Matty Matheson is a larger than life chef who has undeniably left his mark on the culinary
world. From fine dining to fast food, Matty Matheson's impact is felt on taste buds all
over Canada. Here we're going to talk about the top ten untold truths about Matty Matheson
that even his most devoted fans will find surprising.
Matty Matheson and breakfast
What gets you out of bed in the morning? Do you always rise and shine with two eggs, toast,
and a cup of coffee? If so, then you and Matty Matheson are living culinary worlds apart. Matty
Matheson is the type who doesn't like to eat traditional breakfast foods. You won't see
him sitting down to a stack of pancakes smothered in maple syrup. No, he'd much rather have
a bowl of Vietnamese pho than cereal. You can't expect this culinary wizard to do anything
ordinary. It wouldn't be too surprising to find out he enjoys his bowl of soup while
taking a bath in the morning. Hash is one of his favorite things to cook and eat in
the morning too. What's the secret ingredient in his hash? He takes all of his leftovers
in the refrigerator and throws them into the mix. A whiz in the kitchen like himself probably
has quite a few interesting things in his fridge. No one will ever say that his hash
is boring since the mix match of food probably is as unique as he is.
Three simple cooking tips
Don't you wish you could whip up something delicious in your kitchen like Matty Matheson?
It's not as difficult as you might think it is. Matty Matheson has refined the process
in which he pumps out delicious food that can make anyone drool all over themselves.
You would think that anyone as talented as he is would have a long laundry list of things
that the average person should do to churn out delicious food meal after meal. Surprisingly,
his list is so small you could write it down on a tiny piece of paper and still have some
room to spare. What are the three tips Matty Matheson has for every culinary wannabe genius
out there? He says that you should invest in high-quality knives, a cutting board, and
cookware. Good tools of the trade are needed if you want to produce high-quality food.
He says your pantry should be stocked with high-quality staples like flour, salt, and
olive oil. Don't skimp and buy the cheap stuff since these items are the bedrock of your
meals. Lastly, he says ditch your spices after they become old. Those little tins of spices
in your cupboard have a shelf life and you need to be aware of it. If you're in doubt,
then it's probably best to throw them away. Spices lose flavor over time, and that's why
you should get rid of them after they’ve lost their potency.
Romantic lasagna recipe
Do you lack a certain zing in your love life? If so, Mr. Matheson has the perfect solution
for you. No, it's not going to McDonald's and having a candlelight dinner. Some of you
might think his solution to the staleness in your relationship may be to get matching
tattoos. But no, his solution is the cheesiest, gooiest, meatiest layered lasagna you've ever
had. It is his own personal recipe that he guarantees will light a spark to your love
life. Matheson's trick to the perfect lasagna is to cut back on the tomatoes, claiming they
make it too soupy. He focuses more on the meat and cheese aspects of the lasagna. Going
on to say, he thinks this is how Italians should make their lasagna, and then walking
it back altogether. The number of layers he uses for this lasagna is what really puts
it over the top. Featuring over 5 layers of meat, 4 layers of cheese and 4 layers of pasta,
this is one heavyweight lasagna. He even goes on to say that Garfield the cat, lover of
all things lasagna, would be very happy and excited by the dish. He goes on to serve his
lasagna to a chef that appeared on Top Chef Canada, as well as a reporter from Vice News.
They both loved the dish, one of them even insinuating that it was better than his Mom's
lasagna. And at the very end, Matty makes his bold statement that if you make this lasagna
for someone you love, he guarantees it will set the mood. Whether or not this lasagna
will set off the fireworks in the bedroom, we'll leave up for you to decide but one thing
is for sure, Matty Matherson makes one of the most mouthwatering lasagna recipes ever.
Matheson was kicked out of high school
One look at Matty, and you know right away he's not a guy to be messing with. The sight
of him in a dark alley would make some people turn the other way. It shouldn't be all that
much of a surprise then that he was kicked out of school for his wild behavior. No, Matty
wasn't expelled, he was told not to come back. What's the difference? Getting expelled is
like someone giving you the boot where the sun doesn't shine. It wasn't that extreme,
but the school made it clear that they didn't want him back. Matty got the drift and didn't
go back to where he wasn't wanted. He somehow found his way to Lakeshore Catholic High School.
It wasn't exactly the perfect fit considering that it was a conservative Catholic school,
and he had green hair and painted fingernails. Matty is a realist and understood that he
needed to receive an education. He was able to tame down his antics enough to graduate
and move forward with his life. It goes to show that he has a softer side to him after
all. The loud, boisterous behemoth of a man can somehow find the inner strength to settle
down and study when the need arises.
Matty and the metal band
Much to the surprise of everyone, including himself, Matty performed quite well at Toronto's
Humber College culinary program. All the other schools he applied to rejected him, but this
one place gave him the opportunity of a lifetime. His grades were good and he seemed to really
progress in a field that took him by surprise. At no time did he ever want to become a celebrity
chef or cook in the big leagues. It's almost as if fame and fortune landed right in his
lap. None of it was planned, and his actions were as such that most people would've ended
up as a failure. Just two weeks before Matty was set to graduate from said Humber College
culinary program, he actually dropped out in order to tour with a bunch of his friend's
metal band. Yup, after all that work, and being right at the finish line, he just left
it all behind, and it wasn't even his own band. In fact he claimed that he wasn't even
really a roadie, more of a "mascot". He said this because he was often just too intoxicated
to actually help carry any of the instruments. Thankfully, all of this wasn't too much of
a set back for him and after a short stint on tour with this metal band, Matty did get
back on track and continued on with his culinary career. So he didn't exactly throw it all
away at least. Matty ended up working under Rang Nguyen who taught him how to prepare
classic French dishes. Was it a stroke of luck? Probably not. Anyone worth their salt
had to know this guy was going places and Nguyen had to see his ability right from the
start. Maybe ditching school and going on the road wasn't such a bad idea after all.
