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Is being a cook as bad as people make it out to be?

>> No.16084779

Who said it's bad ?

>> No.16084812

>>16084767
Worse.

>> No.16084820

>>16084767
if literally every single person you ever talked to either complains about how they're the only one that does anything in a kitchen or complains about how stressful it is it's very easy and safe to assume it actually is that bad

>> No.16084823

>>16084767
no...but being a tranime poster is

>> No.16084829

>>16084767
No. It's much, much worse.

>> No.16084873

>>16084767
Being a cook is.
Being a chef is okay.

>> No.16084888
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>>16084823

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same energy

>> No.16085802

>>16084767
No it's much worse than the romanticized view the normals have

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>>16084767
cooks whine just because they're fucking whiners

>"uh being a chef(don't call me a cook it's like calling a whore a whore) is basically tantamount to being drafted into the army because I have no choice unless I want to starve because I need money to live, that's why I steal waitresses tips and wear a bandanda"

yeah sounds real bad

>> No.16085928

>>16084767
Being a cook is what you do after a stint in prison because no one else will hire you

>> No.16085953

>>16084767
most of them end up beign addicted to cocaine cause "I'm too tired man, I need it for work", so guess

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it makes what was once a passion into a source of stress

>> No.16086004

>>16084767
I feel like cooking elaborate dishes from skratch is the only passion I have apart from watching dumb videos and drinking? Should I become a chef?

>> No.16086770

>>16086004
>the only passion i have
Unless you're at an extremely high level, cooking professionally is a lot of repetition. You get burnt out fast - no matter how proud you are of the food you're making; and no matter how delicious it is, you'll end up eating Taco Bell every day and drinking too much vodka.

>> No.16086898

>>16085969
this why I would never be an automotive mechanic for a living

>> No.16086905

>>16084767
Worse. Much worse.

The year and a half that I worked as a cook was the most unpleasant work experience of my life

>> No.16087114

>>16084767
chef>cook
cheves with actual skill and adaptability to their passion can find themselves traveling and working within serious gastronomical environments - real experiences in the real world. being a line cook or 'head' in some local joint is just a glorified position where you can exhaust a few college skills learned, and learn a few skills from the street. there's no real moving up.

you cut magnets can't argue this.

>> No.16087129

>>16086004
No. It will ruin your passion. Just cook at home for friends and loved ones

>> No.16087145

It's not a bad option to do for a few years while you're young, but it's an absolutely terrible long term career.

>> No.16087187

>>16087114

>cheves with actual skill and adaptability to their passion can find themselves traveling and working within serious gastronomical environments

Lol this is such a sham, although it is nice working with like minded people but the "serious" restaurants are now filled one trust fund kids who are willing to take drastic pay cuts just to work at somewhere prestigious just because they can afford to. The amount of people who've I've worked with that buy damascus steel knives and tell me about all the nice places they go to eat to yet can't execute service right and just bitch about how somebody else fucked them over is a dime a dozen.There are so many so called "chefs" that can't even do half the shit that they delegate to others but will spend half the day thinking about there next post on Instagram.

>> No.16087387

>>16087187
you should move lol. wherever you live sounds like a fucking tourist trap.

>> No.16087538

>>16087387

I was working in one of the best places in my country far from the tourist areas, we didn't even have a sign out front. The realty is the industry is filled with people trying to race to the top without having to put in the work by sucking up and taking pay cuts. It's easier to work somewhere good taking a poorly paid sous job for 2 years working on their insta clout and finding investors where they'll eventually open up a 30 seat with those investors serving 4 course tasting menu's with fucking twigs and rocks on the plate because NOMA. These idiots will run these restaurants dry of money and start that cycle again with another gullible investor.

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>>16084888
checked

>> No.16087898

Someone said after a 12 hour shift the last thing you want to do is cook something at home so it's not uncommon for them to just order some mcdonalds

>> No.16088019

>>16087898

My go to was wings and a beer, the idea of cooking anything worth while after staring at copious amounts of nice food, tasting only to see if it's seasoned right for hours will make just want to eat something straight forward with no effort.

>> No.16088052 [DELETED] 

its just constant stress and even more if you aren't busy because that means that the restaurant will probably close soon. And then if you reach the highest levels you have to run a kitchen where there will always be problems and the whole restaurant closing thing will never not be a worry
>Several years ago, researchers at Cornell University and Michigan State University conducted a study of restaurants in three local markets over a 10-year period. They concluded the following: After the first year 27% of restaurant startups failed; after three years, 50% of those restaurants were no longer in business; and after five years 60% had gone south. At the end of 10 years, 70% of the restaurants that had opened for business a decade before had failed.

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>>16084767
do you have that image in a higher resolution?

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>>16084767
It's cuckery you're making food that other people will eat, it's almost as bad as being a father and raising your daughter only to be fucked by another man

>> No.16089799

>>16087114
>cheves

>> No.16089821

>>16084767
As a guy that used to work in a kitchen as prep cook.

