Modul 3: Story 37 The Chef
Video 01 Vocabulary Presentation 1-3
Video 04 Story Presentation 01
Video 05 Story Presentation 02
Audio 01 The story
The Chef
Emilio is a chef, famous for his exquisite flavours. He works closely with his sous-chef, Theresa, in order to create delicious, new flavours in traditional French cuisine. He has won several awards, so people travel from far and wide to try his food. However, Emilio is not like other chefs.
Five years ago, Emilio was diagnosed with laryngeal cancer. This means he had dangerous tumours in his throat. Thankfully, the treatment and surgery to remove the cancer were successful and didn’t result in the loss of his voice. Unfortunately, however, the radiation therapy was so aggressive that he lost the function of his taste buds. This, to Emilio, was even worse than losing the ability to speak. How could he work without his taste buds? He was renowned for the unique tastes of his food.
One night he had a nightmare that he had to pass his restaurant over to his newly employed sous-chef, but when he woke up, he wasn’t saddened by his dream. Actually, he was inspired. For two weeks, he was teaching Theresa everything that he knew about dough, sauces, herbs and spices, cheese, wine, pasta, and what flavours go nicely with others. It was intensive, and Theresa was exhausted, but by the end of this culinary crash course, she shared the same knowledge as the great Emilio Richelieu.
They both worked hard to come up with a system for Theresa to explain the flavours that she could taste to Emilio, and for him to tell her how to enhance or correct the flavours. Even though Emilio lost the ability to taste, he was able to keep his restaurant after all. The restaurant became increasingly popular for news stories due to the fact that the Head Chef couldn’t even taste the food he was creating.
“Mr Richelieu, how do you continue to produce amazing food without the ability to taste?” asked a news reporter.
“Well,” he began, closing in on the microphone, “I taught my sous-chef everything I knew about food. So, I tell her what I want meals to taste like, and because she knows how I would cook the meal, we are able to create new, delicious meals together and keep this beautiful restaurant open.”
Video 06 Part A
Audio 02 Questions Part A
1. Is Emilio a famous chef?
2. Is he famous for his exquisite flavours?
3. Has he got a helper in cooking?
4. Do Emilio and his sous-chef cook traditional French dishes?
5. Has he won several awards?
6. Is Emilio like any other chef?
7. Did he have surgery 5 years ago?
8. Did he lose his voice during the surgery?
9. Did he lose his sense of taste?
10. Could he work on his own without his sense of taste?
11. Did he teach Theresa his unique way of tasting food?
12. Had she developed good culinary taste by the end of the course?
13. Did they get exhausted during the process?
14. Has the restaurant become increasingly popular?
15. Did they manage to keep the restaurant open?
Video 07 Part B
Audio 03 Questions Part B
16. Who is a famous chef?
17. Who cooks traditional French cuisine?
18. Who has won several awards for their dishes?
19. Who is Emilio’s sous-chef?
20. Who had tumours in the throat 5 years ago?
21. Who had a nightmare one day?
22. Who took part in Emilio’s culinary crash course?
23. Who interviewed Emilio?
Video 08 Part C
Audio 04 Questions Part C
24. Is Emilio a famous chef of traditional French cuisine, or is he a famous singer of traditional French songs?
25. Does he work alone, or does he work closely with Theresa?
26. Has Emilio won several awards in cooking, or has he lost cooking competitions?
27. Did Emilio lose his sous-chef in an accident 5 years ago, or did he lose the function of his taste buds during radiotherapy?
28. Did Emilio’s dream sadden him or excite him?
29. Did he teach Theresa to become a chef, or did he teach her which flavours go nicely together?
30. Was Theresa very tired by the end of the culinary crash course, or was she relaxed?
31. Did Emilio’s restaurant become less popular or more popular after he had lost his sense of taste?
Video 09 Part D
Audio 05 Questions Part D
32. What does Emilio do better than other chefs?
33. Why did he have an operation?
34. When did he have his surgery?
35. Why did he lose the function of his taste buds?
36. How did Emilio solve this problem?
37. What did Theresa learn during the crash course?
38. Who was Emilio interviewed by?
39. Why was the restaurant becoming more famous?
Video 10 Part E
Audio 06 Questions Part E
40.
a. Ask me if Emilio was working with Theresa.
b. Ask me who Emilio was working with.
