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Who is Chef

I am Jerry Pank, aka Chef, the founder, funder, editor and creator of Cookipedia. I am an extremely enthusiastic cook, however I am a computer programmer, not a Chef! I chose the pseudonym because it seemed like a good idea at the time. It feels a bit pretentious now but it's too late to change, so my apologies to real chefs.

Favourite chefs

Jamie Oliver - I love his style of cooking, enthusiasm and method of presentation. He may be a mockney, so what!
Rick Stein - When he's cooking in some town square on a Gaz stove, loaded with wine!
Antonio Carluccio - I love his rustic style of cooking and passion for local ingredients.

Favourite sport

An ex white-water canoeist, surfer, windsurfer and skier, I now get my kicks cycling a mountain bike and sailing with a friend on his 27 foot yacht, currently moored in Ramsgate harbour.

Favourite musicians

Music is my life blood. Period.

Biggest influence: Pat Metheny / Herbie Hancock / Quincy Jones / Gilles Peterson / Stevie Wonder / Gino Vanelli / Montreaux Jazz Festival
Band: The Jazz Crusaders / The Average White Band / Led Zeppelin / Deep Purple / Gino Vanelli / Tower of Power / Aerosmith / Pat Metheny Group
Songwriter/Composer: Joni Mitchell / Stevie Wonder / Rickie Lee Jones / Carlos Jobim / Gill Scott-Heron / Dave Bowie / Dean Friedman
Keyboards: Bill Evans / Keith Jarrett / Herbie Hancock / Lyle Mays / Eliane Elias
Male Vocal: Mark Murphy / Jon Lucien / Ed Motta / Donnie Hathaway / Louis Prima / Boz Scaggs / Al Jarreau / Jose James / Chet Baker / Georgie Fame
Female Vocal: Sarah Vaughan / Ella / Joni / Rickie Lee Jones / Toki Asako
Guitar: Pat Metheny / Lee Ritnour / Carlos Santana / Hendrix / Jeff Beck
Bass: Marcus Miller / Jaco Pastorious
Drums: Dave Weckl / Kim Plainfield (Jon Lucien's band) / Stevie Wonder / Billy Cobham
Sax: Dave Sanborn / Stan Getz / Michael Brecker
Brass: Miles Davis / Freddie Hubbard / Chuck Mangeone

All-time favourite: Pat Metheny

Where I work

I am retired now, though I dabble with the odd bit of Perl code for fun and financial gain.

Contacting me

The easiest way to contact me is to use The Editor, top right, or via my talk page. I will try to get back to you as soon as I am able.

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 ===Who is Chef===
-I am Jerry Pank, aka ''Chef'', the funder, founder, and creator of Cookipedia.  I am an extremely enthusiastic cook, however, I am a computer programmer, not a Chef!  I chose the pseudonym because it felt concise at the time.  It feels very pretentious now - but too late to change, so apologies to any real chefs.
+I am Jerry Pank, aka ''Chef'', the founder, funder, editor and creator of Cookipedia.  I am an extremely enthusiastic cook, however I am a computer programmer, not a Chef!  I chose the pseudonym because it seemed like a good idea at the time.  It feels a bit pretentious now but it's too late to change, so my apologies to real chefs.
-===Recent medical problems===
-As lots of you have noted, I have not been updating Cookipedia very much recently.  While on summer holiday (September 2013) I suffered an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subdural_hematoma actute subdural heamatoma] which had to be treated by a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craniotomy craniotomy]. On return to the UK that went septic so I had to have [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craniectomy crainiectomy].  I am now back home but require constant medication and am fairly disabled so this limits the work I can do on Cookipedia.  Once I have had a titanium plate fitted (June 2014) I hope to be back to normal and contributing to Cookipedia 100%
-===Favourite TV cookery program===
-I'm not a big fan of competition-type cookery programs I'm afraid.  I much prefer inspiration!  My current favourite, [http://www.foodnetwork.co.uk/tv-shows/diners-drive-ins-dives.html Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives] has inspiration in spades! It's a wacky review of viewer recommended Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives from around the US. Their chefs run through a few of their signature dishes. Get scribbling!  It's fast paced, loud and lots of fun. Watching it makes me want to book the flight and find the restaurant.
-The program has been around since 2006 if you drive on the wrong side of the road, but I've only recently spotted it over here.  It's on most evenings at the moment in the UK, on [http://www.foodnetwork.co.uk/ the FoodNetwork channel].  Give it a try, I promise it will give you some fresh ideas.  ''note to self: where my kitchen can I fit a flat-top?''
 ===Favourite chefs===
-* '''Jamie Oliver''' - I love his style of cooking, enthusiasm and method of presentation. He may be a mockney, so what!
+* '''Jamie Oliver''' - I love his style of cooking, enthusiasm and method of presentation. He may be a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mockney mockney], so what!
 * '''Rick Stein''' - When he's cooking in some town square on a Gaz stove, loaded with wine!
 * '''Antonio Carluccio''' - I love his rustic style of cooking and passion for local ingredients.
-===Recently discovered===
-Ok, I know I'm slow on the up-take, but I have only just discovered '''[[Freecycle.org]]''', a brilliant world-wide network for giving (& getting) stuff for free in their own towns.
+===Favourite sport===
+An ex white-water canoeist, surfer, windsurfer and skier, I now get my kicks cycling a mountain bike and sailing with a friend on his 27 foot yacht, currently moored in Ramsgate harbour.
 ===Favourite musicians===
 '''Music is my life blood. Period.'''
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 '''All-time favourite:''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Metheny Pat Metheny]
 ===Where I work===
-I am retired, though I dabble with the odd bit of Perl code for fun and financial gain now and then.
+I am retired now, though I dabble with the odd bit of Perl code for fun and financial gain.
-===My photos on other sites===
-* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/cookipedia/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/cookipedia/]
 ===Contacting me===
-The easiest way to contact me is to use the '''Contact the Editor''', top right, or via [[User talk:Chef|my talk page]].  I will try to get back to you as soon as I am able.
+The easiest way to contact me is to use '''The Editor''', top right, or via [[User talk:Chef|my talk page]].  I will try to get back to you as soon as I am able.