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Chef Francois is an entertainer that cooks gourmet recipes using power tools. He is also known as the Power Tool Chef. A DVD cookbook was created in August 2006. The cookbook was titled, The Manic Mechanic, and hosts Chef Francois with a garage band. Francois Roland Kern or aka Chef Francois is known for his inventive flare and creative ways of using power tools to cook a gourmet meal. Chef Francois has been a guest visitor on many daytime television shows in Ontario Canada. Chef Francois has been on CityTV Breakfast Television with Liza Fromer, CTV Canada AM with Jeff Hutcheson, as well as TLN and on the Canadian television show called Daily Planet on the Discovery Channel with Natasha Stillwells.

Chef Francois was born in Geneva Switzerland but grew up in Toronto, Ontario Canada. He graduated from the Ontario College of Art where he earned a degree in industrial design. He has used his creative design skills and love of cooking to create DVDs for men who can't cook. His website: www.powertoolchef.com shows some of his power tool recipes and television appearances.

Chef Francois is also creating and building the most incredible 'Man Cave' or his television studio in East Gwillenbury. He has turned his garage into a fully automated television studio. The room is completely spare and void of any furniture, tools, or clutter. The studio emerges when it is activated with a remote controlled device. The walls expose a full cooking area including a hands-free sink with running water, a marble counter top with induction stove. A bar motorizes out of the east wall to reveal three bar stools and a compliment of alcohol and spices for cooking only. The stereo system and lighting comes out of the ceiling as well as the table saw and drill press. James Bond or Batman would be jealous if he saw this man cave.

The DVD cookbook that Chef Francois has created is unique because it does not require measuring or many ingredients to cook the gourmet meals he has created. The DVD is entertaining and really easy to follow without looking at a recipe. The simplicity of the cookbook DVD is creating a buzz for men who say they just don't know how to cook. Chef Francois will be creating a new DVD cookbook on different themes every two months. The next title will be, "Chef Francois cooks a Flambé at a Five Alarm Fire", where he uses firemen's tools such as an oxygen tank and defibrillator to cook chicken. All his DVDs are family friendly. Chef Francois hopes to get men back to cooking and to help wives and girlfriends with this household chore.