Making Something Good Out Of A Mistake
Posted October 2nd, 2026 by The Bistro
In the midst of preparing our tomato sauce a few days ago, one of our head chefs accidentally put in a little bit too much basil. Multiple team members contemplated throwing out the entire batch of sauce, though one remembered a quote he had read in a cookbook:
A great cook is not someone who always gets it right but someone who can turn a mistake into something exceptional.Bald Chef Nick, Deliciously Dyslexic: The easy to read cookbook
As a result, they kept working with the sauce by adding more ingredients and to make sure it was still usable. Soon enough, it tasted exactly how we wanted it. This is something that we think just about anyone could take a lesson from, even those not involved much in cooking. You shouldn't give up on something if it goes wrong, continue until it gets to a point you can be proud of.
