Posts by RAS1187

It really depends on what you want to do career-wise. What particular job do you want to do, where do you want to work, how far up the ladder do you want to move, etc. The general rule is that experience is more valuable than...

If FN became a constant 24/7 loop of Japanese Iron Chef reruns, I seriously would never turn my tv off.

I actually like that idea. I asked one of my fellow cooks one time to go to the cooler to gather the ingredients for hollandaise. She returns with tomatoes, mushrooms, onions, etc. but no eggs or butter Our Chef shows potential...

My Chef purposely overloads me with things to do/prep in a certain timeframe. He knows I won't get it all done, but every time more and more gets done within that same timeframe. I used to work for a chain, and I know that lurking...

That reminds me of a situation I was in not too long ago... Corporate brings in a "star chef" from around the area to our hotel to help oversee our new menu tasting we were carrying out for the RVP, GM, VP of F&B, etc...

We don't faithfully do a staff meal every night, depends really on if I have time or not. Today was really really slow, so I had more than enough time to put together some nice skirt steak fajitas together for everyone. Nothing extremely...

Its good that youre asking questions and figuring out what you want. DO NOT commit time or money to a school until you know for sure what your answer is going to be. Pretty much all that has been said is true. I ignore the...

I really dont drink them for the energy kick, but those red bulls are just so ice cold and refreshing in the heat of battle when the chef runs down the line with a 6 pack in his hands during the rush and tosses one to each of us.

Just wondering if anyone else out there is like this. Despite me working in kitchens for about 6 years so far now, I really am not a great home cook. I cook for my family every now and then, and while the food does come out good, its...

First day, chef gave me a ton of mushrooms with a ton of filling. Told me to pull the stem out and stuff them. 4 years later, and I still make them :-).