Marcel Vigneron on SyFy's Marcel's Quantum Kitchen: "Food Will Constantly Be Evolving"

Marcel Vigneron said it plainly: "Food will constantly be evolving, so you can't ever really put a tag on what the actual future of food is — because I do…" — and Premier Guide Miami was in the room when it happened.

On March 14, 2011, SyFy hosted a press conference call with chef Marcel Vigneron ahead of the premiere of his new culinary series Marcel's Quantum Kitchen , debuting Tuesday, March 22 at 10:00 p.m. Eastern/Pacific. The show — three years in the making — follows Vigneron and his team as they cater elaborate events using molecular gastronomy and avant-garde cooking techniques. Premier Guide Miami's Daedrian McNaughton was among the journalists on the call.

Below is the full exchange.

In a few of the clips you mentioned "Size Does Matter" and "Food Porn." Can you explain what you were referring to by those lines?

In the "Size Does Matter" clip I believe we were referring to the size of our taro chip surfboards and whether they were too big or too small. And "Food Porn" is a term that's kind of been adopted when referring to what are called "beauty shots." Food Porn is just another term for describing these beauty shots. Often times when we're doing a party — whether it's Marcel's Quantum Kitchen or Top Chef or any sort of cooking show — you'll plate up one extra dish of whatever it is that you're making so that way you can get a nice, tight close-up shot of the dish for the viewers at home. Which is not to be confused with some sort of porno made with food — that's definitely not what we're doing.

What was the most extraordinary client request you've had for the show, and was it executed exactly as you intended?

I don't actually get that many strange requests on the show because a lot of my clients are hiring me specifically because they want me to deliver an experience. More often than not, they kind of give me free reign for the menu because they want me to go ahead and create these elaborate dishes. So often times I don't really get a lot of restriction — it's usually more like, "The sky's the limit. Marcel, here's our story, go ahead and create." Usually it's just some sort of normal dietary restriction and then I base the menu off of that.

Would you say what you're doing — fusing food with science — is the future of food?

That's a good question. I think that food will constantly be evolving, so you can't ever really put a tag on what the actual future of food is — because I don't think anybody really knows. But at the same time we do utilize a lot of cutting-edge cooking techniques and equipment to create these dishes. So it is very avant-garde in nature. But can you say, "It is actually the future of food?" I mean, that's kind of a bold statement.

Marcel's Quantum Kitchen premiered Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at 10:00 p.m. Eastern/Pacific on SyFy.

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