/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>12879351
>Have you ever worked in the industry
Subway
>what did you think
That somehow places just make money and that these jobs are one more notch away from being automated.
>would you do it again?
No. I hate customer service.

>>12879351
I currently work at a made-to-order independently owned burger joint in a tourist town in the Appalachians. I actually really enjoy my job. I get to make top-notch smash burgers all day and people come up to compliment our food all the time. I’ve been told by several strangers that I just made them the best burger they have ever eaten. Pay ain’t great but I do walk home with cash tips every shift. Sometimes it’s hard and frustrating and lots of customers are assholes, but the few nice folks who really enjoy the food and tip well make it all worth it. I want to be promoted to shift lead in a month or so, which is looking good. I’ll probably start looking for a job as a line cook and a more refined restaurant after that but it’s definitely been a great first job in the industry.

I did a stint at hooters for a bit when I was in between jobs. Friend put in a good word for me and I had pretty big tits (for normie standards).

It wasn't terrible; staff was cool, tips were pretty good, clientele were... Bareable, and I got some nice eye candy for myself. Would I do it again? Maybe for a bit but I'd hate for it to be my career. Besides, I got fat on purpose and I doubt they'd want someone who isn't a twig even though my tits are bigger.

>>12879351
Worked as a shift supervisor, then asst manager and briefly as manager at a small local bagel/sandwich place when in college. Was ok at the time but I'm glad I work in a different field now. Customers suck.

>>12879351
Started in restaurants as a dish dog when I was 15 and my dad told me to get a job. Worked my way up through all the variations of line cooked, bailed on it before getting trapped in management. Glad I did it, I don't have to eat garbage as an adult, and teh wimminz dig it when you can put a good meal on the table, but wouldn't go back. Fuck that, too little pay, too much stress, too easily replaceable. Cooking is a job for teenagers and alcoholic burnouts.

>>12879423
Glad you decided to pursue your career as a professional online LARPer.

I worked at a few places between high school and college just for side money. My favorite was chipotle. Everybody got high. I was 19 and would smoke before, during and after work with coworkers and supervisors. I now have a masters and a big boy job but am kind of nostalgic and want to pick up a once weekly shift as a server or bartender, but then what the fuck did I go to school for?

>>12879442
Did anyone piss on you or beat you?

>>12879456
No, but I got free food and free rent. I should've negotiated better to get the full deal.

>>12879478
Tbh if you're a thug or just came from jail. You had no other options to get a lease and a key. You tried it out, thats all that matters.

Decade in the industry here.
I've worked every single position except as head chef, but right now I have a great opportunity to get there in less than two years.
I started at a Pizza Hut ten years ago, but have mostly done serving in full-service restaurants, as well as bartending and management and picking up host/buss/dish shifts as needed.
Now I'm on the line cooking in fine dining.

I'd do it again for the same reason I chose to do it in the first place: I love restaurants and I love food.

>>12879423
>I got fat on purpose

Keep telling yourself that lmao

>>12879423
The one and only time I went to hooters all, and I mean ALL of waitresses had a big fake smile and cold dead eyes. Decent wings 7/10.

I wanted to work in a restaurant. They said I had to do one day for free as a test. I worked like crazy because I wanted the job, then at the end they said they have to test me one more day. I never went there again.

>>12879351
I've worked from dishwasher to broiler station on the line.
The job itself wasn't so bad. Free food, great drugs and booze. Just hated when the chef would pass out and I had to cover for him.
No I wouldn't do it again. The owner or manager would always wind up getting blown by a waitress who suddenly becomes floor manager and gives me grief because I'm (apparently) the only guy working there who doesn't treat her like a princess while trying to stick my tongue up her ass. Head waitress whore is 9/10 times the reason I get 'downsized' from a service job.

>>12879548
Yep, sounds about right. Don't get me wrong, I get the purpose of the place but getting constantly treated like a piece of meat can get really tiring.
>>12879514
No for real I try to keep myself around 200. I'm way happier now that I'm heavier.

