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Aidan "Trig" Brooks

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I'm Trig - a professional chef and avid food blogger. Here you will find all the video clips I've uploaded for use on my blog which you can find at the url at the foot of this display. The most recent clips may be in preparation for blog posts yet to be published.

Name: Aidan
Age: 21

I'm a trainee chef from Hackney in London's East End, currently living in Spain where I'm working with some of the country's leading chefs. I graduated from Westminster Kingsway College with a Professional Chef Diploma in summer 2007. While a student I started my food blog Aidan Brooks: Trainee Chef and for a while I contributed to Word of Mouth, the food blog of The Guardian newspaper. Following work experience in various London restaurants, I successfully applied for a stage at Barcelona's modern tapas restaurant Comerç 24, owned by Ferran Adrià's former senior sous chef Carles Abellan. A few weeks after I joined we were thrilled to be rewarded with a Michelin star. Later I was promoted to chef de partie, with full responsibility for the cuarto frio section and its staff. After over a year Comerç 24 I decided that it was time to move on. During a short break I experienced several of the finest restaurants in Catalunya and The Basque Country. I started a new job at Martín Berasategui's Michelin-starred restaurant Lasarte in Barcelona in the New Year and had my stage extended for a second month which I've now completed. I've just moved to the mountains of València to join the team of Spain's "Chef of the Year 2009", Paco Morales, at Hotel Ferrero. I'm passionately pursuing my life-long ambition to become a top-class chef and a world-famous restaurateur one day.

City: Barcelona
Hometown: Hackney
Country: Spain
Occupation: Trainee chef
Companies: Comerç 24, Lasarte at Hotel Cond...
Interests and Hobbies: Cooking,classic and contemporary film, football, hip-hop and other music, languages, travel.
Movies and Shows: Movies: Leon, Goodfellas, A Bronx Tale, Pulp Fiction, The Godfather Part I & II, The Usual Suspects, Memento, Scarface, True Romance, City Of God, American Beauty, 21 Grams, Dirty Harry, The Untouchables, Boyz N The Hood, Trainspotting, The Deer Hunter, Dog Day Afternoon, The Shining, King Of New York, Taxi Driver, L.A Confidential, Sleepers, Fight Club, The Shawshank Redemption, Donnie Brasco, Training Day, A Clockwork Orange, Miller's Crossing, Reservoir Dogs, Raging Bull, Seven, Road To Perdition, Tampopo; TV: The Sopranos, The Wire, Dexter, Peep Show, Nathan Barley, The Boosh, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Office, Extras, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, Hollyoaks, I'm Alan Partridge, Scrubs, Seinfeld, South Park, Family Guy.
Music: Hip Hop (Golden age, 90s, UK, French), Soul, Classic 60s and 70s Rock, Jazz, Classical
Books: Books by molecular gastronomists and great chefs - but not recipe books! Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain, Molecular Gastronomy: Exploring The Science of Flavour by Hervé This. I take in other information via visual media. Must get back to reading classics one day when I have time.
Website: http://www.aidanbrooks.blogspot.com/

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You Thought It Was Easy, Part 2

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	Kamisha100 (2 months ago) Nice channel. I loved the urban farming video. Nice to see the kids getting envolved.
	freedomfan0801 (6 months ago) Hey Aidan. Would you know where I could possibly find the videos from Marco Pierre White's hells kitchen episodes? They were posted on youtube and I got half way through them and the asshole pulled the videos so he could change his channel layout.
	sliquetube (8 months ago) Comerc 24 Hows it going Aidan, My name is Nicholas, I am from Ireland and studying (BA Honours Degree) Culinary Arts in Dublin. I spent the summer in Barcelona working in Hotel Arts and ate in Comerc 24 (Gran Festival Menu of course). I managed to get a placement in Comerc 24 for next summer (three months). I have been looking at the videos by Carlos, I was wondering about the maki roll, until i saw the video.. that was defininitely one of my favourites.. Any advice from your experience of working there? apart from sixteen hour days five/six days a week?
	joshfingers555 (8 months ago) Hey maybe you can help me i also need a classical song form ----"Master Chef Goes Large"---- i have been watching this show on TV and i want to download this song that was played on it. it sounds classical/deep and evil its on season 3 the episode is where the 3 finalist cook for Tony Blair and when their cooking this song is being played and i need to know what its called Please Help
	joshfingers555 (8 months ago) Hey maybe you can help me i also need a classical song form ----"Master Chef Goes Large"---- i have been watching this show on TV and i want to download this song that was played on it. it sounds classical/deep and evil its on season 3 the episode is where the 3 finalist cook for Tony Blair and when their cooking this song is being played and i need to know what its called Please Help
	HarrodsShopper (1 year ago) Hey x Just wanted to say thanks for adding me as a friend x lol x
	HarrodsShopper (1 year ago) Hi x I just love all your videos on Marco Pierre White, as you can see by my picture I do like him. My Dad is also a fully qualified chef and has worked at the Ritz, L'escargot, one ninety Queensgate ... And has worked for Anthony Worall Thompsonx Great Videos.
	lottietotty (1 year ago) Prior to becoming very friendly with a young chef I thought everything in the kitchens were very proper and disciplined. Since my rude awakening I have purchased Anthony Bourdaine's book 'Kitchen Confidential'. Chef's do seem to be the wrong side of naughty. Not that it's a bad thing! LOL Love to hear how you are getting on in Barca.
	7ickM3 (1 year ago) 40 subscribers and no channel comments? aw lol how's it going? The only cooking program I've ever really watched was Kitchen Criminals, and only cuz my brother's really into cooking and it was pretty fun seeing how bad the ppl were. Anything quick like a sandwich is usually good enough for me, but I do like really nice food. I'm a vegetarian too btw. I'm going on a bit - sorry :P.