fish fry...
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- John Anderes
- Chef
- Telegraph
- Chicago, Illinois
Definitely my grandparents.
- Greg Biggers
- Executive Chef
- Café des Architectes
- Chicago, IL
Amazing cooks I have worked with. I have learned so much from fellow cooks when I was coming up. People like Eric Rollings that kicked my ass on turning vegetables really helped me develop.
- Stephanie Samuels
- Pastry Chef/Owner
- Angel Food Bakery
- Chicago, IL
My parents belonged to a gourmet club back in the 70's, and once every few months the dinner would be hosted at our house. watched my mom make an array of dishes in all kinds of genres. Little di...
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- Gerard Craft
- Executive Chef/Owner
- Niche Restaurant and BRASSERIE by niche
- St. Louis, MO
Dining out. When I went to France for a summer to work, my parents took me to two restaurants. Arpege and Le Bomboche. At Arpege, I didn't really understand it at first. It was deceptively simple. ...
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