>>12879393
Its fun and shitty at the same time, I made lots of friends though

I’m currently a wage cuck at a Burger King and I fucking hate it everyday I hope this god forsaken store burns down by some freak accident

>>12879351
>Have you ever worked in the industry
Mc Donalds and a cafe
>what did you think
I just like watching the shitmunhcers eat food that I've tainted with spit or shit
>would you do it again?
Yes currently do it now

I witnessed a head chef snort cocaine off the microwave, and that's why I left the industry

I worked at a local artisan bakery but had to leave because it conflicted with college hours, and it closed down a few months later so I wasn't able to go back. That place was comfy af, and I would do it again.

I was a cook at Zaxby's and it sucked dick
I just finished undergrad last month and am completely burned out by the shit I actually studied so I might try to get a job as a line cook at an actual restaurant somewhere but I have no idea what the expectations are

>>12881199
Narc

It's a shit job to be a server, but the best way to put $ in your pocket as a teenager.

>>12879351
Did dish, line, prep, worked as head at a small cafe, and ended up "baking" at Walmart during the recession. Shit was rough.

I'd go back to the line if I could.

>>12879393
Maggie Valley/Waynesville?

I currently work at a creperie, it's all right, I've also worked at pizza places and burger shops as well as a ramen place once. It's easier to get a job in this industry because I have experience, would do it again. I would never work at a burger place again though, past a certain age it becomes embarrassing.

>>12879351
About 2 decades. Looking to get back into it.

>>12879593
>I'm way happier now that I'm heavier.

I worked at a chili's as a line cook. Never again. Fuck corporations. They don't care about you nor do I feel like I'm working there for anything other than a paycheck.

>>12879351
Six years as a line cook, multiple joints. I would rather straight iron the wrinkles out of my nutsack and staple my japseye shut than ever work in a kitchen again

>>12881630
Fuck man I miss Animaniacs. Thanks for reminding me about it!

>>12879351
Fun and rather exciting until you hit your late 20s. If you havent made it then it becomes a shit job and career.

I landed a pretty decent gig working as a prep cook and helping two head chefs think of new ideas and ordering for them, decent pay hours were great. Then they sold the place and move far away to open a meme tasting menu place in hopes of making it big. New owner made me work the line again. I quit started a new career.

>>12879447
>big boy job
I eat there sometimes.

I worked in a McDonalds in 2004 and as a dishwasher in 2006. The McJob slightly sucked but it was tolerable, i assume it is much worse now. My coworkers caused a lot of drama but I just ignored it all. Working as a dishwasher fucking sucked though, everybody thinks you're a loser and it is impossible to advance to a higher position because being a dishwasher is a red flag that you're a hapless dimwit with no hopes of being trained.
I wouldn't bother going back to it unless I moved to a new country to start anew.

Ya I work at a big time NYC restaurant
Pay is whatever, hours are long, food is awesome, customers are great, get mad respect around town. Love my job, but it's labor for sure. I can get a job basically anywhere in this industry now, but I don't see myself leaving anytime soon.

>>12879423
>Besides, I got fat on purpose
Haha, why lie

>>12879351
Worked in pizza and as a busser. It's ok. Being a delivery driver is alright to do for a bit so you don't drive your car into the ground. very easy to find WEEED. Lot of shitty people, though some qts. Normally people are better workers than in normal resturaunts.
Bussing is alright. Don't have to talk to anyone, end up doing double the work of servers and make half the money. Lots of drugs. Easy to get laid if you're not autistic. Everyone is lazy and tries to avoid doing any work that isn't absolutely essential to them, and then tries to clock out before anyone notices all of the shit they didn't do. Also has a lot of shitty people/drug addicts.

Currently a dishwasher for a college cafeteria, one of those school-caterers that functions as the school cafeteria because the college is too cheap to hire dedicated staff. Love food service but hate the joint itself, general-manager is almost a caricature of a restaurant boss and the executive chef is a backstabber who's been phoning in the menus and shuffling all his paperwork off to the one or two sous chefs for years.

