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5 questions with a local chef
Ian Rose of Great Impasta
4:00 am Aug 13 - by Eric Gordon – buzz Writer
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Great Impasta »Address: 156 C Lincoln Square (Lincoln Square Mall) Urbana, IL 61802
Phone: (217) 359-7377
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This week buzz Magazine sat down with Ian Rose, Chef de cuisine of The Great Impasta. Originally from Danville, Rose has been a resident of Urbana for a number of years.
buzz: Can you tell us a little about your background and how long have you been with the Great Impasta?
Rose: I started working in restaurants at 16 and went to Kendall College for Culinary Arts. I’ve been working with The Great Impasta for about a year, so I worked for a while at our previous location before we moved here.
buzz: What is one of the dishes you’d recommend to customers who come in to the restaurant?
Rose: I’d recommend the spaghetti carbonara. We offer full and half portions and whatever your budget we are very generous with our pasta.
buzz: What is one of the more difficult dishes you’ve had to make?
Rose: The lamb filet. Sometimes getting it grilled to the right temperature can be hard.
buzz: What is your approach to cooking?
Rose: My personal belief is to use the freshest ingredients and let the ingredients be what they are naturally. The restaurant is based on 25 years of tradition, so we’ve left dishes as they are. With the fresh and local stuff we get from the Farmer’s Market, we as a crew figure out what to do with some of the ingredients.
buzz: What is some advice you’d give to aspiring cooks or students that want to learn to cook?
Rose: Everything is a method in the kitchen. If you know how to make one dish, you can make similar variations of that same dish.
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