Chef Tell America's Pioneer TV Showman Chef |
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Author:
| Kule, Ronald Joseph |
Cover Design by:
| Kule, Ronald Joseph |
Foreword by:
| Philbin, Regis |
ISBN: | 979-8-9864936-7-1 |
Publication Date: | Nov 2023 |
Publisher: | KuleBooks, LLC
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $9.99 |
Book Description:
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Friedemann Paul Erhardt, Germany's youngest Master Chef, became America's pioneer "Rock-Star" TV chef in 1974 as CHEF TELL. A contemporary of Julia Child, Tell's fan base numbered 40,000,000 Baby Boomers. Customers packed his Philadelphia area restaurants, expecting good food and Tell's humor, and he didn't disappoint. The Philadelphia Inquirer's Food Editor, Elaine Tait, wrote, " Tell was the first of the great TV showman chefs and the only one whose food actually tasted good. He...
More DescriptionFriedemann Paul Erhardt, Germany's youngest Master Chef, became America's pioneer "Rock-Star" TV chef in 1974 as CHEF TELL. A contemporary of Julia Child, Tell's fan base numbered 40,000,000 Baby Boomers. Customers packed his Philadelphia area restaurants, expecting good food and Tell's humor, and he didn't disappoint. The Philadelphia Inquirer's Food Editor, Elaine Tait, wrote, " Tell was the first of the great TV showman chefs and the only one whose food actually tasted good. He rivaled Julia Child." Chef Tell blazed the trail for contemporary TV chefs. He did it with consummate cooking knowledge, quick skills, and keen humor that his fans and the TV cameras couldn't get enough of until his untimely passing in 2007. His sign-off, "I SEE YOU!" many home cooks mimicked along with other quips like, "You cook like this; you cook like that," " You jus need a little salt and peppah," and " I make an obscene white chocolate mousse."TV host Regis Philbin wrote the foreword for this biography. He had Chef Tell on his show, "LIVE! with Regis & Kathy Lee," more time than any other chef. During one appearance, after Regis inquired if Tell had cut himself while proving under a timed test that he was, indeed, the fastest chef with knives, Tell retorted without stopping, "I only cut myself once on TV, and it wasn't now, Regis!" So many other samples fill the pages of this delightful story of this true culinary icon's lifetime.Fernand Point, the Godfather of Modern Cuisine, wrote, "As far as cuisine is concerned, one must read everything, see everything, hear everything, try everything, observe everything, in order to retain in the end, just a little bit." Chef Tell, Friedemann Paul Erhardt, pursued "everything" from sunrise to bedtime for a lifetime.Chef Tell was truly one of a kind in and out of kitchens. Other famous chefs followed his many accomplishments, including Master French Chef Georges Perrier of Le Bec Fin restaurant fame, who wrote, "Tell was a special, very special man. We all miss him."