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Tataki style cooking
Tataki is a cooking technique typically used in Japanese cooking. It is believed that it was invented in the 17th century after a Samurai met European travellers who cooked food on a grid at very high temperatures.
It's used mainly for cooking fish - especially tuna - but can also be used to prepare red or white meat. The secret of this type of cooking is the temperature of the pan: which must be very high, to allow quick cooking. The resulting food is seared on the outside, raw on the inside, moist and delicious.
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Top Chef ™ is an American reality competition television series which has run since March 2006. The show features professional chefs competing against each other in culinary challenges.
The Top Chef ™ chef-contestants are judged by a counsel of exemplary, world-renowned professional chefs and famous names from the food and wine industry.
The contestants are superb, professional chefs with a huge array of global food skills.
The show is progressive, eliminating one or two chefs each week. Each episode follows a consistent theme with (usually) a Quickfire challenge (short and fun) followed by a more difficult "Elimination Challenge" that is much more intense. The Top Chef ™ Judges Table is where the winners and losers are determined each week.
