It’s been 25 years since I first tied an apron around my waist. 25 years of dishwashing, bussing, serving, bartending, baking, cooking and managing. 25 years of greasy spoons, independents, banquets, fine dining and hotels. 25 years of...
We care. Honestly, we do. We care that you can’t eat shellfish, or gluten. We care that you are allergic to onions in all their variants, and we care that you can’t eat pepper.
We care.
But we also run a business....
" There was a chef on Hell’s Kitchen who said “You gotta check your ego at the door when you walk into a kitchen.”"
While I personally agree with the idea, I gotta say... this, coming from Hells Kitchen is laughable....
Just a slight hijack.
"Au jus" means " with jus". As in, "prime rib au jus".
"Au jus" cannot exist on it's own. That pot of hot beefy liquid you keep beside the roast is a "jus". When the prime rib is served with...
Bakeries? Should be a journeyman anyways to work in a bakery,
Catering? Certification. Don't even see why this would be an issue. I'm sick of housewives becoming "caterers" because their friends say they make good cookies.
Small...
If you're too sick to work, you're too sick to work. Period.
If your boss fires you for being ill... f**k him.
Now... if you're sick often enough to screw up business and your co-workers lives... then you have an...
here's the issue as I see it.
The rules for restaurants need to change. Lose the "journeyman or equivalent" requirement, and change the laws so that ALL employees in kitchens must be either apprentices, or journeymen. If you...
The Red Seal allows qualified tradespeople to practise their trade in any province or territory without having to write additional examinations, thus improving labour mobility in Canada and saving time and resources by eliminating the...
The first and only time I ever got fired, I was working FOH in a family owned Italian Bistro.
We had a smoking busy night one night... crazy busy.
The potwasher begged off work early cuz he "had something to do", so Mama...
