Apart from extreme geography and the odd unforeseen railway jam, there are other challenges for a chef working at such a fast pace.

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Gilat, meanwhile, was working as a pastry chef.

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Paul Canales began working with goat in 1999 while chef at Oakland's Oliveto.

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Chef James Golding is working with his forager and kitchen gardener to create a menu where 95% of the ingredients come from within a 15-mile radius.

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"Charcuterie may arrive at the table as humble slices on a rustic cutting board, but "Behind this simple presentation is years of working and learning to get it right, " says chef Harrison Keevil of Brookville Restaurant in Charlottesville, VA. "So when you find that perfect speck or salami, make sure you pay respect to the people that worked really hard to make it perfect.

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Alfredo Loda is a chef who calls Casa Frankel home when he is not working in various parts of the country.

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Health authorities have determined that a 38-year-old chef who died in Zhejiang province on March 27 was infected with H7N9 while working in nearby Jiangsu province, where four other H7N9 cases have occurred, the official Xinhua news agency said, citing a statement from the Zhejiang provincial health department.

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Jesse Robbins, Chief Community Officer and co-founder of OpsCode, creator of the Chef systems integration framework for the cloud, pointed out in October 2007 that working such magic creates a competitive advantage.

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