Editor's note: This feature is part of columnist Jesse Blanco's "12 Days of Christmas" special presented by eatitandlikeit.com and SavannahNow. Today through Dec. 18, Jesse will introduce you to one Savannah chef and recipe a day to celebrate the holidays.
If you follow along with us here on Eat It and Like It, you undoubtedly have read something along the way where I have been complimentary of Chef Jean Vendeville at Savannah Technical College.
The man deserves a lot of credit. He turns out great chefs every year by demanding one thing: excellence. He also isn't afraid to tell a restaurant owner or chef how their food could have been better (if they needed it, of course).
How dare he? Hey, he's French and he's a chef.
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All kidding aside, last month Chef told me I needed to try his fruitcake. "It's not like those other things people eat every year."
I thought: "Well, he is certainly confident if nothing else." So when I called on him to chip in a recipe to our 12 days, he not only gave us all the recipe, but he made me one.
I gotta say, it was pretty darn good. Fruitcake lovers will love this one.
Click here to get Chef Vendeville's glorious fruit cake recipe at eatitandlikeit.com.Jesse Blanco is a local news anchor at WTGS and host of the Emmy-nominated “Eat It and Like It,” Savannah’s only TV show dedicated to its culinary scene. Visit him at eatitandlikeit.com or email jesse@eatitandlikeit.com.