User: Chef: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 16:13, 19 August 2024

Who is Chef

I am Jerry Pank, aka Chef, the founder, funder, editor and creator of Cookipedia. I am an extremely enthusiastic cook, however I am a computer programmer, not a Chef! I chose the pseudonym because it seemed like a good idea at the time. It feels a bit pretentious now but it's too late to change, so my apologies to real chefs.

Favourite chefs

Jamie Oliver - I love his style of cooking, enthusiasm and method of presentation. He may be a mockney, so what!
Rick Stein - When he's cooking in some town square on a Gaz stove, loaded with wine!
Antonio Carluccio - I love his rustic style of cooking and passion for local ingredients.

Favourite musicians

Music is my life blood. Period.

Current Favourite Band: Redemption, a local funk-rock-jazz=influenced band with a fabulous sax player, formerly of JTQ [James Taylor Quartet], John Wilmott. A superb player and a good friend. There are many other wonderful session guys in this Norfolk band.
Biggest influence: Pat Metheny / Herbie Hancock / Quincy Jones / Gilles Peterson / Stevie Wonder / Gino Vanelli / Montreaux Jazz Festival
Band: The Jazz Crusaders / The Average White Band / Led Zeppelin / Deep Purple / Gino Vanelli / Tower of Power / Aerosmith / Pat Metheny Group
Songwriter/Composer: Joni Mitchell / Stevie Wonder / Rickie Lee Jones / Carlos Jobim / Gill Scott-Heron / Dave Bowie / Dean Friedman
Keyboards: Bill Evans / Keith Jarrett / Herbie Hancock / Lyle Mays / Eliane Elias
Male Vocal: Mark Murphy / Jon Lucien / Ed Motta / Donnie Hathaway / Louis Prima / Boz Scaggs / Al Jarreau / Jose James / Chet Baker / Georgie Fame
Female Vocal: Sarah Vaughan / Ella / Joni / Rickie Lee Jones / Toki Asako
Guitar: Pat Metheny / Lee Ritnour / Carlos Santana / Hendrix / Jeff Beck
Bass: Marcus Miller / Jaco Pastorious
Drums: Vinnie Colaiuta / Dave Weckl / Kim Plainfield (Jon Lucien's band) / Stevie Wonder / Billy Cobham
Sax: Dave Sanborn / Stan Getz / Michael Brecker
Brass: Miles Davis / Freddie Hubbard / Chuck Mangeone

All-time favourite: Pat Metheny

Where I work

I am retired now, living in rural Norfolk. I still dabble with The Internets and I am a Volunteer at Cats Protection, Downham Market.

Contacting me

The easiest way to contact me is to use the Contact the Editor page. I will try to get back to you as soon as I am able.

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 ===Favourite musicians===
 '''Music is my life blood. Period.'''
+* '''Current Favourite Band:''' [[:Category:Redemption - Jazz - Funk - Rock and Roll|Redemption]], a local funk-rock-jazz=influenced band with a fabulous sax player, formerly of JTQ [James Taylor Quartet], John Wilmott.  A superb player and a good friend.  There are many other wonderful session guys in this Norfolk band.
 * '''Biggest influence:''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Metheny Pat Metheny] / [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbie_Hancock Herbie Hancock] / [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincy_Jones Quincy Jones] / [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_Peterson Gilles Peterson] / [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Wonder Stevie Wonder] / [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gino_Vanelli Gino Vanelli] / [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreaux_Jazz_Festival Montreaux Jazz Festival]
 * '''Band:''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jazz_Crusaders The Jazz Crusaders] / [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Average_White_Band The Average White Band] / [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led_Zeppelin Led Zeppelin] / [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Purple Deep Purple] / [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gino_Vanelli Gino Vanelli] / [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_Power Tower of Power] / [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerosmith Aerosmith] / [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Metheny_Group Pat Metheny Group]