Recently you completed work a calendar featuring the upcoming Culinary Olympic team. What were your favorite memories of the shoot or any insights into the team. I told the ACF people that they needed to think in terms of these people as culinary 'jocks'. I wanted to show the sweat and effort involved, which as we all know is considerable. I've shot two Culinary Olympic teams before this one, and I am amazed at the amount of time that is required.
People take time off from work and their families.
That kind of dedication is pretty impressive, as far as I'm concerned. And I wanted to translate it onto film. This year's team has been hindered, as I understand it, by a lot of political infighting away from the team itself, and in the various organizations involved with selections, and fundraising and all that sort of thing. But I was really impressed that the team members just put all that behind them and just concentrated on the work at hand. Along the same line of thought, chefs , as you know, can be unpredictable and are pretty much their own people.