Fuck yes....
>16hours shifts every other day.
>Rush hour...try make 6 salads in 10 min while even the cucumbers are not washed. Have then looking exactly the same and weight.
>Cook wants his ingredient ready yesterday. Good luck recognizing frozen meat in tightly packed freezer with no lable while being in a bag...duck,rabbit,chicken look all the same when pre-prepared.
>Constantly running.
>Today anon we have a tub of semy frozen chicken breasts that need marinating just like every single day.... right after you cut them in bite size chunks...but just like I like them. And that marina better be exactly the same quantity as I want it even if you doing it by eye. Frozen hands galore.
>Huge stress constantly....
>Salary is minimal...no tips and half is paid under the table so not taxed.
>Better cut 10 kilo of carrots every day in sticks (was working in Chinese place) by hand.
>I lost 12kg in a month anons.

That said the cook cooked awesome! The other prep cooks were awesome characters by themselves too. Work is just crazy!

>> No.16089837

>HOT! HOT! HOT! HOT! HOT! HOT! HOT! HOT! HOT! HOT! HOT! HOT! HOT!

>> No.16089888

>>16084820
>If everyone else jumped off a cliff then I would too
the post. The past 5 years have shown that popular opinion is just NPC lemming behavior.

>> No.16089969

>>16084767
Why do you think so many cooks are alcoholics?

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>>16087114
>cheves

>> No.16090102

>>16084820
>if literally every single person you ever talked to either complains about how they're the only one that does anything in a kitchen or complains about how stressful it is it's very easy and safe to assume they are actually the ones making the job harder for everyone else
ftfy

>> No.16090738

>>16088019
This

>> No.16092106

>>16084767
As someone who did gruntwork at Maccie Dees and a beachclub, it is the mindkiller. But like a battered wife, I still cook the beachclub menu when I am tired because there is nothing I know better.

>> No.16092247

>>16084767
Does that coke have a lemon slice in it?

>> No.16092343

>>16084767

The pros:
>talk so much shit the spergs on this boards start blushing
>show up to work in literally any state and your line will cover your ass provided you're willing to cover for the next guy showing up fucked
>make good ass food you can be proud of
>become authority figure on /ck/
>workmates usually grade-A retards like you
>can be really fun when you hit the sweet spot of output
>despite often shit hours, everyone of your workmates also want to go out every now and then so getting a day off is nothing more than exchanging favors

the cons
>it's a lot of work for minimum wage
>it's a lot of work for minimum wage
>it's a lot of work for no advancement opportunity ever
>it's a fucking lot of work for minimum wage
>front of house

>> No.16092392

>>16087538
so the best way to live as the picturesque chef we used to dream about is to just open up your own business? i just don't think that 'moving up and putting in the work and years experience' is the real way. shouldn't you have experience catering, cleaning, harvesting, earning certificates, sponsoring products, letting a small business run itself, really building a resume of well-rounded experience?

>> No.16092396

Hey CIA, your food makes my butt feel like it’s secreting shit

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>>16089775
with that logic any service you would provide to another person for money is cucking, which is severe autism if you unironically believe this. The only things that I would consider cuckold are things that would imply that you actually enjoy watching your wife being cucked from you i.e letting nigger refugees stay in your house for free.

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>>16085969
>it makes what was once a passion into a source of stress
That's how basically all jobs play out to be desu with you.

>> No.16093950

>>16084767
it's especially worse right not because a lot of places are understaffed

>> No.16094193

>>16092392

>catering
done it for three years, very boring work with little pay

>cleaning
started as a dishwasher

>harvesting
were not farmers

>sponsoring products
very rare to get and requires a lot of luck and connections.

> letting a small business run itself
With how competitive the industry is this is a pipe dream. Restaurants need constant baby sitting or else they just slowly lose their quality and eventually close.

I'll eventually open a cafe with a very simple menu that's constantly rotating but nothing too intense. I'm still figuring out what I'd like to make exactly with my parents willing to help with the loan which is better than dealing with investors. My best piece of advice if you want to pursue this career is just learn how to cook well, learn how to cook an onion, learn how to cook a potato and other simple things that people tend overlook since they just want to plate dainty food with tweezers.

>> No.16094216

>>16084779
Bourdain

>> No.16094238

>>16092343
>minimum wage
Where the fuck were you working at?

>> No.16095923

>>16094238

You mean you live somewhere you don't get paid AT MOST a couple dollars over minimum wage for a kitchen gig?

must be nice.

>> No.16096064

>>16087898
This, I know top fucking chefs with every paper that you can possibly imagine who eat McDonalds and Wendy's like they have diabetes, because the last thing you want to do after 14-16 hours of high stress cooking is spend another hour cooking for yourself.

>> No.16096083

>>16084767
Being a cook itself isn't bad, but the people who work in restaurants seem to be the pettiest human trash out there. If you aren't a massive normie who did well with highschool politics then I would stay the fuck away from the restaurant industry. If you really want to work in a restaurant, be the owner.

>> No.16096141

i love cooking but everyone i work with is a cunt and my head chef is a bully, massive egos too. most days are 9am to 11pm and the money is shit too

>> No.16096320

>shit co-workers (lazy, rude, obnoxious)
>shit pay
>shit hours
>shit benefits if any
>"shit! I burnt/cut myself"
>shit customers that wont appreciate you

being a waiter isn't the worst though. especially if you can pull a waitress.

>> No.16096905

BEHIND! HOT! BEHIND! KNIFE! HOT! BEHIND! BEHIND!
>FUCKING BEHIND!