Posts by aric87

 Your best bet is to find someplace looking for a prep cook or fry cook. Both are easy to learn. Keep in mind, many places aren't always looking for experience. I wouldn't mind training someone on everything if they show up clean,...

i would say it could either make or break your relationship. If you work well together, then great. But your both going to avoid say things to make each other angry and you'll harbor that until you do fight. I would say just keep it...

pastry is much more art than cooking. you'll learn artisan breads, then you'll make all kinds of crazy cakes, make sugar sculptures, and do alot of design type work. Culinary you will learn techniques for cooking sauces, soups, and how...

thank you chef, being that im an emt i have a pretty good idea of the definition of a third degree burn. A more simple definition is any burn that blisters should be considered a third degree burn, as the only way for the skin to...

another way you could divide your grill is by temp. All the rare on the left, then as you go right, have the proteins in rows according to doneness. This will help you know how done each should be without having to remember or read the...

This sort of presents an issue for you because it's new york, but try this. Find a type of cuisine you feel as though you will want to pursue after school and go have a heart to heart with the owner or head chef. If you can find a...

If you enjoy the work, the cooking, the art of plating, then stick to it. I left the kitchen for 6 years and now I'm going to school for culinary and working in the kitchen again. People say that you are born to do what you do. Most...

Quote: Originally Posted by greyeaglem  Leeniek, I'm not sure why that guy had the Alfredo on the floor, but believe it or not they used to teach us to do that. If you were straining stock from one pot to the other,...

I worked in a kitchen that tracked waste and produced a monthly sheet and posted it up for the employees to read. Each time it had a goal to be met for the next month, and whether we met the goal that had been set. It also showed the...

I thinks it's pretty funny Ramsey isn't the bad guy of the show this time.