Marco Pierre White as an Apprentice under Raymond Blanc 1986 & 1989

Marco working hard in the background and getting chewed by Raymond Blanc near the start. We all gotta start somewhere though.

[@LiamHarrisCoach]

Respect Raymond Blanc! This is the man who taught Marco Pierre White how to teach Gordon Ramsey how to make himself cry.

[@CrispinTarbuckles]

Crying was Gordon's choice

[@SibbyStiggy]

He taught Gordon Ramsey how to make himself cry

[@e.w.3989]

Marco did not make Gordon cry, Gordon made himself cry; that was his choice to cry.

[@kell2640]

💀

[@EmmelineSama]

Marco Pierre White is in his own League. He knew how to make someone choose to cry before and not becsuse of Raymond..

[@budweiser600]

Always two there are, no more, no less. A master and an apprentice.

[@98fr0stbyte8]

The most relevant comment

[@lisasop2681]

@@98fr0stbyte8 i think its a bot. they keep commenting the same on mpw / gordon ramsey vids as well

[@sfugid]

Raymond Blanc- Darth Plagueis MPW- Darth Sidious Gordon Ramsay- Darth Vader

[@susanwojkckck]

Okay Master Yoda

[@JBrander]

"Have you ever heard the tragedy of Darth Raymond the Blanc?"

[@MrJ1492]

It's funny how nowadays "home cook" Marco Pierre White does no longer care about the looks of his food but focuses entirely on the taste, while Raymond Blanc tells him in this video that his food always looked great but lacked taste. Really says a lot about where you're starting out from and where you eventually end up in the process.

[@BenRover2961]

yes because food originally since creation is all about taste and comfort. Modern times created this nonsense about how minimalistic and artsy it was, which is we Asians don't give af about extravagant presentation. There is no need to compensate for the taste. "if you don't like it, you don't eat". There's little to no tolerance when it comes to majority of Asian cuisine, especially south east asia. Not trashing the europe style, just explaining the practical and pragmatic mindset in a different part of the world.

[@MrJ1492]

@@BenRover2961 I guess it's a global phenomenon that due to social media everyone has to capture their flashy/fancy food on picture. I still think that basic European kitchen, especially French/Mediterranean cares greatly about the taste and quality of product and to a much lesser extent about the presentation.

[@captainp.2721]

​@@BenRover2961I partially agree with you. But we Europeans also have a saying: the eye eats first. Presenting a food is crucial in making it appetizing. Not caring at all how the food looks is the territory of beasts, if animals. Animals don't care about presentation. But we are humans, we are above that. We are gifted consciousness and word. Food is life. You might as well try to enjoy it all the ways possible. I'm not talking about high class fancy shamncy stuff, I agree that is stupid, but, a basic level of presentation is crucial.

[@claremontcowboy7409]

@@captainp.2721 'We europeans' - lol, silence eurotrash. Don't you guys have another financial crisis or civil war to fight? Stop holding yourself out as being cultured simply due to being born in Europe.

[@reductio1000]

"But we Europeans" So apparently , you speak for all europeans , ALL + 600 million of them..... Good to know ! 🙄 @@captainp.2721

[@darthplagueis3488]

This is as close as we’ll ever get to an apprenticeship program that mirrors the Order of the Sith Lords.

[@tondrummer]

you mean order 66?

[@comradelulz7455]

that’s how guilds have worked for centuries, if you learn anything you always have a master.

[@aware2722]

This is mind-blowing. Never once thought about who Marco's mentor was.

[@September2004]

It’s scary that he worked with practically all the 2-Michelin star chefs in England at the time. The only ones he didn’t work for were Michel Roux (who had the same menu as Albert Roux back then) and Bourdin at the Connaught. Albert Roux, Nico Ladenis, Pierre Koffmann and Raymond Blanc.

[@andreaholcock8992]

You should listen to him at Cambridge talking about his early life.

[@P.Whitestrake]

Even as an apprentice, MPW still emitted the rockstar aura. He's truly a rockstar chef.

[@1000MilesAway]

If I didn't have context on this video and saw them sitting at the table I would have thought he's the teacher

[@barryschwarz]

I find him needlessly arrogant. As in full of himself. But in later videos he's better tempered. Maybe fatherhood brought him to ground level?

[@heijimikata7181]

@@barryschwarz I think once he realized he always has to play catch up to other critics, he began to pull out of that arrogance.

Because he has a more dominant personality. Some who knows nothing about food sits next to Raymond with the same personality you’d think the same.

