[Jenn’s note: This post is a guest post from More’s very own editorial assistant, Joana Lourenço, who’s also a Curtis Stone fan!]
I was feeling flush, and it had nothing to do with the temperature in the kitchen and everything to do with the hunky chef preparing my meal. Monday night, I attended a media event hosted by Curtis Stone, star of the hit TLC series Take Home Chef, who has just released his fourth cookbook, Relaxed Cooking with Curtis Stone: Recipes to Put You in My Favorite Mood. To get us in the mood, Stone prepared a four-course feast, which included tuna ceviche, linguini with garlic shrimp and fresh pesto, roasted rack of lamb, and blueberry clafoutis topped with whipped cream.
The Aussie chef also demonstrated his new line of cookware, recently launched at The Bay stores across Canada. Stone admitted to having great fun with the cheeky product names, such as the Bump & Grind mortar and pestle, the Hold Me mixing bowls, and the Keep It Clean spoon rest.
The kitchen sizzled, but the real heat came from Stone. His passion for food was palpable, his energy infectious, and I ate up every word. He dished out jokes and raved about his favorite food, white truffles. “I’ve been told that eating white truffle is a sexual experience,” he said. “I don’t know if it’s a sexual experience, but it’s a really good one.”
Stone has us in stitches recounting some offbeat moments from the show (he was threatened by an angry spouse once, and had to improvise in the kitchen when one woman hadn’t paid her gas bill.) During the evening, Stone revealed that he’s currently filming several episodes for the upcoming season of The Biggest Loser. His dieting advice: Focus on the things that you love instead of things you don’t love.
Another helpful tip from Stone: Never cook bacon naked. Unfortunately, that wasn’t part of the demonstration…
