This may have been a bit extreme, but it’s because of that little anecdote I’ve never answered the “what do you do for a living?” question with, “oh, I’m a chef.” As much as I liked the way that sounded at the beginning of my career (as does everyone at the start), once you work for a true Chef, you understand the presumption of giving yourself that title. He snapped around, walked up to me calmly and, with a finger raised up by my face said, “don’t ever fucking call me that.” When I innocently asked why not, he responded in kind: “Look: There may be fewer than a hundred people in this world worthy of being called a Chef, and I’m sure as shit not one of them.” One day, I (somewhat jovially) answered him with a “yes, Chef!” After I read some books and talked to some people about a lot of things, I drew my own conclusion that Tony was the chief of his kitchen. I was a food runner at first, but it was in his kitchen that I decided I wanted to cook food for a living. My first chef didn’t see things that way. I don’t care if that kitchen has three Michelin stars or if curtains are the only thing separating your pick-up window from a stage with poles on it - if you’re in charge, you’re the Chef. These days, there are many versions of the term “Chef.” To me, the word should be used in reference to any person whose word is law in a kitchen. But in reality, it can get a little over-used. ![]() This is the term that is most liberally and aggressively thrown around, and understandably so: it’s the most glamorous title, the most respected person, and the word most-present across all Food Network-ish programing. ![]() Here, I’ll try to illuminate kitchen titles and what their meanings both traditionally have been and currently are.Ĭhef is the French word for “Chief” - or at least that’s how I’ve come to understand it. It’s time some light be shed on true kitchen hierarchy and how it translates into the reality of the modern kitchen. Tags Advice from a chef a man who cooks better dining experience breakfast food chef rant cooking at home cooking for a living cooking professionally cooking rant dining out egg tutorial home cook home cooking how not to burn pancakes how to cook a large piece of meat how to cook fish how to cook lamb how to cook professionally at home interviewing a chef Kitchen essentials knife skills lamb lamb chops living with a chef making tomato sauce meal prep meat perfect rice professional cooking at home professional kitchen rant restaurant life salt and love scratch kitchen searing seasoning special dinner stocks sunday night meal sweet potato breakfast hash swordfish the process of cooking tips for cooking eggs tips on how to cook pancakes tomato sauce recipe top sirloin steak try it before you decide you don't like it unique dinner idea up your pancake game working in a professional kitchen Categories You’ll find my most recent post at the top, but if you scroll through the page and the site, you’ll find a number of different posts on a wide variety of topics related to both professional and home cooking.
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