[@philips3236]

Because the first clip is of RBs kitchen and is a good few years before the second clip of them eating a meal together. The second clip of them eating the dish is after MPW had his own restaurant and is already a big success, hence why they are filming him in the first place. Everyone seems to be missing that information. MPW has confidence sure, but that is only long after leaving Blanc's restaurant.

[@slgdiversity6486]

now we need the next follow-up with Raymond Blanc and his mentor

[@itsWelshy]

I was thinking the same thing, I found this off the back of young Gordon under Marco. Let's see how far back this master/apprentice tradition with these guys goes.

[@yozza4978]

That would be andre chavagnon, he employed raymond as a waiter then trained him up to be a chef...unfortunately he died in 2017

[@tpower1912]

​@@itsWelshy It'll keep going back to Ancient Rome

[@jaymartin85]

Raymond Blanc, the renowned French chef, was influenced and mentored by Fernand Point, who is often considered one of the greatest chefs of the 20th century. Fernand Point was the chef and owner of the iconic restaurant La Pyramide in Vienne, France, which was known for its innovative cuisine and role in shaping French gastronomy. This guy is like 1 of 7 culinary masters.

[@NemeanLion-]

It’s amazing the level of self confidence Marco has, even just as an apprentice to Blanc.

[@DannyRelax]

When they are sitting and eating is much later on at Marcos own restaurant Harveys, it's not while he's still an apprentice to Blanc.

[@leodaly2310]

Quite so.@@DannyRelax

[@oliverhunter9495]

He was actually Blancs Jnr Sous in the first video, a long way past an apprentice.

[@wickywills]

Even as apprentice, Marco looked completely in charge. He probably mentored his mother after he was born.

[@th3oblivi0n12]

you could have gave birth to me or you couldnt have.... it was your choice

[@christophermercer8791]

Don't mean to ruin the tone of your comment but Marcos Mother died when he was still a small child and it affected him afterwards.

[@TheTyrantanic]

Raymond knew 6 years before Marco got his 3 stars

[@nonyabusniss7777]

so we've seen gordan ramsey under Marco Pierre White, now i need Raymond blanc as an apprentice under his master... how deep does the rabbithole go

[@nicholassgouros8612]

Antoine Marchand. Good luck finding it on tape however!

[@theshillpill6937]

Go back far enough and you’ll find that master is the apprentice of Gordon Ramsay

[@akshitarai1380]

Raymond was a self taught chef

[@oliverhunter9495]

The manior kitchen was 95% staffed by French chefs who thought the English chefs were awful and made their lives hell. All accept Marco who they were simply terrified of and didn’t know what to do with. He used to go out after work wearing leather dungarees and aviator glasses, totally mad and totally brilliant

[@changbooger]

not saying u are lying, but genuinely curious, how do u know this?

[@606808909]

​@@changboogersource sited as : Trust me bro

[@guitarplayer30001]

the first part seems familiar, but the part about going out and going out in that clothing i had never knew of before. i am also curious about their sources or if they were making some sort of joke.

[@guitarplayer30001]

@@oliverhunter9495 interesting, that it seems to be real, and that the link will not post. unfortunately, i could not find the article or link. do you have a year? i could only find the 2018 interview marco pierre white did with geraldine fitzpatrick

[@oliverhunter9495]

@@guitarplayer30001 it won’t let me attach the link for some reason. It’s an article from the Irish times. It was called how I survived the man who made cheffing sexy

[@giontesla2311]

The last few seconds of this video are enough to make you scared about how good he is on cooking. Making/correcting a sauce, the hardest part of french cuisine, tasting, seasoning, calculating residual time and communicating with the brigade in a matter of seconds. It's unbelievably talented.

[@claremontcowboy7409]

Not really. Have you ever worked in kitchens? This sort of stuff is fairly common and very much expected. It's not talent at all. It's literally a basic job requirement.

[@nikolaigogleo7507]

@@claremontcowboy7409you’re telling me that its a basic skill to correct a sauce in less than 30 seconds and have it be a top tier sauce suitable for fine dining that will eventually earn a world renowned reputation. You’re in your own ass if you think thats a simple skill

[@pianospawn1]

@@nikolaigogleo7507 it’s actually pretty common of any head chef dude. That’s literally the job. The standard of food just depends on the restaurant. That’s the “talent” part, is making and creating a delicious menu. Running a brigade happens everywhere.

[@davewebster5120]

That's gotta be the best feeling. You serve your mentor a meal and he tells your it's 3-michelin star quality, which Marco eventually got. That's a good teacher. I'm sure he was very mean 🤣

[@Chillahhh]

imagine getting that kind of praise and compliment from your master ... who is also french 😉

[@bogdanpatru2742]

It's amazing that the bloodline of such calm and calculated chefs eventually gave birth to Gordon Ramsay.

