Anyone here a chef?

[Disarm D'arcy]

I'm sure you're a good one...because you're here. I suspect you can confirm that a majority of chefs are assholes, though.

You are not wrong. Every chef I've ever worked for has been a monster so when I went from cook to chef I tried my fuckin best not to be a prick like the other dudes if worked for.

Tru. Every single on of them's got Napoleon's Complex.

Napoleon was actually of an average size for a man if his era.

[actual]

It's more about the way they behave than their height I guess.

[$harkToootth]

Anyone know a chef who isn't a terrible person? That's the real struggle.

I like to think I'm alright. Maybe I suck though.

Can confirm Antlerface is cool dude.

I never had the title of "Chef" but I delivered pizzas for a while which is basically the same thing.
Jk, but from anecdotal evidence, all my cooking friends hate cooking professionally. Except one who has a side gig doing BBQ "smoking" competitions.

[Invisible Man]

No wonder there are a lot of bastards on here.

I'm sure you're a good one...because you're here.

You've just lost all credibility

Just now? Need to try harder, I guess.

Napoleon was actually of an average size for a French chef of his era.

[Antlerface]

I'm gonna confit a bunch of tuna tomorrow and do a fancy yellowfin sandwich with curry aioli and asparagus for lunch because I have a million pounds of asparagus by accident and I wanna do it.

Also maybe charred asparagus w a bacon fat hollandaise and a poached egg for lunch too because why the fuck not.

[actual]

bacon fat hollandaise

Sounds deelish af

Just now? Need to try harder, I guess.

You go girl!

[Antlerface]

Imma add a fried soft shell crab to the asparagus and hollandaise because they're kinda cheap today from the dude I get crabs from.

Hush. I know what I said.

[actual]

Throw in some gremolata and I'm sold.

[actual]

Also, I kinda fucking hate to do this, but I think I'll have to apply for kitchen jobs. It'll prolly be ok, as long as I know it's only temporarily.

[Antlerface]

You be fine bro. Drink water, use sharp knives, and don't take shit that is not deserved.

Ps I'm not a fucking monster dude I'm putting choice gremolata and parm gratin on that bitch.

[Invisible Man]

My youngest kid ate six or seven stalks of asparagus the other day. She's one and a half. The diaper the next morning absolutely enraged me.

[Antlerface]

Me and my dudes got slaughtered tonight. Means summer is here. Non stop gunning all night, 300 dinners after doing 250 breakfast. Tomorrow a shit head I yelled at for being lazy and messy probably isn't going to show up, so I'll be down a line cook for 300 brunch. I will work the line and expedite (call all the orders out while cooking).

Then we get to do another few hundred people for dinner. I don't know when I'm going to get all of this prep done. I don't know if all of our orders from our purveyors will be corrrct.

Summer is why I do this job. It's insane. It's stressful. It's fun.

I made pasta and aioli at the same time tonight in 15 minutes while I called out tickets to the boys because it was busier than expected.

We did not run out of anything b sides ribeye.

That's all.

[oldangelmidnight]

Imma add a fried soft shell crab to the asparagus and hollandaise because they're kinda cheap today from the dude I get crabs from.

Deliver to me STAT.

[oldangelmidnight]

My youngest kid ate six or seven stalks of asparagus the other day. She's one and a half. The diaper the next morning absolutely enraged me.

Try giving her fiddleheads and revel in the green foam. Happy spring.

[popvulture]

I love kids, but I truly hope I can get through this life without having to experience asparagus diaper.