After close to 10 years of working in the food industry, I just purchased a convenient store that I’m gonna turn into a Brick oven Pizza restaurant! WISH ME LUCK!6mo ⋅ cardbroke ⋅ r/KitchenConfidential
Does my supplier hate me? We ordered 150 lbs of halibut for the weekend....we got one 152lb. fish...I wanted a few collars man!11mo ⋅ fucks_equal_zero ⋅ r/KitchenConfidential
I Love Seeing Signs of Restaurants Not Opening Because They Won't Pay1yr ⋅ OpWillDlvr ⋅ r/KitchenConfidential
Ok reddit, i want to know, who was that client and what their nickname?1yr ⋅ Muhdaphuka222 ⋅ r/KitchenConfidential
I had to quit my delivery job today due to depression, this is how my manager responded7mo ⋅ bikepunxx ⋅ r/KitchenConfidential
Strip club food gets hate but I took pride in everything i would do .. i made the brioche bread 😑 no frozen patties either... everything was fresh 😏11mo ⋅ poo_gnome ⋅ r/KitchenConfidential
Was handed this allergy list by a customer. Things went downhill from there.1yr ⋅ GravityKeepsMeDown ⋅ r/KitchenConfidential
I’m usually a dishwasher but the boss decided to try me on line tonight. Wish me luck9mo ⋅ CanadianguyfromKFC ⋅ r/KitchenConfidential
Bloody hell I just had AOC in my in the middle of nowhere restaurant I am so hyped this is the best thing that happened to me for so long! I am screaming like a little kid now!!3mo ⋅ divanpotatoe ⋅ r/KitchenConfidential
Manager states that dull knives are safer than sharp knives.7mo ⋅ History_Boiii ⋅ r/KitchenConfidential
Made a guy a burger. He wanted a picture of me and my ukulele. But he also wanted the burger in The photo. This is my job.6mo ⋅ Heavy_breasts ⋅ r/KitchenConfidential
She's been with me ten years, through four head chefs. Today, she clicked her last clack.11mo ⋅ six7five ⋅ r/KitchenConfidential
The restaurant I work at got to keep our Michelin star. Feeling pretty proud that I helped to achieve that result!6mo ⋅ heartofagave ⋅ r/KitchenConfidential
and the worst is starting a new job just to realize all the good people have been leaving6mo ⋅ fring3c14ss ⋅ r/KitchenConfidential
The exact moment I realized this is MY KITCHEN and MY MENU! After years of being told to, I said fuck it, pulled the trigger and dived all in!!!!!1yr ⋅ Valkerieus ⋅ r/KitchenConfidential
About to work the grill in 100°F+ weather with no A/C. It was nice knowing y’all.5mo ⋅ AndyJaeven ⋅ r/KitchenConfidential
600 Police cadets in house today. Here's what I'm giving them:8mo ⋅ TheRealBaseborn ⋅ r/KitchenConfidential
Chef cut himself so badly yesterday he had to go to the hospital and take the day off. We set up his station this morning with his safety in mind5yr ⋅ MuscleMilkHotel ⋅ r/KitchenConfidential
New kid said he wanted some more hours, told him to go clean the grill. I did not expect this when I walked back over there.... kids gonna get some more hours2yr ⋅ Shaggy2ropes ⋅ r/KitchenConfidential
Yesterday the owner innocently asked a new hire if they had a mental disability and he quit. Today the owner said haha it just slid out of the pan and left the burner on...6mo ⋅ derekorjustD ⋅ r/KitchenConfidential
Soup du jour! (dishie refuses to change the water and just says he’s been washing dishes for 40 years)9mo ⋅ burnedflag ⋅ r/KitchenConfidential
I'm a closing server. I love you. It's gonna be stupid hot tomorrow. I popped these in the freezer tonight for you. Thank you for all you do.5mo ⋅ brainonvacation78 ⋅ r/KitchenConfidential
I’m on my last few days at the industrial bakery I manage. Our 160qt mixer, Pete, broke down so we won’t be able to use it. I did the one thing I’ve been dying to do for years since he arrived.10mo ⋅ maggieeeee12345 ⋅ r/KitchenConfidential
FoH manager took a walk in party of 100 with no warning to the kitchen....7mo ⋅ Send_Help_Or_Memes ⋅ r/KitchenConfidential
Polishing myself with a towel when I get out and rolling myself up in my bed.1yr ⋅ PoPJaY ⋅ r/KitchenConfidential
I was by myself today. Probably about 150 covers in 4 hours solo. I’m blacking out tonight.7mo ⋅ PM_ME_THAT_WHOOTY ⋅ r/KitchenConfidential
Tilman Fertitta’s 150 million dollar yacht. He bought it after cutting salaries in half during the pandemic. Since then he’s taken away employee meals, hourly employee vacations and stopped matching 401k. Everyone is quitting and he tells CNBC nobody wants to work for him. Beware of LANDRY’S INC1yr ⋅ reckoner47 ⋅ r/KitchenConfidential
