Bonjour!

[Danimal]

Hello! I have just accepted a position as chef at a restaurant (pub) in the countryside outside Montréal, Québec.

I have been in the restaurant industry for 17 years both in Canada and the United States. My experience has been primarily as a General Manager with some large restaurant companies and recently as Director of Operations for a small fine dining restaurant in Montreal.

I had (and still do have) plans to open my own restaurant. I bought a property recently which is suited for this (a country house) and I am living in it for the time being.

In the mean time, to keep busy and also to make some money, I have accepted a position as chef. Cooking has always been the thing I enjoyed most about my job as a manager and I always took every opportunity to involve myself in the affairs of the kitchen. In two of my restaurants, as General Manager I was also responsible for the kitchen and did all the ordering, menu development, scheduling, hiring and firing for the kitchen. I also cooked on the line and supervised prep so I feel qualified to assume the position of chef. I am quite excited about it.

We are a small restaurant that seats 80 inside and a further 30 or so outside in the Summer time. We do 100+ covers at dinner on the weekends and regularly in the Summertime.

Glad to find this site and looking forward to meeting some interesting and cool people.

I have posted a question to the Chef discussion board about my bilingual menu. Let me know if you have any ideas.

Thanks
Danimal

[Mezzaluna]

Bienvenue a Chef Talk, Danimal. I'm sure you'll find plenty here to enjoy and learn from.

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Meilleurs souhaits,
Mezzaluna