[Zebadayus]

I think I'm going to be doing this soon. It's pretty much a guaranteed job if I want it. All I have to do is say the word. Would be a good idea I guess to start doing stuff like this before I hit culinary school in a year or two.

So, if anyone has done this before, mind giving me an idea of what to expect? What are the dos and don'ts?

Mostly I know to do what I'm told, and not to ask the head chef too many questions.

[SplashBeats]

yo zeb:

[Zebadayus]

Hm or maybe I should check that out!

[Zebadayus]

GOD SO MANY OPTIONS IN THE BIG CITY.

[professor_scissors]

My ex-girlfriend is a line cook. I can ask her for some pointers.

[extrabastardformula]

Being a line cook means a world of 60 second deadlines. There's no shame in asking questions, but you gotta be a shark. In other words, keep moving or die. Thedre's also kitchen lingo to learn, a little bit of spanish to learn and a boatload of drugs that will become available.
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[greensea]

i would never consider this job. i don't know about the pace of the restaurant that you are considering, but at the one that i was a server at, the job was incredibly taxing. like this:

drop steak, pull fries, flip eggs, dip green beans, drop bacon, scramble and drop eggs, timer's going off pull up fries, dip turkey and gravy, i'm out of plates PLATOS POR FAVOR, server's yelling at me, IT IS A HUNDRED FUCKING DEGREES

for ten hours.

pay wasn't that great either, if i remember

i don't have the motor or organizational skills for something like this. but some people do. maybe if you can one-credit gradius or something like that then go for it

[klj5j6li]

[Mr Mustache]

I almost did this, but it seemed too stressful.
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[Zebadayus]

[evnvnv]

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Yes, I am guessing that someone somewhere at some point in time has indeed been a line cook.

Next question, please.

[yellowlightman]

Be a server.

You'll make a lot more per hour and work with cute girls.
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[cowboykim]

Wow, okay, I never thought I would be talking about this here, specially since I didnt love it, but I was a line cook for a while at Denny's. I am a Manager now, so I still do a fair amount of cooking. But I was good enough that they gave me a 2 dollar raise and OT just about every week after only 4 months there. Then they promoted me.

Anyways, here is what to expect: If you are cooking, you will be hurting yourself. Not hurting yourself really bad, just a lot. Everything is fucking hot and you just burn yourself, whether its flipping eggs and some butter splashes, dropping stuff in a fryer and oil splashes, or whatever.

You will sweat a lot. Even in the winter, most cook's lines are like a demon's armpit in the hottest parts of hell.

To be a cook at a restaurant, you have to be a little bit of a dick at least, When you have nine servers yelling at you for shit they never put on a ticket, itsa frustrating.

Good thing, is if you get good at it, you will become a multitasking BEAST. You can do a ton of shit at once and not think anything about it.

As for tips for getting better, take a menu home, and break stuff down into what goes into each meal and what you need to do to cook each part. Always ask questions. Always remember how long stuff takes to cook, because you have to cook stuff in order...make sure to put down the well done Tbone before you cook the toast. Otherwise, you will need to recook something. On the subject of recooking, if you wouldnt eat it, dont sell it, you will probably end up cooking it again anyways, and have people pissed off at you.

Cool thing about this is that if you do well at it, you will always be able to get a job somewhere. Restaurants are ALWAYS looking for cooks with experience who werent fired from their last job. You can also end up making some decent money doing it. I started training at 9 an hour, got 10 an hour after training, and then got a bump to 12 an hour after a few months. I had no previous cooking experience. So I think it boils down to showing up, having a good attitude and then being a cooking maniac. Good luck!

[cowboykim]

[wpham]

From watching every season of Top Chef, I can say that having the fundamental skills for cooking is a boon no matter what you end up doing.
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[Zebadayus]

[crithit5000]

[Panoptic]

[Touran]

Hey, I'm going to be a line cook soon! Whooo!
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[wasted potential]

[Renfrew]

[Pavement]

[yellowlightman]

[Zebadayus]

The reason I'd rather NOT be a server is because I want to actually work in the kitchen.

To prepare for my career, you know?

[Touran]

Yes, I want to work in kitchen.

Well, I want to cook the food and assemble it I should say. Right now I just prep items for the day.
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[wourme]

I worked in the kitchen of a fancy catering company for a year or two. One funny thing about that is that I was sometimes put in charge of main courses for big expensive banquets and things. I wonder what the people paying a lot of money for their food would have thought had they known that it was made by some college kid, not even by the real chefs.

I didn't like having to actually deal with people, but they often made me stand out and carve meat at functions because other kitchen workers looked too intimidating.

One thing that I liked being in charge of was setting up those big elaborate fruit and cheese displays with glass blocks, mirrors, etc. My co-workers made fun of the fact that I always liked to work big spirals into my designs.

[Daphaknee]

dont listen to the people telling you to be a server, they're not paying attention

now im thinking and wow anything in the putting food in other peoples mouths buisiness seems really hellish and taxing

GOOD LUCK TIGER
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[DaleNixon]

If they mayor asks you for a glass of water, don't dawdle. Just get him a glass of water ASAP. Also, don't be stupid and open doors that are bulging due to the room beyond experiencing flooding. Just get the hell out of there.
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[Zebadayus]

Also the whole cook lifestyle is incredibly appealing to me. It seems so awesome from afar, but of course I can't say that I've experienced it first hand so I may be quite ignorant!

[Hot Stott Bot]

I knew a guy who was a line cook at a country club before going to culinary school once!

He seemed to like it a lot?

[Corinth]

[DaleNixon]

lol Mature 17+
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