While some people's mouths might water when they see roast chicken on a restaurant menu, the same can’t be said of Michelin-starred chef Dominique Crenn. She is known for innovative and unique French cuisine, so her standards for a classic bistro-style roast chicken are pretty high — so high that she usually won't order one.

Crenn won't order roast chicken from a restaurant because she knows how difficult it is to make, and restaurants may not allow it enough time or monitoring. She explains, "I don't just put a chicken in my roaster pan and leave to walk the dog. It's a process — you have to watch it, you have to love it and it's all about the timing of the flavor."

Crenn isn’t wrong — creating the perfect roast chicken isn't easy and typically takes more than one day, from the first prep step to taking it out of the oven. A restaurant isn't likely to deliver a spectacular chicken in the mere 20 minutes or so that you spend waiting for your meal, but a homemade one is definitely worth the effort.