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Musings of a chef on his travels.

Stories from stadium kitchens, film sets and tents in the middle of nowhere: what it really takes to feed a crowd, and the characters you meet along the way.

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Articles from CHEF! magazine

The new stadium at Kintele, outside Brazzaville, built for the 11th African Games

Featured · Major events · As published in CHEF!

Catering for a continent

726 000 meals served. Over four weeks. In Brazzaville. A behind-the-scenes look at the logistics of catering for the 11th African Games.

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Behind the scenes on a TV production at a secret location

Film & TV · Seen on set

Come and join the circus

Riggers, the art department, camera crew, animal trainers and the kitchen: why making TV is the modern-day equivalent of running away with the circus.

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350+

crew fed almost every day

24/7

a kitchen in a tent

Film & TV · As published in CHEF!

Remote catering

Four meals in 24 hours for an overseas TV series in a remote part of South Africa: the team, the menus, the kit and clean water in a drought.

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Hungry for more?

Try a recipe from the kitchen.

Steak, smoked chicken, harders on the fire and slow-cooked short rib, step by step.

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Feeding a crowd, a crew or a continent?

The Chef & Associates plans it, sources it and cooks it, wherever it is.

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