It's probably a bad idea for most, but not for a guy who lives life by the seat of his
pants.
His wild ways are behind him
Matty was once a bit of a party animal. Even he would admit that he used to take his love
of everything intoxicating to an extreme. A heart attack at the age of 29 couldn't even
slow down his frantic partying. Most people his age would have slowed their roll and put
their partying days behind them. Matty isn't most people, and he picked back up right where
he left off after having a heart attack. No one will ever doubt that he's as strong as
an ox, considering how he kept up his lifestyle after having what some could consider a debilitating
setback. For Matty, a heart attack was merely a bump in the road and nothing else. It wasn't
until several of his good friends sat him down and had an intervention that things changed.
Matty will be the first to admit that his lifestyle was getting the best of him. No
one can live the sort of fast-paced rockstar life he was living and not burn out quickly.
It's a good thing that today he's clean and sober since eaters and cookers alike can all
benefit from his existence. We all should be thankful that he accepted the help when
it was offered to him. He's not done leaving his imprint on the culinary world, and there's
still quite a bit of stuff out there for him to explore.
Matty's tattoos are as unique as he is
It's impossible to look at Matty Matheson and not notice his tattoos. He's got tattoos
all over his body. Some people get a tattoo and leave it at that. Not Matty. The collection
of tattoos on his body is like an art museum. In fact, his most meaningful, which comes
as no surprise, is his son's name, "Macarther" which is proudly tattooed downward across
the chef's chest. Another tattoo that any fan of his would recognize is the D-S-O-L
that's tattooed on his right knuckles. This is an acronym that stands for "Dead Set on
Living". It has a very interesting background story to it. Matty was originally going to
open a bar called "Dead Set on Destruction", but after he suffered the heart attack his
friend said he should call it "Dead set on Living". His friends from the band "Cancer
Bats" also made a song about him called "Dead Set on Living". This song would also become
the theme song for one of his shows called "Dead Set on Life" which aired on VICE. With
such a great backstory, you can understand why this tattoo is very important to him.
In a funny twist, what is, in his opinion, one of the worse tattoos he has, is also one
of the most meaningful. This tattoo is dedicated to his sister Sarah, who had to deal with
a rocky relationship with her ex-husband. It's a tattoo of a heart with a name through
it. Which, he got done somewhere in Albuquerque, New Mexico by someone Matty says was probably
under the influence of something or another. Although he was not thrilled with the resulting
tattoo, it does represent something important to him and that makes it worth while. The
tattoo's on Matty's body prove that he's not afraid to go under the needle for a lasting
memory. It appears that Matherson is actually starting to run out of real estate to put
tattoos on, so he's going to have to start getting creative to find space for some new
ones, something tells us he'll do just that.
Matty rocks out Instagram
How much time do you spend on Instagram? You probably go there to see pictures of your
friends and family's latest fiascos. Some people use Instagram for the dumbest things,
but not Matty. He’s chosen to put his camera to good use and take all kinds of exciting
pictures. Any foodie who loves to look at everything food-related needs to follow Matty
on Instagram right now. It's about so much more than him as a person, and he offers a
very interesting glimpse of what it's like in his world of food. If you follow Matty
on Instagram, then you’ll get to see other food celebrities to. It seems there are all
kinds of people rubbing shoulders with him. Don't be surprised if there are pictures of
him mingling with famous names that aren't in the world of food too. His rockstar status
ensures that there is a constant flow of people who are worthy of taking a snapshot.
Matty the sneakerhead
You might have one or two pairs of shoes. Some of you know real sneakerheads who might
have as many as a dozen pairs. Matty, well, he takes his love of sneakers to a level that
most couldn't imagine. He has previously stated that he has 200 pairs of sneakers. Yeah, that's
a lot of shoes. A person who has as many sneakers as he has must have a special place to keep
them all in. He actually claims that he used to collect jackets, then he switched over
to shoes. He has a shoe closet that would make any sneaker fanatic jealous. He says
that he's "got a lot of Jordans", which let's be frank is an understatement. And, he likes
the classics from Nike, Reebok, Adidas, and Gazelle. What's funny about all this though
as that he also says that even though he owns all these shoes, he actually wears Vans Sk8
Hi’s 80% of the time. So it really is a collection more than wearing a new pair of
kicks all the time. Being a sneaker-head is a growing trend that isn't going to die down
any time soon. Some think of their sneakers as an investment that grows in value over
time. Especially a collection like Matty's where most of the shoes go unworn, but hey,
a pair of "worn-in-the-kitchen" Matty Matherson Vans Sk8 Hi's probably has a market too! A
much less talked about section of the shoe closet are dress shoes. But Matty actually
claims he has some fancy Red Wings, and that if he goes to a fancy wedding, he wears a
pair of black Docs.
Matty Matheson hates his own cooking
How can it be? Matty Matheson can't stand his own cooking? Well, it shouldn't come as
much of a surprise to anyone who spends any time in the kitchen. You just get sick and
tired of eating the food that you cook day in and day out. Another common theme with
chefs is they tend to dislike their own menus quickly. Matty has been quoted as saying he
changes his menu all the time. A lot of the time he will make a menu and a week after
he'll hate it, but he has to keep it for three months. Having to keep something on the menu
when you would like to replace it leads to chefs saying they don't like their menus,
even though in fact the food is more than likely pretty amazing. Proof in point he also
goes on to say that his favorite dish from his restaurant's menu is the steak tartare,
can't hate it that much if you've got a favorite!
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