There’s an insightful moment on Masterchef when Chef Graham Elliot cooks alongside the home cooks in a breakfast challenge. As part of the challenge, each home cook needs to prepare one elevated breakfast dish in 30 minutes. Chef Graham, however, shares he will cook three.
And, yet, if you look at 0:25 of this short clip, you have Chef Christina Tosi asking Chef Gordon Ramsay what he thinks the home cooks will learn from Chef Graham.
To this, Gordon Ramsay responds – “If there’s one thing they can take away tonight, it’s the organization.”
They go on to show how organized his station is. While the home cooks move frantically to cook their dish, he just takes the time to get his station impeccably organized.
It is an inspiring example of the kind of focus, organization, and calm that signals mastery.
