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Meet Little Chef Carter Fitzsimmons

photo by provided Chef Carter.

photo by provided Cutting carefully and following safe kitchen guidelines is important to Chef Carter.

photo by provided Uncle Dan gives the Little Chef a thumbs up!

photo by provided Making a special meal for Uncle Dan is our little Chef Carter.

Tuesday January 17, 2017

By Cookie Steponaitis

There is something magical about being a child with an innate curiosity about the world and the attitude that anything is possible. Children explore with a delight and abandonment that adults remember fondly before reason and practicality took hold. Yet once in a while in those carefree days of childhood a passion is ignited that will carry throughout a lifetime. Such is the case of the Little Chef, Carter Fitzsimmons. Carter is already an accomplished chef at the age of six and began cooking with his mom at the age of three. He has a uniform, a regimen in the kitchen and a family of adoring taste testers to eat his wonderful creations.
    “I was three when I started cooking with mom,” explained Carter. “Mom and dad used to help by cutting my food, but now I’m allowed to cut food carefully. I still love to cook with mom.” Carter is skilled in different meals and shared a couple of his favorite recipes in case any of the Valley Voice readers would like to try them. “I love to make pancakes,” shared the Little Chef. “I use food coloring so they have swirly colors and I like to lick the batter off the spoon. Also, macaroni and cheese from scratch is another favorite dish to make.” Armed with that wonderful sense of all things being possible, Carter has his eyes set on possible career paths that not only include cooking. “I am going to be a chef in a big restaurant and a football player,” explained the young chef. “But I am also going to be a firefighter and help the people in my town.”
    While Carter might have a few years ahead of him before he has to choose he believes it is never too young to start good practices in the kitchen. When asked how other young people in Vermont should get their start in the kitchen, Carter paused a moment and remarked, “You should learn how to crack eggs because lots of recipes use eggs. Just tap an egg on the edge of the bowl and pull it apart gently at the crack. Don’t worry, everyone gets shells in the bowl at first, just pick them out and keep practicing.” Young Carter has lots of family support and even prepares his meals in a custom created chef uniform from Grandpa Dale and Grammy Linda who live in Florida. “It’s even personalized with my name on it,” giggled Carter. “I love to cook for my family and my Uncle Dan said that the meal I made was spectacular.”
    Little Chef Carter Fitzsimmons is not fussy and loves to try and eat all kinds of food and new dishes.  When not playing tug of war with his dogs Nikki and Olie, Carter loves to go to Boston and to eat food at his favorite restaurant the Paragon Grill at Nantasket Beach Resort in Hull, Massachusetts.  “Carter has really become a huge help in the kitchen,” added Mom Rebecca and Dad added in, “Carter loves to cook and I love to eat! It works out great.” The Valley Voice salutes Chef Carter Fitzsimmons and predicts that someday in the future there will be another article featuring a grown chef opening up his own restaurant who will still specialize in swirly pancakes and macaroni and cheese besides creating other delectable dishes for his patrons. God bless the creativity and the wonder of a child and bon appetite at the Fitzsimmons’ house.

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