An omelette (alternately "omelet") is a preparation of beaten egg cooke with butter or oil in a frying pan, usually folded around a filling such as cheese, vegetables, meat (often ham), or some combination of the above. Gourmet cook Julia Child once described an omelette as soft-cooked scrambled eggs wrapped in an envelope of firmly-cooked scrambled eggs. Traditionally, omelettes are partially cooked on the top side and not flipped prior to folding. According to Alton Brown, of Food Network's "Good Eats," the chances of becoming ill from traditional omelettes are small.