Promoted a dishwasher to prep cook, she worked her ass off, promoted her to line cook, continued to crush it. Tomorrow I’m giving her, her first knife of her own for her hard work.1yr ⋅ redleader5ive ⋅ r/KitchenConfidential
We recently had to let a new hire go, not because of very obvious hard drug use but for excessive tardiness and a no call no show. In his brief employment, his crowning achievement was folding one of our saute pans into what he was happy to describe as our “new chicken scoop”. ...chicken scoop?5mo ⋅ DrakulaBambaataa ⋅ r/KitchenConfidential
Question: how do you feel about burgers becoming huge sloppy messes? Have we gone wrong somewhere?8mo ⋅ Moleman_G ⋅ r/KitchenConfidential
Going on a week away for the first time in since I started this job... Owner comes in and hands me an envelope then leaves.... He’s a good dude. Also note, we don’t suffer from staff shortages.6mo ⋅ KiwiChefnz ⋅ r/KitchenConfidential
My mouth dropped when I read this. Every resturant should do this. [Veggie Galaxy in Boston.]3yr ⋅ ohmytodd ⋅ r/KitchenConfidential
I reduced orange soda to a syrup, and whipped it into the frosting of an opera cake. I did this just so I could call it Fanta of the Opera.2yr ⋅ Whind_Soull ⋅ r/KitchenConfidential
Update... guy smokes like a chimney and is constantly hitting his vape pen but is an absolute TANK3mo ⋅ gassygeff89 ⋅ r/KitchenConfidential
Good luck to all of our kitchen comrades who have to work tonight/tomorrow night in the USA3yr ⋅ slideguy1013 ⋅ r/KitchenConfidential
This is Jim, and this is the GD best GM I’ve ever had. During the hard times being short handed he has no qualms of donning an apron and hitting the dish pit, help lighten our load. Forever grateful to this man! Some of us are lucky have this kind of management and cheers to those who help us out!1yr ⋅ mercenarychef ⋅ r/KitchenConfidential
One of my employees keeps this so clean, he did this after a 26k Saturday night. Show my guy Darian some love he deserves it and doesn’t get enough.1yr ⋅ RReags228 ⋅ r/KitchenConfidential
I’ve built my dream. Wagyu omakase, 14 seats maximum, one table per day. 5 days a week. Grills on the counter, buff back kitchen. (Prep time photo)7mo ⋅ dgsphn ⋅ r/KitchenConfidential
Me, the only person working in the kitchen, when the owner tries to quietly reduce my wage during a nation-wide employee shortage1yr ⋅ AardQuenIgni ⋅ r/KitchenConfidential
Found evidence of a possible line cook infestation, what's the best way of getting rid of them?8mo ⋅ MikeW86 ⋅ r/KitchenConfidential
just want to thank Timothee Chalamet for showing the world what a 19 year old line cook dresses like1yr ⋅ memelord152 ⋅ r/KitchenConfidential
Two of my chefs quit tonight in the middle of a theater rush and I dont even blame them. Heres some meat I made while drinking tequila straight out of the bottle. Cheers1yr ⋅ leadkoi ⋅ r/KitchenConfidential
I think the cooks hate our dishwasher. (cook intentionally poured soup in the sink and left it there)6mo ⋅ Yakkamota ⋅ r/KitchenConfidential
After so many months, they're finally here. They're beautiful. No more plastic ramekins for our fine dining.6mo ⋅ Yakkamota ⋅ r/KitchenConfidential
I asked the new guy to split fingerling potatoes for dinner service 🤦8mo ⋅ tmouse92 ⋅ r/KitchenConfidential
Worked a private wedding catering event. Sent coffee out after service using the mugs provided in the kitchen. The mother of the bride got this one.1mo ⋅ pervyninja ⋅ r/KitchenConfidential
Opening a pizza spot in my hometown. Brick oven finally arrived from Italy after months of waiting!2mo ⋅ cardbroke ⋅ r/KitchenConfidential
After 14 years working in kitchens from school caterers to Michelin stars it’s time to sign off for a new challenge. Peace out ✌️1mo ⋅ psycho-mouse ⋅ r/KitchenConfidential
Server received this from an unhappy table, we aren’t sure what language it is10mo ⋅ TheQzilla ⋅ r/KitchenConfidential
Grill cook let his fire get out of control. Of course a server had their phone out in time to catch my 2020 in a single photo.2yr ⋅ 16thmission ⋅ r/KitchenConfidential
