Face Many Challenges, Here Are Tips To Be A Chef

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JAKARTA - Not only as a cook, a chef is also a leader in a kitchen who has a strategic and creative role. To do these various tasks, being a chef certainly faces many challenges.

Culier activist and chef, Ronald Tokilov, said that being a chef has challenges from within and from the outside. The challenge from within is about each other's identity.

With the wide openness of social media, sometimes to maintain identity as an Indonesian with its various special dishes is a tough challenge.

Tantangan dari dalam, diri sebagai orang Indonesia. Seperti saking terbukanya media sosial, kita sendiri sering lupa akan identitas kita. Untuk membuka paradigm saya Indonesia sebuah tantangan kalau tidak dari diri diri," kata Chef Ronald Tokilov, saat ditemui di kawasan Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta Selatan, pada Kamis, 17 Juli 2025.

Then the challenge from outside oneself is exposure from the culture of other countries that can affect cooking. A chef must be able to balance making his own country's foods with other state foods.

"Then from outside, from outside culture, food and a sense of difference come in clearly. These two (Indonesian identity and foreign culture) must be able to walk together," he said.

Thus, for those who want to be chefs, you should start with small things first. Not only that, Ronald Tokilov also emphasized that confidence in yourself must be strong.

"For friends who want to be in the cooking field, start from small things. Starting from young people learning about small things, self-confidence," he explained.

In addition, Ronald also reminded that to become a professional chef, you must continue to learn to make home cooking. By mastering home dishes, you can get to know more about your own abilities and identity.

"Learning for home cooking, because from there is the roots or the origin we have," concluded Ronald Tokilov.