>>12879351
I’ve worked at a lot of different restaurants from 16-24 usually quit and worked a new one every year or two
I now do mindless labor for Fedex and hate my life but hate my life less than when I was a food service wagie

Work as a server in college for 3 years at a few different restaurants/bars.

Just quit my job at a butchers market after a year so I can use my degree for a research job.

I enjoyed what I learned everywhere, especially butchering, as well as the people and coworkers I've met, but fuck the industry. Full of a bunch of dumbass managers (like every job) and people who either blow all their money on alcohol and drugs, or just don't know how to keep a hold of their money.

It's crash and burn.

>>12879367
>>would you do it again?
>No. I hate customer service.
This, it’s a job for literal children and complete retards who can’t find better unskilled labor

>>12883685
Damn this got me

I like to cook at home because it helps me relax and I like to experiment sometimes with new foods. Working in a kitchen is the opposite of those things and it takes the joy out of cooking for me. I don't really want to do it again.

>>12883759
Why is that such a hard concept to understand

Used to worn at McDonald's. Opener.
Had ups and downs. I wouldn't do it again.

>>12884082
Nobody wants to be a fat ass sweat hog.

>>12884082
Because a woman weighing 200 pounde would look like, feel like, and essentially be shit

>Have you ever worked in the industry?
Yes. Twice. I worked at a country club on the weekends and cooked and prepared a number of things. The work was steady and I never got bitched at much so it was a pretty decent gig. The rich assholes ate it up even though I was an inexperienced 17 year old. I also got paid mostly in alcohol.
I also opened a small seasonal joint next to a lake and made some decent money. I mainly served made-to-order fast food and such. It was pretty intense because during the summer time the lake traffic would overwhelm my ice maker and I’d sometimes close early because most of the food was gone. I enjoyed it the two years I ran it but I sold it off to an out of town guy that turned it into a family place that went under in a year. Kek.

>Would you do it again?
I would open another restaurant if I had a good location. I don’t so probably not.

12 years, all over Europe. Mostly * or ** but once you go *** it's not fun anymore.

I have seen so much crazy shit and had so much fun, but it does kill your body. 2 back surgeries, both knees been operated on, arthritis in left foot, paranoia, bored with women, severe addictions. It's awesome, I'm gonna die by the stove while being blown by a waitress.

I work at an arcade and we have a kitchen. It's not really busy but sometimes a few dozen people will show up at once and all have seperate orders. The kitchen is easily the most detestable position at my job and all the kitchen staff are usually pretty miserable.

>>12884096
>>12884098
I still work out to keep myself healthy, I just like to stick around this size.

>>12881630
So she's fat and old, anon. You may have a shot.
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>>12879351
Dish bitch for a couple of months in between career changes, I liked the work, people and free food, but fuck me I never had so many workplace injuries before.
Random cuts, getting cracked skin from the soap, fucking up my back and shoulders, first week I did 3 straight 12 hour shifts on the weekend.

>>12884131
A woman weighing 200 pounds is not healthy.

>>12884208
Really? Because I feel great.

>>12879351
if I could find some place to be a dishwasher without them wanting to promote me, then sure.

>>12884252
And yet you look disgusting

I worked as barista at a college, it was a pretty okay job but paid barely above minimum wage. I mainly stayed since it was convenient and the boss was cool letting me take days off whenever if I wanted to go on my camping trips.

I remember one time this stuck up girl was bitching at me for not having coffee ready yet (we were a small store, had like two coffee machines and one was dedicated to decaf, so whenever we had to replace the coffee every 30-45 mins, it took like 5 minutes to get fresh coffee) and a professor called her out and yelled at her for a good few minutes. It was pretty great.

On the opposite end, there was this guy that specifically asked if it was about time to replace the coffee and he would happily wait a few minutes to get a fresh cup. If the job paid more I would have gladly stayed in all honesty.

