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
