Grilled Cheese 101

When we first started this phase, there was a major conversation about grilled cheese. The Chef instructor told us of her going to a restaurant and getting a grilled cheese that was horrible. She then showed up the next day and put her class through the grinder on making grilled cheese sandwiches repeatedly until they were perfect. The reason I repeat this story and share it with you the reader is simple. I was astounded that something as simple as this sandwich can be messed up. Recently I experienced a trained culinarian slap some cheese on Texas toast with no butter, place it on the flattop and cover it with a lid. I went ballistic, how can a person have went through the same training I have and not know how to do this? A grilled cheese sandwich is basic cooking 101 that almost every child in America has learned how to do by age ten.