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what are your happiest moments as a chef?

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#1 · (Edited)
I have a very little experience in this field. However I felt so happy when my loved ones eat my food and say delicious! Or smile. I feel like living when they eat my food so happily. That's why I started cooking.

What are your happiest momments in your chef career?

Reading cookbooks? Finding the best ingredients or spices? Meeting people? Earning money? Eating your food?

Please tell me and share with us your happisest momments as a chef.
 
#4 ·
Those serene quiet moments when I'm doing knife work with some perfect veg.,
When I'm in the groove in the middle of service, two steps ahead of expo and everything just clicks.,
When I'm fabricating or butching and I pull 8/9 portions from a PSMO/ see nothing but scales and bones from my fish.
A flawless plate-up.
I really love the positive nature of this thread.
 
#6 · (Edited)
Going into the dining room(s) and seeing everybody happy. Also, greeting friends/regulars and even new customers and talking to them, getting feedback. Seeing empty plates come back. Etc.
Yes, I love those moments when you know guests are well into their dinner and you hear their laughter in the dining room. It means they're satisfied, happy, and relaxed.
 
#11 ·
I am now a retired chef but I have great memories of getting lost in mountains of prep. I loved to see the fresh produce coming in, particularly fish. the sound of knives on boards, the aroma of lemon zest, thyme, garlic. The kitchen banter, singing and crude jokes. The ticking of prep lists and the cooking of meats. I could have my back to the whole kitchen and my nose and ears would tell me exactly what was going on. I would almost be in a state of meditation before the fast pace of service.

I now train and mentor chefs and love to see a talented chef create a stunning dish. You can take a chef out of the kitchen but you can't take the kitchen out of a chef.
 
#16 ·
When I put a rack of fresh baked bread in the window to cool right in front of someone on Atkins at the counter... I'm a douchebag...
ROFL...

you're only a douche if you know they are on that diet!

Quit Eyeballing them and you'll be fine.

It seems, at least in my area, that the 'diet' restriction phase is coming to an end... lets hope at least.
 
#17 ·
When the kitchen has so many dockets you've run out of rack for them and just stick them to the walls. Everyones focussed in together, completely tapped, foods flying out to customers, helping or getting a hand at that perfect time and eventually monstering the docket pile. That awesome energy of a clicked kitchen in a crazy service.. 
 
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