Tag: restaurant life
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There is no team in ‘I’
I’ve seen so many god-damn videos featuring world-renowned restaurants where the chef puts on a show about how great he is (like 99% he) and their restaurants are. I understand that BS and videography are besties…it’s not just restaurants. But, good lord, it’s the same thing over and over again. Aren’t I so cool? Isn’t…
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Thank you, chef, may I have another
The more and more I work in the restaurant industry the more I am dumbfounded by the unprofessional and down-right abusive behavior that goes on and is accepted by everyone as the way things are. Why is it acceptable for a chef to make abusive and even racist or sexist jokes, yell, or even throw…
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Help Wanted: Executive Chef
POSITION SUMMARY This position provides experienced culinary leadership, training and support to the BOH (back-of-house) staff while maintaining fiscal management over the entire Restaurant. PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following: Leadership, Training and Human Resources Possess the exceptional patience to train, retrain and retrain again BOH staff on culinary…
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The Tourist
For 15 years I sat at a desk in an office. Working hard was nine or ten hours a day because of a work event or dinner, and I would come in late the day of or the day after to make up for it. I encouraged my staff to too because, after all, our…
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Chef is always right, and yup, he fucking is
I didn’t actually mention after my Green Than Neon post that the head chef offered me a job. I’m pretty impressed with myself that after my first night in the back of the house that I got hired! I shouldn’t get so cocky though, because he said it was not so much my prowess with a whisk,…
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My Pants are on Fire…For the Next Two Years
I guess the shine had to wear off at some point. Well, that point is this week. On Sunday, I volunteered to work at a special event. After a brief competition, the event was open to the public. Live music, food tables hosted by restaurants, drink tables hosted by liquor companies. My job was to…
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Greener Than Neon: My First Stage
Stage is pronounced like ‘Dodge’ – really like ‘sta-dge.’ It’s basically an opportunity to work for free in a restaurant kitchen. With the plethora of cooking shows out there, you may have heard of this term already. I say ‘opportunity’ here because even though the chef is getting free labor, you are getting a crash course…
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My brunoise don’t stink
One of the things I was a bit concerned about before starting school was my knife skills – well, really my lack of knife skills. One of the requirements to be accepted at CIA is six months of either front of the house (hostess, waiter) or back of the house (in the kitchen) experience. Mine…
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California Dreamin’
I must be dreaming – I can’t believe this is actually my life! I’m doing food 100%, 24/7, all the time, every day, every second. I’m talking about it, eating it, cooking it. I’m learning about growing it, transporting it, and storing it. I’m meeting people who have trained for years, run big kitchens, started…
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One Toe Left On The Veg Bandwagon
You might have noticed my talk of eating fish last week, i.e. sea bass and salt cod. Well, I actually started eating fish about two and a half years ago. Sorry I didn’t share, but Vegetarianized.com was well…vegetarian. But, WOW – what a difference! I feel like I have so many more choices, and I…
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