WHO’S IN THE KITCHEN & WHAT’S COOKING?

 Aww. We have had so much fun bringing you the WHO’S IN THE KITCHEN & WHAT’S COOKING feature to every issue of Simply Pets Magazine that we have now turned it into a online feature with videos and recipes that we believe you will love even more! If you have a recipe that you would like to share for humans or Petkids, let us know. BE INSPIRED! We are cooking up for both! To share your video or recipe please click here. Meanwhile in the Simply Pets kitchen- please join some of our celebrity chefs and cooks.  Our first delicious meal for Petparents and Petkids will be posted February 1st! Just in time for Valentine’s Day!   Who is first up in the kitchen?    CHRISTOPHE! Stay tuned.

*If you have some great recipes for humans and petkids that you want to share, please drop us a line. We would love to feature you and your creations.

Simply Pets welcomes or first celebrity cook CHRISTOPHE.

Christophe has created his first recipe just for Simply Pets below. We think you will love it! Share the love and HAPPY with that special human or petkid.

Learn about Christophe below and see what is cooking below. YUM-YUM!

<— Chef Christophe is the owner of Taste of Provence and now he is part of the Simply Pets FOODIE TEAM!      

CHRISTOPHE
From Provence to Seattle

Christophe was born in the South of France on a 19th century farm. His father is a farmer and his mother runs her own business. He grew up around animals and thus food his entire life.

As a young child, he spent a lot of time with Grandfather growing up taking care of sheep, rabbits, and the garden on the farm. He helped with everything from making cheese to curing meat after butchering the whole animal. A pivotal childhood experience, a sort of right of passage, was as a 12 year old boy being told by his Grandfather that he need to learn to kill a rabbit on his own. After he did this he then asked his grandmother what would happen to it now, she showed him how to cook it into a traditional stew with vegetables from their garden. The stew was served to the whole family. After this, he started doing a lot more on the farm on his own.

He started making pies and cooking more rabbits in his own way, although the stew continues to be a comfort food for Christophe. Initially Christophe thought he would be a farmer and even entered an agricultural boarding school. In college Christophe studied Hospitality Business and worked in a bar/restaurant allowing him to get back to his passion of working with food.

Over the next 24 years Christophe has cooked his way, bartended, served, and managed some of the top bars and restaurants in the South of France, Monaco, New York, and Seattle, including opening 10 different restaurants and bars. The restaurants ranged in size and specialty, but all benefited from Christophe’s deep connection to food and his customers. About 7 years ago, he launched Christophe LLC which has provided catering to small intimate groups and large parties of up 250 guests bartending classes and services.

Christophe has become the proud father of two amazing daughters.

 

Simply Pets welcomes and CHIRSTOPHE!

We here at Simply Pets LOVE food!

We are HAPPY to announce that we are bringing one of our favorite magazine columns now online too! Feel free to share some of your great receipes with us for Petkids and Petparents everywhere! Join in on the “yum-yum”.