[@ReinhardX]

🤣🤣

[@tearjerker3581]

Have you not heard them shouting in service?

[@lilianajoo8549]

Calm lol

[@locked01]

Feel free to have a look at how much calm and calculated Marco was in his prime.

[@wakeyskate]

Ramsey only shouts for dramatised TV, watch his Uk kitchen nightmares and he’s loads calmer

[@thernandez7250]

Marco is a genius. Like many geniuses, they have huge egos, are eccentric and hold their teammates to the highest level of accountability.

[@sogandik]

most of those that are genuine geniuses are bordeline autistic not that they have huge ego . but basically they dont know how to interact with people and most of the time its basically seeing how stupid others are lol. imagine yourself in a society of chimps and monkeys . and you are the only one that knows how to do things .. and telling the others to follow and yet they cant comprehend . that will make u mad aswell lol. BUT in most cases people just have huge egos.

[@gladyslucas198]

Geniuses have big egos? Nonsense. The egoic, eccentric geniuses are just the ones likely to become celebrities - since they're the most entertaining.

[@jamesgerard9330]

The reason Marco is rude is because he does not do what Raymond is doing here for him. Hell's Kitchen is just an extension of that kept alive through Gordon and is only entertaining if you pity it.

[@sageisrage]

He does not have a huge ego

[@thernandez7250]

@@sageisrage Not now. Since he "retired" after his snub of Michelin, he's more about making recipes available to everyone. But, when he was young, he did.

[@ericl2105]

3:34. Me microwaving a HotPocket

[@RataStuey]

Everyone should read Marco Pierre Whites book White Slave. He talks about the French kitchens (in England) which he worked through and his life. He’s an unwell person in my opinion but this sort of brain, mind, spirit, drive was the only way he got to the level he did. An absolute genius but also someone I think is deeply troubled. Still the greatest living chef England has ever had.

[@danielstoddart]

I don't think he's actually troubled, though he certainly probably has his own demons after going through what he did to achieve success.

[@xTeamLeaderx]

Just bought cheers

[@shaunjai4770]

I think he's troubled, too. Just look at how his son turned out.

[@Elcore]

​@@danielstoddartI certainly probably know what you mean.

[@cognitiveinstinct2929]

Troubled? Its putting it mildly but also diminishing his strength. He survived the abuse of an uncaring family to adopt the family of a kitchen to then be subject of the cocaine fueled entitled ego maniacs of 80s French head chefs only to discover he was better than them. What kind of man comes out of the other side of that? Its an interesting question.

[@felixlindgren4143]

3:35 When he goes ”30 seconds! 30 seconds!…10 seconds!” 😅 no wonder the members of the crew went on to be succesful with having to adapt to that level of flexibility, and lets not forget the high standards!

[@toffeelatte6042]

I could listen to this man talk for hours. For those unaware, he also taught Heston Blumenthal.

[@xamurai00]

Called his former mentor a wally to his face.. balls of steel.

[@ABlokeCalledDaz]

Raymond chose to cry about this after filming.

[@futureskeletons66669]

Blanc got the first dig in.

[@tearjerker3581]

He can afford to do that after leaving and becoming his own boss and earning 2 michelin stars.

[@rommelthedesertfox3089]

@@futureskeletons66669that’s true he did say his food was tasteless

[@youngspaghettii]

Tbh in the context you always can. It's fine to say "I used to think you were ______ but I've changed my mind bc ______". It actually shows that he's mature enough to understand his own past mistakes. He's not saying he (blanc) ever was a wally just that his (whites) youthful self felt that way due to ignorance of cooking

[@telephonic]

Love watching Raymond on the BBC shows he does, just a great Chef and Man to watch and listen to.

[@nepotiums]

Raymond has always been an inspiration to me. He has that true mentor spirit. No hubris just pure knowledge.

[@ledepart.design]

The best thing about MPW is that he never bad mouth any one he learned from even after being the legend we all know.

[@Chucktender69]

Pretty sure raymond may be one of the most wonderful people in the world

[@rommelthedesertfox3089]

So is Marco

[@hoteltours1664]

Right at the end to Ramsey, now you'll cry every night

[@RataStuey]

Is that what he says?! I’ve always thought he said “we try every night”.

[@feralkid1879]

I thought he said you know you're fired tonight.

[@dirtgrub1]

towards the end of the video I've never seen someone twist a pepper mill so seriously, can really see the passion and strive for excellence

[@smashymctaco8588]

HOLY SHIT!!! THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS FOOTAGE!!!

