Welcome to Kitchen Projects
Moving it from behind the scenes to literally on your screens.
Welcome to Kitchen Projects by me, Nicola Lamb.
I’m a pastry chef, baker and recipe developer based in London.
Lately, I’ve been challenging myself to a weekly Kitchen Project: Make something you’ve never made before.
Sounds simple enough and as a professional, it should be easy for me right? … Wrong!
The R&D process is normally hidden away. When it comes to food (especially on Instagram!), you usually only get to see a perfect final product and none of the glorious trial and error. In an attempt to document it as truthfully as possible, I started posting my trials live on Instagram stories, illuminating my many failures – some happy, some infuriating, all useful.
Failure, and working through it, is such an important part of the creative process and it’s so rarely shown. I want to give you insight into the ups and downs of recipe development and how you can learn to be dynamic in your process. I want to give you the confidence to try things, even if it doesn’t work out exactly how you planned first time. Spoiler alert - it probably won’t work out first time.
Part toolkit and part love letter to food, you’ll come on a journey of a specific dessert or dish with me. I’ll share the finalised recipe with you as well as my learnings from the process. From Cannoli to Strudel to Lisbon Chocolate Cake, you can expect these to be serious deep dives.
I’ll also use this space to share some of the things I’ve learned about this whole food business thing. From costings spreadsheets to production ideas to conversations and information from others in our industry to give you real insight into the world of pastry.
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