FRANCE CHAMONIX
"The next day in Chamonix I woke up feeling slightly incredulous at the thought of pretending to be a professional chef. Oh well, it was worth giving it a shot; if it didn’t work out I would just become a ski bum" - Chef for Sail
Last run before cooking
Freshie's
View from my room all season
Chamonix, on the top of Europe
Aiguille du midi nearly 4,000 meters
Shit, enough baguettes?
About to ski The Vallee Blanche
Picking our Vallée Blanche route
The stunning Chamonix valley
Patrick letting it rip
The Aiguille du midi
About to ski 16km
A tactical steep walk with crampons before a glorious ski
First steps to The Vallée Blanche
Heaven
The beginning of the Vallée Blanche
A quick break skiing the famous Vallée Blanche
Local Chamonix train line
Beautiful but deadly if you ski over them
Much ice has melted
The Chamonix Train
Beer never tasted so good
White out
Argentière mountaineering village
One meter visability
Incredible engineering
Sue and I, the last day of the season
Climbing Mont Blanc
A ton of fresh snow
Contemplating first tracks
Apres ski
Les Houches
Where eagles dar, Mont Blanc
Start gate for Kandahar World-Cup Downhill
Mont Blanc
Chamonix down town
Mountain train
Aiguille du midi after a snow fall
Aiguille du midi
Steep
View from the my kitchen today
Regular dinner at the Gite
Cooking at The Belverdere Gite, where I lived in for most of the season
Patrick and I enjoying Apres
Kiki, friend and Gite manager
Most Chalet's have a Jacuzzi
Luxury Chalet I cooked at
This luxury chalet made with antique wood from old mountain hut's
Dinner Service
Chamonix at Christmas
Delicious mountain cheese
Weekly Saturday market
Honey, Jam and Preserves
Tartiflette
Slow cooked peppered beef
Lobster bisque
Raclette
Dinner while it snows
I love reading blackboard menu's
Hitch hiking to Nice to start new job
Coq au vin
Beef Bourguignon
