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Chef Cat Cora’s Top Tips for Getting Kids to Pack Their Own Lunch
chef elka gilmore
anyone know where she is nowadays
Farewell Chef Michael Potters. You will be missed by many, many people...
He was an incredibly gifted chef, leader, and mentor to all who knew him.
Franco Agostino, where are you?
Has anyone heard of him surfacing yet? After the odd, quick ending of Franco's I haven't been able to get wind of him. You can't run/own Il Posto, Caffe Doria, and Imperia and then just disappear...
New York Restaurants with open kitchen
Hi! When I was in Montreal, I found a great number of restaurants with open kitchens. I loved sitting up at a bar watching the chefs at work. Now that I am back in NYC, however, I find them few a...
Addressing The Devil That Plagues Cooks
" . . . As you move from your invincible 20’s to your 30’s and beyond – things begin to change. We lose a few steps, our body doesn’t move quite as fast. We wake up with aching backs from bending a...
Michelin Chef has a Maytag Oven
Every once in ten years, a special opportunity arises. Today, I visited a Los Angeles chef at her home. It just happens she owns a restaurant recently recognized by Michelin! Cannot say her name,...
Chef Change at Hakka Restaurant - San Francisco
The founder, Master Chef Jin Hua Li, who made this one of my favorite restaurants retired and sold the place to his sous chef in the latter part of last year. One of my culinary friends assured me ...
Giuliano Bugialli
My wife’s and my dear friend Giuliano Bugialli died yesterday. He was a wonderful person. I first met Giuliano in Florence in July 1975. It was during the third year of his cooking classes, “Coo...
Chef jacket from crookedbrook.com?
Does anyone have any experience with this company? I am looking to purchase a complete uniform with them (jacket, pants, and apron) and was attracted to the fact that they are the only company I ca...
Tribute to Zephyr Wright, White House Chef for LBJ's Administration
" . . . Zephyr Wright’s legacy is among the longest-lasting in the White House Kitchen. Unlike Verdon, Wright’s debut didn’t make the front page of the New York Times. Julia Child never mentioned W...
Bocuse or Robuchon
The culinary world lost two titans of their art last year, this is of course Paul Bocuse and Joel Robuchon. Without diminishing either of their greatness, I'd love to hear people's thoughts and jus...
I'm not alone (or the first!) to say that tipping makes it hard to hire chefs!
I may be the one pushing the agenda today, but this is an concern that's been around for years, and the problem is getting worse not better....
Chef Perry Hoffman Leaving Healdsburg Shed
My heart sank when I read the news last week that Chef Perry Hoffman would be leaving the Healdsburg Shed at month's end. https://www.sonomamag.com/biteclub/major-healdsburg-chef-leaving-shed-head...
Chef Cyril Choisne
Bonjour, asking for someone on another chat board, does anyone know where Chef Cyril Choisne is these days? He used to be at Le Cottage Marcadet in the 18e. Merci!
...and here's another reason to get rid of tipping!!
It's almost as bad in Canada too, except of our higher minimum wages
Another reason to do something else for a living
Every day, more and more, I ask myself, considering the shitty hours, barely average wages and seemingly endless attacks on what few rights we have, why the fuck would I ever encourage anyone to en...
Will higher minimum wages help ease the kitchen staff shortage?
All my (Canadian) owner-buddies tell me the only person in a kitchen who might be at minimum is the new guy in the dish pit, or the new prep guy who started 3 weeks ago, everyone else is already ov...
Calling all chefs!
Hey, I'm new here! I wanted to say hello to everyone and introduce myself. I'm a self-taught chef that loves cooking and eating amazing food. I also run a software company and I'd like to use te...
7 ways to attract BOH staff in British Columbia!
So a friend of mine in Surry sent me this, he gets the BC Restaurant & Food Services Association (BCRFA) newsletter. Like everyplace out there ( and here!), they are 3-4 cooks short and looking to ...
Present for a Chef
what can I give as a small birthday present to someone who is professional chef from Italy? Budget up to $100, but would prefer to spend less.
