 Done with restaurants
Just venting a little... I'm done working in restaurants. I'm sick of working with underqualified cooks, getting @#$% pay (I get the high end of the pay scale for restaurants, but it's terrible compared to any other semi-skilled job out there), and I hate the lifestyle. I've worked in the top restaurants in this city, worked with chefs from some of the best restaurants in the world, I've cooked for celebrities, food critics, even had a picture of one of my dishes as well as of myself published in newspapers. Yet I've still got this terrible, empty feeling in my gut.
I've been in-between jobs for the last 3 weeks, I've worked in 3 restaurants in this time. They suck. Bad. They've won awards, got good reviews, but the food is not up to par. No one cares. People screw up, and still serve the food. Ingredients are not fresh. No one wants to make better food. Either I fight an uphill struggle to try turn it around singlehandedly, or I give in and make mediocre food. Neither option is acceptable to me. I'm sick of working with hacks and posers.
I guess for now I'll just do pastries until I can figure out a better plan - I can make comparable money to restaurant cooking, and my pastries are pretty **** good (as good as any I've ever seen in a restaurant). No more working nights.
If any pros want to weigh in their opinions, offer advice, I'd appreciate it.  |