We were doing a new menu tasting for the RVP, GM, VP of F&B, and other various big heads within the company.
The big heads brought in their key chef, a pretty well-known guy in the downtown area from one of our related hotels. He helped oversee the tasting to make sure everything went ok. He definitely knew his stuff about food. All his dishes were spot on.
BUTTT... the problem was that he was a mess. He made hummus on one prep table, splattered roasted pepper and chickpea puree all over the station, then moved to another one tocut vegetables. He left all the vegetable scraps scattered along the cutting board and prep area before moving to another areq to make tempura batter. Batter and flour all over my station that again he walked away from without even making an attempt to clean.
Now yes hes well known and everyone is all *bows down* to him when he walks around, but I don't know if I can consider anyone that works that messy to be a chef. I consider myself to be pretty sloppy also, so when someone's sloppiness outdoes me, especially a supposed chef of this calibur, I really feel disappointed.
Sorry if this wasnt particularly related to the thread, but just needed to rant a little bit. History/Definition of the word = Chief of the kitchen from what I understand. Unless you actulaly have a kitchen that you are chief of, you are not a chef.  |