Posts Tagged ‘chef help’
Tool kit talk: Spit spot, food health and safety management with Andrew Thomson
One of the chefs I interviewed recently insisted that cheffing was just a job, and, “after all, we just cook. We’re not saving lives, are we?” While that may be true, it’s a quick slip ‘twixt the cup and the lip, and poor health practices in any kitchen can easily kill, or make customers very…
Read MoreChef talk: Chefs, it’s a numbers game
What is it about chefs, management and everything in between that is so complex? What makes cooking such a different trade to the others? I’ve got two words: Pressure and theatre. Simple, almost. And yet so not simple. Pressure is a given in any restaurant or food outlet. It’s the pressure of high standards, a…
Read MoreTool kit talk: Try to reverse the plunge with a song
Are you having a great start to the year? You may have started with the best of intentions and then found that you have fallen off track. Guess what that is normal!!! But reversing the plunge is often easier than you think. We all have good and bad days. It’s the law of polarity. What…
Read MoreChef talk: Kitchen tales and memories…
Kitchen tales? For some light reading and fun as the silly season heads into the new year and what so many of us hope will be new starts, here’s a look back at some times in a kitchen when opening my own restaurant was not even on the radar. Like so many, hospitality work was…
Read MoreGary Johnson on Fish Tanks, Sting and celebrity chefs
“A kitchen is a fish tank – you need all species for that symbiotic if not ecological balance, there’s always guppies, fighting fish, a couple of snails, the diversity – you need to make exceptions for exceptional people.” And so began our talk with a metaphor and a twist. Gary is not a celebrity chef,…
Read MoreTestimonials: The why we do this
Wondering why we set this site up in the first place? Read the results below: what we do works, and works well. “Rachael has a unique set of skills that enable her to relate easily to a very broad range of clients. Her practical and down to earth nature ensures Rachael is approachable and empathetic.…
Read MoreSometimes stress sneaks up on us. But there are ways of dealing with it.
This is an interesting point of view I found in my studies: the cause of all of your problems is the same as the cause of all of my problems and everyone else’s problems. ‘Rubbish’ you say, but think about it. Look at it from a broader perspective than you’re used to. The person…
Read MoreWhat is frustration and what can I do about it?
Who is that person that takes over your mind and body when your buttons have been pressed and you feel completely frustrated? You know what I’m talking about. That if you had a mirror in front of you when you were speaking (or ranting) , in one of those frustrated moments, you wouldn’t recognise yourself!…
Read MoreA cure for chef stress? We hope so. And why? Read on
We have possibly, a cure for chef stress. Off the Hotplate is here now. And why do we need it so badly? Stress is a part of modern living. We live in a fast paced world. And everyone has their challenges both at work and home. So a degree of stress exists with almost…
Read MoreChef stress and why chefs need help now. Off the Hotplate is here.
The latest big name chef suicides are just the tip of the iceberg. Here it is, straight from the hip. And if you can’t handle the word f***k, read no further. Laura lays it out. And I will not edit it. They’re her words. Chef stress. If you’re not from the industry, or you’ve had…
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