Batch cooking, fussy-eaters: Neven Maguire and other chefs share tips for home cooking

Ever wondered what professional chefs feed their family? Caroline Hennessy was eager to find out.

Professional chefs share their home cooking tips

After carefully cooking and composing meals in a highly pressurised restaurant environment every day, what do chefs cook at home? Are they like the rest of us, scrambling for inspiration when 5pm inevitably rolls around? Or do they present their families with beautiful plates of delicious food? Of course, in that scenario, there’s no child turning their nose up at noodles/gnocchi/potatoes or whatever happens to be that week’s bête noire.

With young children, both Neven Maguire and Kwanghi Chan prioritise the importance of sitting down and eating together. Every family has to figure out a balance between after-school activities and dinner time but, as Maguire says, “it’s about the company and the chat.”