Chef Matt Chatfield, Part Three: Five tips for being a better home chef

• courtesy of the Culinary Center of Kansas City
• Chef Matt Chatfield shows off the art of zesting.

Chef Matt Chatfield doesn’t hesitate when asked what the keys are to being a great home chef.

“Butter, not margarine,” Chatfield says. “We only use real butter at the Culinary Center.”

Fat City managed to squeeze out four more tips from Chatfield, the executive chef for the Culinary Center of Kansas City. Get out your pencils. Virtual school is in session.

On Wednesday, he talked about how a career in scratch cooking kitchens prepared him to teach, and on Thursday, he admitted a fondness for bacon and chocolate (sometimes together).