Neil

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This is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.

I'm Neil.

Yes, I do enjoy cooking.

I think it's quite relaxing, especially after a busy day.

How about you, Becca?

Well, we're talking about cooking today, and most of us can at least boil an egg, but not everyone can make it as a professional chef in a world-famous restaurant.

So, why do they do it?

In this episode, we'll hear from one South African chef who started her own award-winning restaurant in the country known as the home of fine dining, France.

As usual, we'll be learning some useful new words and phrases.

And remember, you'll find all this episode's vocabulary, along with the transcript, on our website, bbclearningenglish.com.

I'm going to say A, the Italian chef Enrico Bartolini, because I went to Italy recently and the food was amazing.

Chantal applied to only Michelin-starred winning restaurants.

She aimed high, meaning she was ambitious.

Chantal says the worst they could do is say no, a phrase which means you shouldn't be afraid of trying to do something because the worst outcome is being rejected.

At the age of 26, Chantal left London and returned home to open her own restaurant, Mosaic, near Pretoria in South Africa.

She'd been inspired by botanical cuisine, the use of edible flowers and herbs to decorate and flavour food.

Here, Chantal tells more to BBC World Service programme, The Food Chain.

Chantal developed her own signature.

A signature item is something that is typical of or strongly associated with a particular person or place.