01 November, 2023
Journal

Table Talk

Table Talk: Andy Hearnden

Table Talk: Andy Hearnden

Q: Can you take us through an average day on your plate?

I eat the same thing for breakfast every day (so it’s one less recipe decision I have to make) which is basic oats with blueberries. Lunch is usually whatever I’m making for a video on my channels. Dinner is salad and protein because we generally eat heavy at lunch, and a bowl of ice cream to finish.

Q. What do you cook for the people you love?

I love to cook big share-style food for friends and family with protein, salads and sides. Everyone sits around and fills their plate with whatever is on the table. It always creates good conversation and it’s just the way I’ve always liked to eat

Q. What sort of food did you eat growing up?

Mainly meat and three veg - it was simple food that was cooked really well. We also had a lot of home baking. My Mum’s family is Dutch, so I had some great Dutch desserts throughout my childhood.

Q. What’s the first thing you remember cooking?

A. I think it was a steak with mushroom sauce with boiled chat potatoes and an apple crumble that I made in home economics at school. I think that’s what really drove home that I wanted to be a chef. I didn’t stay in school much longer after that and enrolled myself into culinary school.

Q. What is one of your happiest food memories?

A. It’s the dish in the poster, eating Nanna’s chicken à la king. I remember eating this dish many times at her house. We would sit down for a proper family meal, the table was set, Nanna would be all dressed up, and we’d sit and eat until all the food was gone.

Chicken À La King by Andy Cooks

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