bought the restuarant & survived, but..

[Ruth]

hi
Maybe you should hire another chef. where is your place?If there is an opening i may be interested. please e-mail me if you are interested. "thesame40@hotmail.com. remember that it is your place and your vision never lose sight of that. it is important that everyone respect and get along with each other.if there is a cog out of place the wheel will not spin smoothly.

[chiffonade]

It's not unusual for a chef to jump ship when a new owner comes in. He/she has been used to doing things "as they liked" because there was either an uninterested party at the checkbook or because the chef strongarmed the previous owner.

If you purchased a restaurant to flex your own culinary muscle by menu designing, developing specials, experimenting with breads and desserts, etc., then this chef must understand you sign the checks AND the walking papers. (Keep in mind, I saw 30 responses to this thread, haven't read them all and this may very well be a moot point.)

This person must understand, he is an employee. Yes, you want to show a chef respect, you want to accept input, etc. but YOU as the owner must be satisfied. Sounds to me like some new life needs to be breathed into your establishment. Start interviewing new chefs NOW if the present one doesn't want to march in formation.

[UniChef]

Document, document, document!

[kokopuffs]

In an earlier post in this thread I made a sarcastic post against a supervisor at my jobsite who is gay. Nothing was insinuated against gays, just against him solely since he couldn't keep his sexuality to himself ON THE JOB.

I posted this here comment because my earlier post has offended someone who contacted me personally. That person suggested that I file a sexual harrassment complaint. Well, filing a complaint can get onesself into more trouble than anticipated. Besides, he's leaving the company so it's a moot point.

The original post was never intended to poke at any group or orientation but I can, indeed, be sarcastic.

[chefboy2160]

Hey kokopuffs , Ive read both of your threads and I see nothing bad for you to apologize about . Wrong behavior is wrong behavior no matter what the sexual orientation . Yesterday at my hospital a man was fired from a very high position as the director of social services . He was a homosexual who had just recently come out of the closet after 10 years of marriage and 3 children .
His whole life revolved around his lover and his sexual orientation.
No matter what was going on at work he could not help himself from bringing his sexual orientation and his lover into the conversation . This was extremely embarrasing and frustrating for the employees , patients , and family members who came to visit .
After he was termed yesterday there was a collective sigh of relief from the staff that finally somthing had been done to right a wrong . As a manager I know that this behavior was allowed to go on so long for fear of a discrimination suit but documentation and action was way to slow in coming . An hourly employee would hve been given the boot for that kind of behavior much more quickly . All I can add for my 2 cents is right is right and wrong is wrong and I do believe in KARMA .......
Of course thats just my opinion.......................................

[kokopuffs]

Thanks, I feel better now.

-T, alias Voltaire!