The DILiGO Games Kitchen comes to life

What do being stressed and desserts have in common? Well, if you’re even slightly observant you will have noticed that ‘stressed’ is ‘desserts’ spelled backwards. This suggests that the one can lead to the other.

For example, most of us dive for desserts when we’re feeling stressed. After all, there is nothing like the soft squelch of chocolate mousse in your mouth and the fantastic rush of sugar in your bloodstream to make you forget your troubles for a while.

But it also suggests that creating perfect, mouth-watering desserts can be rather stressful in itself. Seriously, not everyone is born to be a chef. Have you ever tried to make your own macaroons, strudel or puff pastry? Have you ever tried to temper chocolate or emulsify eggs? It's not as simple as it seems, and if you’re cooking to impress people – like your boss or your smug sister-in-law who does everything better than you – then a complicated recipe is your ticket to total humiliation.

So rather take your guests to a restaurant and let a professional handle the catering. Then, as you savour the silky smoothness of your crème brûlée, consider the genius that transformed the high stress levels of a restaurant kitchen into this mouth-watering piece of culinary art. Give your compliments to the chef, because usually they don’t receive the recognition they deserve.

Not all chefs get to be on TV like Jamie Oliver. So to be noticed they sometimes have to get really creative – like coming up with outrageous new recipes. Have you ever had fried beer? Well now you can. Chef Mark Zable spent three years perfecting this ultimate bar snack, and it has won him more than his 15 minutes in the press.

But positive press is not the only way to get noticed. Chef Christopher Turla recently got caught on film by the public health inspector as he was licking a live toad in the restaurant kitchen. It was supposedly a joke, but perhaps all those lonely, stressful hours over the stove made him long to find his prince – someone who would save him from a life of mediocrity. But instead of turning into a prince the toad got him a large fine and a bit of publicity in the news. At least now he will be remembered.

Then there are the chefs who missed their calling and yearn for a different profession. They get around the problem by using their kitchen skills in entirely unrelated fields, like the chef who turned fashion designer by creating his wife’s wedding dress out of cream puffs. The wife loved it so much she didn’t want to take it off. You’ve got to wonder whether anyone considered putting the bride on the dessert menu?

In a similar way our DiLiGO chef, Katy, is channeling her skills in an entirely new direction. After years of creating culinary masterpieces in the obscurity of the office kitchen she has come out with her very own online slot game called Katy’s Kitchen. Her delicious creations are grabbing the attention of DiLiGO fans all over the world, who come to her online kitchen to compete for the top score to win. Her best dish is the breakfast scatter platter, which boosts your score even without forming a line!

So come play in Katy’s Kitchen, win a feast of bonus points and help Katy claim the fame she deserves!