Ingredients:
1kg carrots
1 large onion
1 medium potato
2 celery sticks
8 cloves of garlic
1 tbsp chopped ginger
2 large Good pinches of salt
A good pinch of pepper
2 tbsp medium curry powder
1 tsp mild chilli powder
1tsp cumin seeds
1tsp mustard seeds
2 cardamon pods
1 large stick of cinnamon (remove once cooked and before blending)
1750ml of water
Garnish:
6 TBSP oat or soy cream
6 Sprigs Corriander
Place everything except the cream into a big pot and place a lid on it and boil for 40 minutes. Remove the cinnamon stick and blend until smooth.
To serve, pour into a large bowl, drizzle over the cream and place on the corridor.
Enjoy.
My Chef Training
I found the academic side of school very hard. Suffering from dyslexia it became apparent that the vocational side of life was my calling. This is where my love of food took the next step.
At 15, I found my love for cooking. Immediately my confidence grew and I was finally good at something. Excelling my year group with my culinary skills, at 16 I enrolled at the most prestigious catering college in the country, Westminster.
This had to have been one of the most challenging, fun and eye-opening experiences I had in the real world. Commuting from Sevenoaks to London, Monday to Friday, at 16 was thrilling but tiring. Our days in the kitchen started at 9am and finished at 5pm each day. I would then go and work in a kitchen as a paid chef from 6pm-10pm.
Weekends were a no-go. I would then work from 6.30am to 10pm every other weekend and study on alternate weekends. Welcome to the real life of a chef. Or lack of.
During my time at Westminster, I had opportunities to work at the Dorchester Hotel, Hilton Park Lane, City Rhodes, Houses of Commons and Marco Pierre White’s, Belvedere.
This experience helped a team of 6 chefs win the country's biggest catering competition, Toque D’or.
Daniel Welstead Plant-Based Vegan Personal Trainer in Sevenoaks