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Re: Anyone here a chef?
Posted: Sun May 28, 2017 12:45 pm
by UglyCasanova
actualidiot wrote:UglyCasanova wrote:I went to culinary school, but I didn't like working as a chef. Long, late, underpaid, stressful hours. I still enjoy cooking a lot. It's one of my favorite things to do, just not professionally.
Lol, that's exactly what I came here to say
*internet high fives*
Re: Anyone here a chef?
Posted: Sun May 28, 2017 1:00 pm
by goroth
I was considering it, until I met my then girlfriend's brother-in-law. Who despised cooking, despite being a pretty successful chef. Seeing good folks burnt out on food put that career path firmly out of my mind. But I do like cooking well and eating well. I'm getting better at plating but I've got a long way to go. Just trying to keep things simple and balanced.
Re: Anyone here a chef?
Posted: Sun May 28, 2017 1:40 pm
by Chankgeez
Re: Anyone here a chef?
Posted: Sun May 28, 2017 4:43 pm
by spacelordmother
Yup. Was a chef, decided fuck that and went back to school. Screw you food.
Re: Anyone here a chef?
Posted: Sun May 28, 2017 5:35 pm
by Achtane
God I hate working with food.
There's a reason everyone on the line has a substance abuse issue.
Re: Anyone here a chef?
Posted: Sun May 28, 2017 6:17 pm
by PeteeBee
I spent about two years working as a chef. Started as a dishwasher in a tiny place where there was only myself and the chef so I helped with salads and stuff. One dinner service the chef stormed out, but no one saw, so I just finished dinner service by myself. No one even noticed until service was over.
I quit for all the aforementioned reasons. Not enough money, weird hours, stressful, and I was quickly becoming an alcoholic at age 20. The bar across the street was so mad when I had my 21st birthday party there after being a regular for over a year haha.
Still totally like to cook though! Now a days a lot of the fun is at all the little foody parties we got to with our other friends with little kids. All the moms are sneaky competitive about the food like a sad sit-com plot, and then I cook circles around them.
Re: Anyone here a chef?
Posted: Sun May 28, 2017 6:30 pm
by actual
So I'm watching this video with Jean-Michel Jarre, and he says something I've thought for years. "Actually, electronic music is like cooking. Instead of dealing with spices and veges and all that, you deal with frequencies and textures and mixing them together". No wonder there are a lot of chefs on here.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a8vumLIM4c[/youtube]
Re: Anyone here a chef?
Posted: Sun May 28, 2017 7:36 pm
by Invisible Man
actualidiot wrote:No wonder there are a lot of bastards on here.
Re: Anyone here a chef?
Posted: Tue May 30, 2017 1:40 pm
by Antlerface
Invisible Man wrote: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.
Re: Anyone here a chef?
Posted: Tue May 30, 2017 3:36 pm
by Invisible Man
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.
Re: Anyone here a chef?
Posted: Tue May 30, 2017 3:42 pm
by actual
Invisible Man wrote:No wonder there are a lot of bastards on here.
Invisible Man wrote:I'm sure you're a good one...because you're here.
You've just lost all credibility
Re: Anyone here a chef?
Posted: Tue May 30, 2017 3:50 pm
by Antlerface
Invisible Man wrote: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.
Re: Anyone here a chef?
Posted: Tue May 30, 2017 3:53 pm
by Disarm D'arcy
actualidiot wrote:Invisible Man wrote:No wonder there are a lot of bastards on here.
Invisible Man wrote:I'm sure you're a good one...because you're here.
You've just
lost all credibility earned a career in politics
Re: Anyone here a chef?
Posted: Tue May 30, 2017 3:54 pm
by actual
Antlerface wrote:Invisible Man wrote: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 complex.
Re: Anyone here a chef?
Posted: Tue May 30, 2017 3:55 pm
by actual
Disarm D'arcy wrote:actualidiot wrote:Invisible Man wrote:No wonder there are a lot of bastards on here.
Invisible Man wrote:I'm sure you're a good one...because you're here.
You've just
lost all credibility earned a career in politics
IM for prez
