Just arrived!

[chubyalaskagriz]

Howdy all! Am happy to have found you. Your place comes highly recommended by a friend I met at another site. Seems like a fun destination to spend time and explore thoughts... Looking forward to sharing a place at the table!

My name is Kevin and I've been piddling around kitchens since I was 14. Worked in rinky-dink tavern kitchens thru high school, graduated to hotel, resort & country clubs... then came to Alaska in '92 to work for Princess Cruises. For the last few years I've side-stepped out of high-end white tablecloth environs into more meat & potatos work-camp kitchens in remote reaches of Alaska serving the oil, commercial-fishing and mining industries. I work a wonderful 28-days-on/14-days-off rotation schedule, so the long days are leveled-out by 8-9 two-week periods off per year... and I love it! One doesn't mind working extra hard if they get rewards like frequent time off.

Anyway, one of the fun things I'll be seeking to get a feel for here is how many food pros work in traditional restaurant kitchens and how many have happened into slightly less traditional work situations... Where do you/have YOU worked? This'll be a fun & curious aspect to measure during my tenure here.

[Mezzaluna]

Welcome, Kevin! With your experiences and history I'm sure you'll both be an asset here and also gain a lot of enjoyment and new ideas here.

Have a look around and dive into the discussions. Don't miss the other goodies here, though!

Regards,
Mezzaluna

[chubyalaskagriz]

This place definitely seems a bevy of enjoyable resources... I appreciate your cozy words.