Posts by Rivitman

If drug testing were mandatory in the restaurant business, with termination for a positive result, probably a fouth to a third would be gone. Including coked up managers and not a few owners. It's an industry curse that is due to the...

As a cook, you may well struggle to get a minimal 40 hour workweek. This is a constant headache, as you cannot reliably predict your income. If you are fortunate to have a health plan (rare) you may lose it if you drop to less than 32hrs...

GR, as is most any Michelen starred chef, is in a different league. After a few years I learned that unless the chef is one of those chefs who's work and pedegree is on that high level, it is NEVER, I repeat NEVER worth it to sit back...

The first thing to happen needs to be MORE MONEY in your pocket. The seconds thing you need to do is smile, take the money, and plot your escape. If they don't give up the money, get out.ASAP. They did it to your chef, they WILL...

In this business, you sort of walk backwards into more promotions than not. Just be the last man standing when others fall down. Be 100% reliable, and follow chef's instructions. That's all it takes. Someone WILL quit. Someone WILL...

THe very second I feel the need to sell out history, tradition, skill and talent, and especially my current cooks and all those that simply want to persue the life and are working hard trying to, I'll quit. I'll find another way to make...

This sort of upsets me. Sorry but it does. Chef's don't open boxes. Chef's cook. In my local area, all manner and type of chain store restaurant has opened. They remain full based on hype, location, and parking, not the quality of...

No, But I do know that wages for cooks have been flatlined in the USA for twenty years now.While wages in most businesses tend to follow inflation and the rest of the economy, the food biz has not. In other words a position that paid...

My rule: Anybody can be tasked to do ANYTHING at ANY time.

I draw some flak here, but practicality rules. Held risotto sucks. Always. My stupid owner occasionally demands it for chafing dish buffets, and I can't refuse him. It's suitable for hanging wallpaper, but thats all. Uncle Ben's...