Last Friday was World Egg Day, and since we didn't know that, here's something to show our appreciation for the simple and tasty protein we love to have for breakfast.

Ben Starr is a gourmet chef, owner of the upscale Dallas restaurant Frank, and finalist on MasterChef with Gordon Ramsay who has mastered the art of the poached egg.

He shows us in this video how you can poach the perfect egg using Julia Child's method - and it's surprisingly not as difficult as it looks. Watch it below, and try it out for yourself:



Photograph: Anna Spargo-Ryan