[@rimedrider]

Wow so beautifully put

[@shaynesparkes8740]

The respect for Blanc and White is very high. I’ve always looked up at these two fine chefs. Always top notch, honest and open. White, nowadays I could simple watch all the time he’s so calm, just a delight and a gent. He was mad and wayward when he was young, he had so much to experience and in return give back. Same with Blanc and then to hand that to Gordon 😂. He’s like F this, F that 🤦‍♂️

[@zaqwe]

Next recommendation from KZbin: Raymond Blanc as an apprentice

[@jonashormann5700]

This chef taught the chef who made Gordon Ramsay cry

[@alecwh]

cycle of abuse haha

[@andersmalling]

Gordon made himself cry…

[@rickmaldoo4205]

​@@andersmallingit was his choice

[@AJ-xi4hb]

@@andersmalling his face lifts make me cry

[@LG-ro5le]

@@AJ-xi4hbthe lines on his forehead make me cry

[@edpaterson3529]

I loved the first minute. Never seen before. Have you any more clips of that programme?

[@hantykje3005]

From the 26th minute in this program: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqi5ip9jeLiih6c&ab_channel=DanielWoodhouse

[@jmay3200]

Check out Marco Pierre White’s autobiography he talks all about this period it’s fascinating.

[@tariqramadan1521]

Pure genuine friendship between a master and his apprentice

[@IUsedToBeAPygmy]

MPW is a lovely human being and one of the best chefs to ever grace us with his knowledge. That said, it's pretty obvious from this video and others that he was very much looking for a father figure and fatherly acceptance in Raymond Blanc.

[@TayDays1128]

This is as far back in the Gordonverse as you can get

[@TheNlograsso]

The lighting fits the vibe for sure...very dramatic, sort of a police station/detective interrogation room scene with the shit flourescent overhead and the task lighting where the boys are working.

[@HANKTHEDANKEST]

That bit about cooking being a lie, fuck I love it. I love how philosophical Blanc is about everything, he's being poetic without trying to do anything.

[@grantgrant8554]

Wow this is beautiful Marco in action in the early years

[@HydroSnips]

I find the differences in manner in how they sit at the table eating quite interesting. Raymond neatness and sophistication, Marco eating one-handed leaning over the table. Is it just ‘busy young chef used to just snatching a few minutes to eat most days’ vs ‘boss, famous head chef and restaurant owner’, or is it deliberate on Marco’s part for both Raymond’s or the camera’s sake. Fascinating

[@bhuvidya]

Thank you chef

[@kickpublishing]

Raymond Blanc always seems such a genuinely kind and polite gentleman in every interview.

[@of1300]

Masters at work.

[@nate3866]

Marco, always with the most impeccable dialogue

[@nonchefsaussy]

surprised I haven’t seen this yet (the first part in young RB’s kitchen). really cool. I recently read that when Sacha Baron Cohen finished high school, he went to ask RB for a job. he told Sacha that he would be “too tall to work in the kitchen”. 😑 I had to look it up and he’s the same height as MPW. 😂😂😂 RB is hilarious!

[@miug5460]

this is fcking incredible, Raymond said the EXACT frase marco years later said in another pogram, now thats knowledge.

[@wastedShaman]

Amazing video. Great find.

[@johntrains1317]

That was incredibly sweet

[@damonm4156]

Marco is like a gastronomy philosopher

[@user-pn8wf7js2t]

Raymond Blanc = Darth Plagueis Marco Pierre White = Darth Sidious Gordan Ramsey = Darth Vader Always Rule of Two

[@TheLastDose]

2:44-2:53 Marco got super Saiyan vibes

[@grahamking1036]

Masters.

[@kimkwangryeol3333]

nice to see young marco pierre white in this video clip! this is what reymond blanc's restaurant looks like in those years! i always wonder what it looks like during reading marco's menoir~!

[@harrymelad942]

Ha ha, I thought Raymond was about to start belting out Lady in Red at some point.

[@edwardl.492]

i posted many comments bout Raymond Blanc looking like Chris De Burg umpteen times but garnered no likes.. I am so glad to know someone shared the same view 😉

[@gregorypaulwatson1088]

@@edwardl.492100% he’s like his twin

[@SweetChicagoGator]

2 meticulous chefs ! 💟

[@zevfeistory]

They are gems of the 🌎

[@indrajitchatterjee111]

Even as an apprentice, Marco looks more of a boss man than Raymond, that's his charisma!

[@ddoubledutch4783]

Raymond is the man.

[@martinthemillwright]

And as always, a knorr stock pot in the gravy. You can if you wish, or not, it’s all up to you. Because, at the end of the day, if you are happy with the taste that’s all that matters.

