James Holmes comes up with recipes as he showers every morning.

91裸聊视频淚 get up every morning and write it, it changes every single day,91裸聊视频� he said.

Holmes is executive chef for the Salt & Brick and Jacks Pizza, overseeing both restaurants and says it91裸聊视频檚 not a trade secret that ideas come fluidly in the morning.

The Salt and Brick was opened with a vegetarian-focused, local theme, and the menu changes every day. It also makes Holmes adept at preparing ingredients on the fly, which will benefit him the next Central Okanagan Food Bank fundraiser.

Holmes is one of nine chefs who will take part in the Fork and Spoon fundraiser, set for Oct. 13, which will provide foodies with a nine-course meal made from food bank ingredients and prepared from chefs around the Okanagan.

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He said he is well prepared for the fundraiser, with his experience in Black Box competitions and constantly coming up with new dishes.

But Holmes91裸聊视频� career wasn91裸聊视频檛 always so food focused.

His passion for cooking started after a trip to Europe when he was 27, he said.

91裸聊视频淚t wasn91裸聊视频檛 so much the actual food as it was the growing, the produce and everything that ties to now being in the Okanagan,91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频淚 was literally a year away from getting into the police force and I failed the colour blind test, so that91裸聊视频檚 what made me change careers so late.91裸聊视频�

He graduated from the Dubrulle Culinary Institute in Vancouver in 2013, training in classic French cuisine.

91裸聊视频淎t 27 I have to be pretty aggressive in my career. Most cooks start out dishwashing at 17 and work their way up to be successful, but I had that mentality coming out of school,91裸聊视频� Holmes said. 91裸聊视频淚 just bust my ass until now. Literally two years out of school I was a sous chef and four years after that I was executive chef.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淚t was a lot of work, and still is,91裸聊视频� he said.

There are two reasons he decided to get involved with the fundraiser.

91裸聊视频淭his is almost like my daily life creating meals from what I have (and secondly) I was actually going to collaborate with the food bank a few years ago and do a cookbook in the same sort of style of food that they get,91裸聊视频� he said.

Like any chef, he said, creating meals at home is not about getting fancy and said to be a better chef at home, don91裸聊视频檛 pursue cooking as a career.

His biggest recommendation is to not be afraid to experiment, for those looking to improve their skills.

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91裸聊视频淭oo many people at home go with the safe and go with the recipe. If we all chefs followed a recipe we91裸聊视频檇 all be the same,91裸聊视频� he said.

His go-to comfort foods are a whole chicken, slow roasted items or a one pot stop like potatoes, corn, onion and bratwurst in a stock,91裸聊视频� he said.

The first 20 tickets for the event are $200, and regular priced tickets are $250 which can be purchased online through . All proceeds will be donated to the food bank.

carli.berry@kelownacapnews.com
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