Chef revelations – Dan Doherty, head chef, Duck & Waffle

12 April 2013
Chef revelations – Dan Doherty, head chef, Duck & Waffle

What was your best subject at school?
English literature, believe it or not!

What was your first job?
Kitchen porter back home in Shrewsbury

What do you normally have for breakfast?
I don't if working. Soft-boiled eggs with soldiers on day off.

Which is your favourite restaurant?
River Café

What is your favourite food/cuisine?
Japanese and Italian

Are there any foods/ingredients that you refuse to cook with? Rice, because I suck at cooking it.

What flavour combinations to do you detest? Chocolate and alcohol

Which person in catering have you most admired?
Tom, my senior sous. Amazing chef and great friend. We'll all be working for him one day.

Which person gave you the greatest inspiration?
Herbert Berger, formerly of One Lombard Street, London

Who would you invite to your dream dinner party? Paul Bocuse, Paolo di Canio, Otis Reading, Will Smith, The Goonies, Danny Meyer and Prince Harry to lighten the mood.

Cast away on a desert island, what luxury would you take? Sun cream! I'll burn to a crisp otherwise.

What is your favourite prepared food product? Dairylea. Childhood addiction.

What would be your last supper? Sunday roast and steamed treacle pudding

If not yourself, who would you rather have been? Mark Noble, West Ham footballer

Tell us a secret… I can't change a fuse.

Describe your ultimate nightmare? Dinner with Bono

Who would be in your "fantasy" brigade? My current brigade has given me so much dedication and success in our first year, all I'd do is add Gordon Ramsay for a laugh.

When and where was your last holiday? Oslo, Norway

What irritates you most about the industry? How judgemental it is. It's not the critic that counts… it's the man in the arena.

When did you last eat a hamburger? About a week ago, at Burger and Lobster. Seriously good.

What's your favourite film?Stand by Me

Who would play you in a film about your life? Will Smith. We look the same.

What's your favourite music?

Cheese, and Motown What's your favourite book? Kite Runner

What is your favourite prepared food product? Dairylea. Childhood addiction.

Who would be in your "fantasy" brigade? My current brigade has given me so much dedication and success in our first year, all I'd do is add Gordon Ramsay for a laugh.

If you had more time, what you do? Spend more time with my family. Read more, cycle more, eat more, sleep more.

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