Chef Curtis Duffy Research Paper

Takes a lot of passion and ambitious to open a restaurant from zero and transformed that place into a three-Michelin star restaurant. Chef Curtis Duffy accomplishes many things through this whole process. He was born into an unfortunate family had a sad and unstable childhood and with all that he tries his best. Born in Johnstown, Ohio Chef Curtis Duffy found his passion for cooking at the age of fourteen in middle school, when Ruth Snider economics teacher encouraged him to become a chef. A boy who thought that cooking was just for girls found himself between pots. Curtis was not an A student the best he could do was a C. When he was cooking, he found something that was lacking on his life. Later he realized that was the sense of power and ownership. He worked his way up thought the best restaurants in Chicago Charlie Trotter’s, Trio, Alinea and Avenues (in The Peninsula hotel). He had great chefs as his mentor. He learned everything he could to better himself as a …show more content…
Chef Charlie Trotter had on his mind that cooks were blessed to be working for him. To have him as their mentor it was better than any money or paycheck. Chef Curtis Duffy learned that he needed to find a better opportunity. After leaving Charlie Trotter’s he worked at trio where he meet Chef Grant Achatz, working at Trio he climbed his way up from cold foods station to head pastry chef. Chef Grant saw in Chef Curtis Duffy an ambitious chef looking for better opportunities. Chef Achatz was ready to open his first restaurant and want to take Chef Curtis Duffy with him. Aliena was open in 2005 and Chef Curtis was named chef de cuisine. Working on a kitchen like Alinea Chef Curtis Duffy didn’t have time for anything else in life, but he did not want to be second-best he wants to be the best and for that reason he left Aliena to make a name for