Posts by Stranger

Just a job for me. Well I'm still learning a lot anyways. I need to learn the grill and expo more. I'm just the fry guy. The food is really straight forward though. Just add butter, everything is butter haha. All I've been doing is...

Is it really that hard to get a job in a kitchen? I'm finding more and more that it doesn't take any schooling to get into the industry. The majority of cooks, preps, and managers I have met never went to culinary school. Some preps and...

I have my doubts too, which is why I do this part-time and go to school for something else.

How long do you guys stay before it's time to move on? What determines when you go?

The owner is there most days and yes it is in a kitchen of a chain restaurant. Once in a while he works the grill. Other times he helps at prep. He's usually out of there early though. I think he does these hardcore checks once in a...

He seems to ***** at me a lot whenever he is there. Then all the kitchen managers say I'm doing a great job. The other cooks say that he is just giving me a hard time. I do take what he says into consideration, it seems like he's really...

I want to be able to save money and cook at home more... Every time I go to the grocery store I don't know what to get. I can make some things but all of it gets old fast. Any tips for cooking at home and saving money? Also speed because...

I recently got a job as fry cook and prep at Bone Fish Grill. It is my first kitchen job. I can see myself staying here for the long run as I love it! So far I am up to speed as fry cook and prepping and want to eventually learn grill,...

Thanks for the positive words Steve. I was doing food prep this week. They want me to fill in for fry when needed, but frankly fry wasn't a good place for me to start. Food prep is also very challenging for me. I'm still trying to get...

Thanks for the tips everyone. Well I've been working a few days and I'm too slow :lol: My problem is that I get tunnel vision a lot probably due to trying to block out the stress, which I shouldn't be doing... Someone went awol in food...