Synopsis/Details
While this story is fiction, I might have had something to do with the protagonist’s personality. I might have worked 23 years in pro kitchens. I might have been a bit of a tyrant. I might have been cunning, funny, cheeky, encouraging or cold as ice to many a young person. I might have put mechanisms in place to defend myself from the endless unwanted advances in a hot and sweaty environment working under extreme pressure and exhaustion surrounded by men.
I might have yelled a little bit. I might have played a few pranks. I might have used trickery. But there was also patience, teaching, learning, advising, understanding and occasionally love. Be it romantic, friendly or as a mentor.
This is not a romance set against a pro kitchen background written by an industry outsider dreaming up what it all might or could look like. It’s a warts and all glimpse into the lifestyle of the actual hardworking teams that serve you every night and day in a tumultuous – all hours of the night – insane, crazy industry.
85% of restaurants go under in the first two years. What does it take to survive and thrive? Come with me, I'll show you.
