Chef John says he was compelled to write his book and produce the DVDs because everywhere he has shown these skills and presentations people were shocked at how quickly they were prepared and how perfectly arranged and presented the displays are. Every Display in appearance and flavor is truly a work of art. Chef John developed his own methods to produce consistent quality in presentation via a systematic approach anyone can learn. To this day no other text or video outlines his methods. Even his knife skills methods are total original. No school, book or dvd is even aware of his unique patented system to master knife skills.

John Gargone holds the record in Ripley’s Believe it or Not for slicing a cucumber in 36 even slices in under 8 seconds while blindfolded.