4 Omelette (Traditional French Omelette)

The prospect of cooking an omelette should present the student or the junior chef with stress. This is unavoidable. The omelette is a right of passage. But within it are the basic lessons of cookery: a mastery of temperature, texture and time. Advice: practice makes perfect. Make them at home for yourself for friends or family until these lessons begin to make sense. Egg cookery is hard but ultimately rewarding.

Start with the freshest eggs you can find. The key here is to learn how