41.
a. Ask me if people travelled from far and wide to Emilio’s restaurant.
b. Ask me why people travelled from far and wide to Emilio’s restaurant.
42.
a. Ask me if Emilio was like any other chef.
b. Ask me what Emilio was like.
43.
a. Ask me if Emilio was unfortunate.
b. Ask me why Emilio was unfortunate.
44.
a. Ask me how he solved his food tasting problem after his surgery.
b. Ask me what problem Emilio solved after his surgery.
45.
a. Ask me if Theresa learnt to taste food like Emilio after Emilio’s culinary crash course.
b. Ask me how Theresa tasted food after Emilio’s culinary crash course.
Audio 08 Story variations
The Chef
Emilio's story
The story
Emilio, who is a chef of traditional French cuisine, works in his own restaurant. He has got a sous-chef called Theresa, who helps him cook very high quality, tasty dishes.
Over the years, Emilio’s restaurant became very popular, so people came from far and wide to taste his dishes.
Five years ago, Emilio was operated with laryngeal cancer. Unfortunately, the radiotherapy was so aggressive that he lost the function of his taste buds, and this terrified him very much.
One day, he decided to teach Theresa about flavours, so he gave her a culinary crash course which helped her to communicate with Emilio better while they were cooking together.
When people heard Emilio’s story, more and more guests visited the restaurant in order to try their dishes, so in the end, Emilio’s restaurant became even more popular than before.
Emilio’s story
I am Emilio. I am a chef of traditional French cuisine. I work in my own restaurant. I have got a sous-chef called Theresa, who helps me cook very high quality, tasty dishes.
Over the years, my restaurant became very popular, so people came from far and wide to taste my dishes.
Five years ago, I was operated with laryngeal cancer. Unfortunately, the radiotherapy was so aggressive that I lost the function of my taste buds, and this terrified me very much.
One day, I decided to teach Theresa about flavours, so I gave her a culinary crash course which helped her to communicate with me better, while we are cooking together.
When people heard my story, more and more guests visited the restaurant in order to try our dishes, so in the end, my restaurant became even more popular than before.
Video 12 Vocabulary check (Extra)
The Chef
Part 1
Emilio is a chef, famous for his exquisite flavours. He works closely with his sous-chef, Theresa, in order to create delicious, new flavours in traditional French cuisine. He has won several awards, so people travel from far and wide to try his food. However, Emilio is not like other chefs.
Five years ago, Emilio was diagnosed with laryngeal cancer. This means he had dangerous tumours in his throat. Thankfully, the treatment and surgery to remove the cancer were successful and didn’t result in the loss of his voice. Unfortunately, however, the radiation therapy was so aggressive that he lost the function of his taste buds. This, to Emilio, was even worse than losing the ability to speak. How could he work without his taste buds? He was renowned for the unique tastes of his food.
Part 2
One night he had a nightmare that he had to pass his restaurant over to his newly employed sous-chef, but when he woke up, he wasn’t saddened by his dream. Actually, he was inspired. For two weeks, he was teaching Theresa everything that he knew about dough, sauces, herbs and spices, cheese, wine, pasta, and what flavours go nicely with others. It was intensive, and Theresa was exhausted, but by the end of this culinary crash course, she shared the same knowledge as the great Emilio Richelieu.
Part 3
They both worked hard to come up with a system for Theresa to explain the flavours that she could taste to Emilio, and for him to tell her how to enhance or correct the flavours. Even though Emilio lost the ability to taste, he was able to keep his restaurant after all. The restaurant became increasingly popular for news stories due to the fact that the Head Chef couldn’t even taste the food he was creating.
“Mr Richelieu, how do you continue to produce amazing food without the ability to taste?” asked a news reporter.
“Well,” he began, closing in on the microphone, “I taught my sous-chef everything I knew about food. So, I tell her what I want meals to taste like, and because she knows how I would cook the meal, we are able to create new, delicious meals together and keep this beautiful restaurant open.”