My Kitchen Rules

#1 Overcooked meat

Overcooking food tells us you failed in your restraint, monitoring and control. Worse still, you did not respect the food you are cooking.

#2 Undercooked meat

You are far too risk averse. Fearing overcooking the meat, you were too conservative and decided to pull the food off before it was ready. If you are making chicken, you’ve also made the dish inedible. 

#3 Wrong flavour combination

This is a failure due to ignorance. You’ve paired up combinations that don’t work on the plate. This represents a cook with ambition, creativity and flair without the disipline.

#4 You took too long to serve

Here’s a violation of the social contract between you and the guests. The guests are hungry at the end of the day and if you don’t meet their basic physiological needs, you can’t expect them to entertain anything more.

#5 Keep it simple

Trying to wow your guests with your skills, you’ve spread yourself too thin across multiple dishes. The greatest sin of all is prioritising your ego above the food itself.