At Aberdeen Woods Conference Center in Peachtree City, GA, the ever-changing buffet is one of the amenities that makes this a successful business conference hub in the Atlanta area. When I worked in Boston and in New York, I used to walk down the street and look in restaurant windows. Over the years, food hasn't really changed much.
Chefs get ideas from other chefs.
You cook what you like, infusing it with your own personality. What's important in this business is really to know what's contemporary and to keep your finger on the pulse. To do this, he adds, some American chefs travel to Europe on a regular basis. What they reap from this experience is exposure to cuisine and trends. And today, he is doing something quite similar by regularly browsing food and restaurant websites.