Posts by aric87

not that anyone wants to at this point in time, but the best thing you can do dgreen, is to go work for free. Find a place near you, tell them you want to learn, and on the busiest night of the week, find a place out of the way and...

It is definitely not something that you are going to get away from. A kitchen is super stressful at times, and people get loud. Not saying it is right, or that it should happen, but it does. You will find, that when people are yelling,...

We have a company who sharpens ours. They provide the knives, and pick them up once a week, or every other in the last place I worked.  If you purchase, I would go with dexter russel. I have one in my personal kit. Cost $20, I...

My chef gets a three part bonus. 1/3 for food cost under a 32%, he gets 1/3 for labor under a certain %, and 1/3 for sales over a certain %. The three parts are not connected, so if he doesnt hit one, the others are still available if...

That could work. We use a mashed potato and leek cake that gets seared as a starch on the menu already. I like the idea. Trying to find the meat, corn, potato... so with a fried potato cake, how would you change the corn? 

Havn't tried yet. I'm wondering I it will just absorb the grease? I will let ya know what happens when I do try.

I am trying to figure out a way to reconstruct shepherds pie. I was thinking of frying some mashed potato coated in popcorn instead of panko or flour. Has anyone ever tried using popcorn as a coating for fried food? 

Learn the menu. Get a copy and write notes on it and take it home and study! There should be no reason for the chef or sous to have to tell you the same thing a million times. Once you are shown, and take notes, you should be able to...

If you have never been in a professional kitchen I would seriously recommend you go to the nearest busy restaurant and ask if you can watch a dinner service before you spend the money on culinary school. Working in a kitchen can be...

      That's hilarious And I would be willing to bet the person in question probably started cooking as a need for a job and had no means of leaving the field. Sounds like you will be able to use the...