Get out. Get out now. The right thing is for the chef to tell the kid to shut his mouth and pay you what you are worth. You are not being respected in practice or pay. They don't deserve the respect your staying would represent.
Good for you. The days of the misogynistic testosterone fueled kitchen need to be gone. I don't care if your reproductive organs are internal or external as long as you ain't sinking the ship.
Sorry but to me it sounds like you have a slight attitude problem. Just because you have been in business longer then others does not mean you have the right to judge them. That's the Chefs job. The chef should teach and explain to him regarding shallots not you. Just do your job and stop worrying about everyone else. By you telling chef this ones no good and that one is this or that , remember he hired them and may take your comments to mean he doesn't know what he is doing. I suggest you quit.
Start your next position by going in doing the work assigned and not judging or complaining. If you are good be it male or femle. it will be noticed and rewarded.
There's no need to overcompensate for your sex. Don't let it put a chip on your shoulder. Some people are gay, some are black, some are short, some are so perfect it makes everyone around them feel inadequate (my own personal cross to bear) the more you point out your differences the more people will notice them. I think ED was simply pointing out this chip on your shoulder, and you became abusive and defensive.
Anyone that's spent any serious time in a pro kitchen knows sexism is rampant. Sure, there are good kitchens but the bad ones outnumber the good in this respect. YMMV.
I've worked with many women in the kitchen, I've had several female Chefs, one female F & B, several female owners. None of them ever had the need to point out that they were woman and I was a man.
The other observation I made--regardless if they were male or female, is that the ones in supervisory positions, or the ones moving into supervisory positions knew enough to not make statements like "I'm much better than him/her".
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