21 Problems/Blessings Of Being A Chef 1.You can’t stand watching someone use the wrong knife for the wrong use 2.You can’t stand someone touching your knives without permission 3.In fact, you develop a creepy obsession with your knives that no one outside the culinary industry will understand. 4.If you’re a pastry chef, the same creepy obsession goes for your spoons 5.Smelling like food…all the time 6.Yelling “Behind!” …in the supermarket 7.The infamous plastic wrap/foil edge cut 8.Not getting invited to any special occasions or events because you haven’t been able to make one in five years. 9.Having the ability to grab hot objects mere mortals could not even imagine 10.Friends thinking you got in a fight after looking at your hands when it was really just a “fight” with the microplane 11.Your awareness of someone’s lack of efficiency increasing and tolerance decreasing 12.No one cooking for you because they feel embarrassed 13.Which in turn leads to you having to cook for every family gathering (if you can make it!) 14.When you don’t realize how loud it is in the kitchen until and hour after your clock out and your ears are still ringing 15.Working in a cave all day aka no windows or natural light 16.When the ticket printer stops working halfway through the first rush 17.Trying to describe “quenelles” to someone 18.Running out of centrefeed. It’s the kitchen’s lifeblood 19.That jungle rash developed from the humid kitchen. (Where’s the cornstarch?) 20.The fact that you are given more work because by reading this you have too much time on your hands 21.The fact that after accepting all of this you still will never trade your job for anything in the
Posted on: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 19:06:22 +0000