Join me on The Randall Osché Podcast as I sit down with Flossie Gilles, a French chef and culinary creator whose career has taken her from a small village in the South of France to Australia and New York City.

Flossie shares how food was woven into family, identity, seasonality, and respect for nature long before she considered becoming a professional chef. She talks about entering culinary school as a teenager, starting in the dish pit, and learning the discipline, humility, and resilience that come with kitchen life.

We also explore the six years she spent in Australia, where she arrived without speaking English and learned to rely on herself, adapt to a new culture, and find her identity in another language. That journey eventually led her to New York, where an unexpected opportunity and the mentorship of chef Camille Martin helped sharpen her leadership style and culinary voice.

Along the way, we talk about pressure, people-pleasing, asserting yourself, building strong teams, creating within constraints, and why persistence often comes before opportunity and luck.

What you’ll Learn:

• What starting at the bottom of a professional kitchen teaches about humility and resilience.
• The independence, awareness, and self-trust that can come from moving somewhere unfamiliar.
• How strong leaders adapt to the different people on their team.
• The role persistence plays in creating opportunities and making the most of luck.

What if the life you planned isn’t big enough? Flossie shares what happened when she left home, embraced the unknown, and learned to trust herself.

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