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Originally Posted by shroomgirl  One of the chefs I've recently talked to says that as exec chef he represents the restaurant......I can see that, his public face is not his own.
Thoughts? |
Well, we all identify ourselves as Chefs, right? To me, the identity of the restaurant I am Chef of is also my identity, and, should reflect my values and standards -because my public face
is my own, so, the restaurant represents me as much as I it. IMHPO, we do not cease to be Chefs as we hang up our toque and go home for the evening. It is our "gourmandism" that does not let us turn off our though process just because we are grocery shopping for a quick dinner at home, or showing up to a weekend bar-b-que
-we still think like Chefs, we still are Chefs -it is part of us, and (to me)
is our public face.
When I was out of work for 4 months I was really strugling with this, It felt like because I was not working in a restaurant, maybe I was not a "Chef" anymore? -I started to panic for a few weeks.
Though the difined meaning of "Chef" is to be the chief of the kitchen, is the true meaning possibly something more?