Cooking is my thing. For years I cooked. Diners, corporate dining, casinos, healthcare, golf course, BBQ, hotels,elder care, catering. Yep I've done tons of cooking jobs. I never considered I had a career just jobs. Then recently I realized I did have a career. My issue was 90% of the people I worked with it was their job.
They worked there because you can get hired in a restaurant or kitchen with little to no experience. And they work there until they move on to their next job or career. Despite what people think just because you can get a job with little experience doesn't mean you can actually do the job. I have worked with more fucking dumbasses in my life than probably anyone I know.
Yes, I realize those type of people are at every job. But I doubt most places have the turnover of kitchens and restaurants and the constant right now demand as well.
As I've mentioned before, this is what finally brought me to the point of starting my private chef business. My new path
as a private chef. I get to work with me and pretty much only me. A couple times I have brought other people in to help out. But I get to pick those people, they work for me, and they understand what I want. And it has worked out amazing. I plan to grow and at some in point time, I may need to hire a few people. But it will always be a few. And in my world, no fucking dumbasses allowed.
I truly love being a part of people's special occasions: birthday's, anniversaries, bachelorette weekends or just a dinner with friends.
I have always taken cooking food seriously. But now i'm being included in people's special days that they will talk about going forward. Not about me, but the small part that I played and they could enjoy a meal together. No one had to shop, prep, cook or clean. They could stop and enjoy the moment. It's a serious responsibility. It's so serious that every time I go someplace and cook for a group of people to this day. I still get nervous. Sometimes to the point I'm not sure if I can move. But then my pride and sense of what I'm doing pushes me.
And I continue to to forge MY new path.
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