>>12884296
Do I now?

i work at a diner, my hands hurt

>>12884626
Did you just make that? Looks tasty dude

>>12879351
My first job was as a weekend dishwasher at a mexican restaurant owned by an italian in a midwest suburb when I lied about my age since I was only 15 and 16 was the minimum age when you could work. It was balls to the walls busting ass. At that time I was still an antisocial nerd and no one offered friendship or drugs. Did it for @ 1 year and when I quit, the owner was like, how much extra pay do you want to stay on because I could keep up and a lot of people could not. In college worked weekends at pizza hut in a midwest suburb back when they were a major dine in destination. That too was brutal. People would be lined up waiting to be seated. I'd become more social at that point so I was bangin' a waitress who used to keep a pitcher of beer for me in the walk in when the manager left and the entire crew smoked weed. They were fun while young, but that scene would get old real quick. When the rush is on it's insanity.

>>12879351
>Have you ever worked in the industry?
Freebirds at location #3 in college, 2002.
>Be it as a cook, waiter, or even just at McDonald's.
Worked front line, sometimes on grill.
>What did you think of it? Would you do it again?
Was a fun college job, would party with both the freaks up front and the rednecks in the kitchen. I doubt many restaurant jobs are like this now.

>>12879456
No, but he got hoed out

I've been working at a Ramen joint for the past year as a line cook. I work the fryers, cold dishes, curries, side dishes.. anything that isn't ramen, basically.

it's alright, family meal is great, tips are kinda ass though.
but i'm not going to do it for much longer. and i won't work in the industry again if i can help it. it's been a good experience though

>>12884252
Ten years of being obese and your body will be irreparably destroyed you fucking cow

Worked in a trendy upscale italian/Mediterranean kitchen for a few years
It was fun until I developed a drug and alcohol habit partly due to the toxic culture that exists within the food industry at large.
I'd do it again if I valued my time and mental health less

>>12879351
I work as a cook in a fine dining restaurant, have been doing it a little while, and will keep doing it till I die or god offers me a way out
I hate it sometimes and myself
but others it is like a beautiful chaos and I feel very lucky indeed

>>12884892
No insult intended but you are one kind of weird1 fuck. I'd like to have a beer with you sometime but of course it will never happen.

It's probably not quite what OP meant but I worked 5 years in a chicken processing factory, doing just about every job short of management, from deboning to shipping. I liked it, it definitely was better than anything that needs to interact with customers.

>>12879351

No, but I flunked out of community college and I've snorted a lot of Meth. Does that count?

>>12879351
>have you ever worked in the industry
it’s my 10th year in the industry
been dishie, cook, maccas grill bitch, head cook/KM, waiter, bartender, barista, head barista, assistant manager
done fast food, casual dining, speciality coffee, high volume coffee, pubs, fine dining, everything
currently venue manager for a burger & craft beer joint, it’s pretty cool but it’s small and kinda out in the sticks, I want a bigger and flashier joint for my next job
>what did you think
look I love it, I love creating nice experiences for people. that said it’s EXTREMELY variable whether each job is gonna be good or not. sometimes the people you work for/with are just complete tools and make your life miserable. sometimes the people are great but the venue itself is awful and sucks your soul out bit by bit. when you get a good team and a venue with a good heart it’s like music. oh, and waitresses are usually pretty hot so that’s a perk.
>would you do it again
I’m a lifer at this point, there’s no hope for me. maybe one day I’ll make it enough that I can take a cushy area management/operations job and sit in an office handing down my decrees from on high, or maybe slide into a sales rep job for a distributor or a winery or something. I figure I can do another ten years before I get too old to be doing doubles on the floor, so by then I’ll need to either be in an office role or in a different career. I’m happy where I am for now though.

>>12879351
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2 years subway
5 years thai fine dining as bartender
5 years ameican/creole fine dining as server
Honestly feeling the thai itch again. I could eat Red Curry every meal for the rest of my life. And shift meals are always free.