Nicholas Gavin is the Culinary Creative Director of ChefSteps, where he develops recipes and is responsible for making all the food look beautiful. Nick has worked at ChefSteps for over a decade; he and ChefSteps co-founder Grant Crilly worked together at Modernist Cuisine. Nick has worked in professional kitchens both in the United States and abroad, most notably at Mugaritz in San Sebastian, Spain.

Nicholas Gavin

How do you transform a chicken into a Michelin-starred dish? You make poulet farci, a fancy French term for a fancy chicken-stuffed roast chicken crown! Inception chicken, incroyable! You get all the best parts of a <a href="https://www.chefsteps.com/activities/ultimate-roast-chicken">perfect roast chicken</a>—browned skin and juicy breast meat—but with the added bonus of a luxurious mushroom-and-herb-flecked farce, made with the dark meat, layered between the skin and breast. It’s an absolute showstopper of a dish and makes for the perfect holiday centerpiece for a small gathering.

Poulet Farci (Chicken-Stuffed Roast Chicken)