Thursday, June 26, 2014

Taking a Peek Inside the Kitchen

We spent a fun afternoon with Tarmo Randes, the U.S. Ambassador’s Chef. He spoke to us about the 4th of July reception preparations Wednesday afternoon. It takes a lot of work to prepare for this event. Chef Randes said that it took his team of six chefs three months to plan the event and about three days (16hrs per day) to prepare the meals.


The menu will include burgers (best in town!), hot dogs, pulled pork sandwiches and, potato salad, as well as sandwiches, chips and pizza, provided by local sponsors.

The cooking team used about 120 kg of beef, 80kg pulled pork, 100kg potatoes and 60 kg of mayonnaise, which should feed about 1,000 guests.

We were fascinated by what life in the kitchen looks like when preparing for such a big event. The staff was working happily without any stress, which, we thought, is rare for a big scale event like this.

Also, Tarmo showed us a simple way to make a very tasty burger and cheered our afternoon with his enthusiastic spirit!

Best of luck to Chef Tarmo and his team with this event! We have many things to look forward to this evening: the reception, the company of great people and food, and the USA vs Germany World Cup game. For both instances, we say: GO TEAM USA!!!

Post & Video by Aylin Erdogan & Dmitri Lipovski

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