feature film
Great Forum here, wondering if you envision
a storyline for the Chef yet. I'm not a
chef, but agree with the opinions that share
the common denominators of seeking balance
in this profession with personal life, the
concerns of acknowledgement/respect given
when one considers how hard the work is and to
boot, the challenges of pay in this industry
overall.
From a movie going perspective, I look forward
to seeing you efforts in depicting the realities
of a production kitchen. I was thinking today
about the many personalities that work in the
kitchen and the assorted idiosyncrasies one becomes blind to over time..To name a few. We
have this one line cook who expedites/runs the
food, Like clockwork, during lunch and dinner, he yells, "Everything Beautiful,Everything Wonderful"
consistantly. It was odd at first but it's grown
on me.
Have you every worked in a kitchen that has four radios playing at the same time, all different stations? The radio/music controlled
by the lead cook in that area?
I could walk through the kitchen and figure out
who was working by their music alone. It would
be a kick seeing a chef walk through the kitchen
with background music going from Led Zepplin to
Bread and the sports channel...ha.
The Baker, a dying breed, loner,sitting on a milk crate, never really takes breaks, just finds his time when he can. Uses parchment paper to
write reminder notes, keeps his working liquors
and knives in his locker. Always covered in
some reminents of early morning production, changes coats twice a day. All his recipes in his
head and his recipe book matches the color of
my parents scrapbook. Wonderful man, consider
myself fortunate to work with him and be on the
receiving end of his talents. It's stuff like
this that would be cool to see in the movie,
a reflection of people like that.
One funny story to end with. Waitressing
for Legal Seafoods some years ago, we carried
our own stations but ran food for the whole
restaurant as we pooled tips. This new guy
started,he's in front of me in the kitchen and
gets to the pickup, turns snow white and runs
out of the kitchen. I go forward and pick up the
plates, Shad roe, some other plates. We touch
base later on and I ask him what happened. He
says, "I was in a car accident last year, I saw
the Shad Roe and it brought back memories" I
didn't pursue details but never looked at
Shad Roe the same again.
