Dear young cooks, I’d like you to consider very carefully the decision you are about to make for a career in the kitchen. Being a chef and working in a kitchen might look “fun” on TV and in the movies, but I promise you, whoever wrote those shows has spent too
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"I want to marry a chef so I can have good food every day" - pretty much every person just before they start dating or marry a chef. The amount of times we've heard this is mind boggling. In todays society of Uber Eats and Eat out culture, not many people
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There’s nothing more frustrating than monkey wrenches being thrown into a well-oiled kitchen line during service. But let’s face it, it happens. It’s aggravating, especially during the rush, but we deal with it. However, there are some steps that can be taken to help maintain the machine. First off, the golden
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This post focuses on the picture below and its message. I can relate to that post as well. We've seen a lot of positive responses to this picture, it really went viral, not only with Chefs and catering industry workers but with their families, friends and neighbours. It's great to see so much
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Ever dreamed of dating a chef? Freshly baked pizza's flying into your mouth after a long day at the office... The smell of cinnamon sticks, cardamom pods, and pine sprigs on your man's clothes and hair... It's easy to romanticize what dating a chef is like. However, our "10 Things You Need
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I know what you're thinking, another guy moaning about being a chef, yes, I might be just another guy moaning but by laying on paper my thoughts about my chef life maybe you can avoid making the same stupid mistakes as I did. I wasn't always bitter and tired like this, some
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This is an answer on Quora that we liked, it's written by Shawn Ramirez, Professional chef for 15 years! First, what do chefs like? Chefs get a lot of social equity. We cruise right on the edge of blue collar, white collar, slumdog millionaire sorta style. I can walk into any restaurant, bar,
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Being a Chef is often glamorized on television programmes. But working in a kitchen is often very different to how they portray it on TV.. Here are 8 problems (out of many) which Chefs have to deal with: 1. Not having a social life It’s very difficult to have a social life when you
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Most (but not all) cooks and chefs tend to be “potty-mouthed sailors” who lack the social willingness to be “nice” to people who are pricks (i.e. some customers), and would be much more likely to say, “Fuck off!” to an unreasonable guest than to say, “I apologize for that sir,
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To most people, a cook and a chef are the same things. The two terms are used interchangeably to indicate someone working away in the kitchen, regardless of whether that individual is cutting vegetables or masterminding the entire menu. For those who work in the culinary field, however, there is a
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