Chef Chat: Simplicity's best for Frantz

02 September 2015 - 02:05 By Staff Reporter

Warren Frantz is executive chef and food and beverage operations manager at uShaka Marine World. "Food must engage all five senses," says Frantz. "My philosophy is, 'keep it simple'."What is currently in your fridge?Old Amsterdam cheese, beef rib-eye steak and lots of vegetables.The most annoying eaters?Guests who want to rewrite your menu. For example, they pick a dish and then alter it beyond recognition.Dumbest thing you have ever done in a kitchen?Threw plates of food at my general manager and the food and beverage manager when they started to irritate me during a busy service. It happened long ago at a four-star hotel. I've calmed down a bit since the incident.Guilty pleasure?Freshly baked bread, Mexican chilli crisps and avocado pear.What dish would you never try to master or have never been able to master?I can basically do anything that's required. However, do not ask me for a well-done steak.Who do you dream of cooking for and what would you make them?Angelina Jolie (my fiancée is going to kill me now). I'll make her my famous chocolate brownie fondant.If you could only eat one food or dish for the rest of your life, what would it be?Fresh fish, salt, pepper and fresh lemon.What food item would never be seen in your house?Pork.What food are you currently craving?Fresh fish from Hout Bay.The oddest food request you've ever had?I had a risotto marinara on the menu and the guest wanted the dish with no rice...

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