[@114kdogg]

Cosmetically stunning, but then something is missing... Again proving the old adage that form follows function 👌🏿

[@henrik3141]

"Chef should I put in a Knorr stock pot??"

[@tforal2]

Thank you chef - MPW

[@Bobbynutty]

Fast forward to today and french cooking has nosedived

[@l.d.t.6327]

It hasn't. At all.

[@wesleyogilvie8105]

Every great chef had a great mentor.

[@radeoradeo5743]

Ok,now I want to see Raymond Blanc as an apprentice and his teacher

[@nintendad1166]

What a clip. Ends with a fraction of a second showing Gordon Ramsay at the stove, a man who would elclipse the success of both featured chefs who moments earlier were haughtily toasting one another. Gold.

[@rommelthedesertfox3089]

Lol Marco is more successful chef than Ramsay

[@nintendad1166]

@@rommelthedesertfox3089oooooh kaay

[@rommelthedesertfox3089]

@@nintendad1166 Marco was the youngest chef to have 3 Michelin stars and the only one to give them back he literally trained Ramsay he’s definitely more successful. Do ur research

[@nintendad1166]

​I'll do my research. Here's what I want you to do. You go ask 10 random people who they've heard of.

[@rommelthedesertfox3089]

@@nintendad1166 lol so u think because Ramsay is tv famous he’s more successful? 😂😂😂😂😂 the best and most successful chefs in the world are unknown to most people

[@killingmyselftolive2526]

''A little more salt S'il vous plaît''....(sweats in dish) ''Magnifique'' 👌

[@wisenheimer9997]

The only tears I felt is because of how young we all were...

[@KittyCatFurbabiesMaria1972]

ReMARCOble! 3 Michelin stars ,and he gave them back ! Marco is fabulous and his vegetable lasagna

[@cato451]

Wow. What a treat. Insight into the Ramsay pedigree.

[@WorldwideRealityVideos]

White/Blanc.... amazing!

[@Coco-chrispy]

He was so fine 😭😭

[@nicholasmartin297]

This is before Marco started using Knorr stock pots… Ingredients: Water, salt, flavourings, beef fat (beef fat, antioxidant (extracts of rosemary)) (5.2%), yeast extract, beef stock powder (2%), potassium chloride, gelling agents (xanthan gum, locust bean gum), caramel syrup, maltodextrin, sugar, carrots †, lovage root †, sunflower oil, beef powder (0.1%), leek †, parsley †. †Sustainably grown

[@mavenfrankeus7287]

I am happy that Raymond survived his criticism of MPW...

[@scotty101ire]

The master impressed by the apprentice to the point were he no longer thinks he is the master

[@mojo3999]

Back before the war broked out I was a saucier in San Antone.

[@Goofygooberston]

God okay young Marco is *H O T*

[@f_youtubecensorshipf_nazis]

Not as an apprentice, this was the show Marco did where he went back and cooked one of his signature dishes for the chefs he worked under.

[@Olvr071]

So much happening on this clip. Interesting about ”the lie”, and it’s still true today.

[@waynepinnock5874]

Separated at birth Raymond Blanc and Dudley Moore

[@nate_river_]

"The other day, this bloke came up to me in a restaurant..."

[@Arfabiscuit]

The greatest chef in history fact

[@KAjo07]

❤❤❤❤

[@the1knifepro169]

"I did not make Gordon Ramsay cry, Gordon Ramsay chose to cry." - Marco Pierre White

[@Surfer041]

Gordon's master's master.

[@umarcga7823]

marco is a king like person...

[@stingray4real]

Heston Blumenthal worked for Raymond Blanc the same time as MPW.

[@TPJH850]

I like Marco's little hat

[@alonh1809]

The proof of hard work and determination!

[@jannis11]

NIcE

[@Hi_I_am_Ed]

Its kinda cool how he even called it that he was going to get 3 Stars

[@dom4534]

Never realised how Old Raymond Blanc was

[@BestDanTheMan80]

That has to be the most polite conversation between a French man, and an English man iv ever seen 😂

[@momeara7482]

Interesting to know that MPW subsequently changed the way he speaks.

[@lemon163]

This chef could be a great writer

[@vanbalzup6481]

Raymond - “Zer is something…missing” Marco - “It’s that little something you can’t write into a cookery books. It’s that Knorr stockpot”

[@cancionesmuybonitas-anamar30]

Marco cooking with that rocky hair😮...

[@r.wallace9332]

3:25 🔥

[@redplague]

Respect to Raymond Blanc as if it wasn't for him we'd have no Kitchen Nightmares or Hotel Hell.

[@tearjerker3581]

or Hell's Kitchen

[@69memimy69]

Love the accent