Hiring a chef in Austin, Texas is about to be a whole lot easier and we want to thank each and every single one of you for choosing Gather and Forge for your chef needs. Without all of you, we would still be stuck in restaurants getting underpaid and overworked. If you are thinking about hiring a private chef in Austin, read this blog to see how far we have come!

The chef's knife is the most important tool in the kitchen. The home cook, line cook, or executive chef should take pride in having their tools perform at peak performance.  Not only is it disrespectful to the ingredients to use a knife as dull as a baseball bat, but there is nothing more dangerous than a dull knife. I've seen a coworker stab straight through the fleshy part of his hand from a miscalculation with a knife dulled by animal fat and sinew. This knowledge matters.

We all wish to be a personal chef. Is it that hard to break into and what is it like when you are “going through the motions” of being a personal chef? Let’s chat about it!

You have to read this if you are thinking about having a dinner party in Austin! This was for a bachelorette party that we did this past summer!

How are you supposed to sear fish? If we can do it, we know that you can too! Read along and we will give you our best bets!

Cooking for your entire family seems really hard, and it is… unless you have somebody else do it for you!