Ugh knackered.
This used to be easier, a year of idless and l'ennui francais sure gives the work ethic a knock. I'm sure I'll get used to 5 nights a week, three of them 14 hour doubles again, but for now, I just need the rest. I'm staying at this restaurant through christmas (for the bonuses) then taking my two weeks paid vacation in january and I will use that time to find another job. This is the kind of place that could kill the industry for me. The chef is talented, but jaded, very jaded. He thinks there are no good cooks in the world (except for himself of course), and is upset when people don't know intuitively what he wants. "oh, sorry chef, did you not want the plate to look like that? What did you want it to look like?" ( has made a beetroot salad, a pretty one, with an orderly french style presentation)
"well I don't want something that looks as horrible as that"
He then walked back to the pass having given me no indication of what he wanted. The man thinks he's Gordan Ramsey, but he's not. Gordan Ramsey is a chef I respect, he understands that as head chef you must be policeman, mentor and teacher all at the same time. I have no time for a chef who has no time for me. I'm a good chef, a very good chef, but I'm not a mind reader.
I was given the night off tonight, because it's slow and my salary is higher than most, so I have three days to rest. So I can go back and kick his ass (metaphoricly). I want to become a cook he trusts and respects, so that when I leave I can do it dramaticly and maybe kick him out of his complacency.
The food really isn't good enough to put up with this shit.
Thank god for kombulai, my little commis chef from laos. He keeps me endlessly entertained, "when I live in laos, I used to go always to thailand after midnight for massage with happy ending, you know happy ending?"
or
"this one time I put thermometer inside this woman pussy, 43 degrees!"
or
"Hey dickhead, you bum boy?"
Characters like him are one of the reasons that I love this industry so.
I feel like this today:
This used to be easier, a year of idless and l'ennui francais sure gives the work ethic a knock. I'm sure I'll get used to 5 nights a week, three of them 14 hour doubles again, but for now, I just need the rest. I'm staying at this restaurant through christmas (for the bonuses) then taking my two weeks paid vacation in january and I will use that time to find another job. This is the kind of place that could kill the industry for me. The chef is talented, but jaded, very jaded. He thinks there are no good cooks in the world (except for himself of course), and is upset when people don't know intuitively what he wants. "oh, sorry chef, did you not want the plate to look like that? What did you want it to look like?" ( has made a beetroot salad, a pretty one, with an orderly french style presentation)
"well I don't want something that looks as horrible as that"
He then walked back to the pass having given me no indication of what he wanted. The man thinks he's Gordan Ramsey, but he's not. Gordan Ramsey is a chef I respect, he understands that as head chef you must be policeman, mentor and teacher all at the same time. I have no time for a chef who has no time for me. I'm a good chef, a very good chef, but I'm not a mind reader.
I was given the night off tonight, because it's slow and my salary is higher than most, so I have three days to rest. So I can go back and kick his ass (metaphoricly). I want to become a cook he trusts and respects, so that when I leave I can do it dramaticly and maybe kick him out of his complacency.
The food really isn't good enough to put up with this shit.
Thank god for kombulai, my little commis chef from laos. He keeps me endlessly entertained, "when I live in laos, I used to go always to thailand after midnight for massage with happy ending, you know happy ending?"
or
"this one time I put thermometer inside this woman pussy, 43 degrees!"
or
"Hey dickhead, you bum boy?"
Characters like him are one of the reasons that I love this industry so.
I feel like this today:
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Are you sure "I'm the prettiest thing ever"?