Question for Chefs

[even stephen]

Oh! I'm in agreement with you. Do I know my way around the kitchen?
Yes, I think so. Do I spend more time in the office. At times. Is a resort
with 5 different outlets different than a free standing 100 seat restaurant?
If you think no, then, perhaps you've never worked in one. Perhaps it was
a poor comparison, but, yes there is a difference in a nuclear powered
warship and a shrimp boat. Yes you are responsible, but, there is just a
little more going on, just a little more, on the warship. I respect any good
chef whether it be in at the Mandarin Hotel or a small local restaurant. They
truly are apples and oranges. Theres a vast amount of different things you
must know to run a large operation. It's not just cooking. Well thats my
thoughts on the matter.

[KYHeirloomer]

That's why I suggested you clarify.

Of course they are different; with different levels of skill and experience required. That's why ensigns captain PT boats and captains captain carriers. But they are both captains, nontheless; equally deserving of the respect due their position.

Ditto in your example. The guy qualified to be chef of a 100-seat free standing restaurant may not (probably doesn't) have enough skills, yet, to balance the needs of a 5-outlet resort. But the man running both of them is a chef, nontheless, equally worthy of the respect that term implies.

[even stephen]

point taken, am in agreement.

[greyeaglem]

When I stated that many of my peers consider the title of chef to be applied only to someone who has been in complete charge of at least one commercial kitchen, I meant that this criteria would be unfair to someone like Julia Child, who I don't believe ever actually worked for any restaurant (I could be wrong in this assumption), but yet was such a trailblazer in many ways and certainly deserving of the title "chef". Yes, I would like to see some standardization as there is in other trades. A person who has gone to culinary school and worked many years in the industry should have a distinction from someone just out of school. It would be especially helpful when hiring to see on an ap. that applicant is level such and such which would indicate what level of knowlege or experience that person has attained.