Guest blogger: Jerad, and more of his disasters

[tinysqueak]

The second installment in this series of kitchen tales (working title: Disasters and Abject Failures, Let’s Cook!) recalls the worst dinner service I’ve ever worked, a night where the entire kitchen completely ceased to function and fell into a sweaty, smoke-tinged, screaming chaos, from which none of us believed we would ever emerge. And yes, for

Comments

[beatsista]

I think you're being too hard on yourself Jerad, sounds like you saved the day to me. If Matt was supposed to be a brilliant chef, why wasn't he in there helping you cook? Isn't that mostly what brilliant chefs do? Actually cook?

[jenyuie]

Wow Jerad, what a fascinating and incredible replay! Surely you must have changed your mind at some point, because you are still a chef. What turned it around?

holy cats

[anonymous]

Jerad -- first, what a well-written post! Second, HOLY CATS, what an experience. I'm sorry it was so bloody difficult...that's a test of one's mettle, if I've ever heard. Good on you for surviving and showing those guys what you're made of.
Maija.

[lagioconda]

oh my god. i tihnk i just developed a new respect for cooks (good ones anyway). what a story!
Jerad should write a book (hell if Alex Kapranos can write one about food....). Or at least guest-post again :)

[anonymous]

I can not believe what you have to put up with! What happened to common courtesy? If my boss talked to me like that, he would be out on his ass! Your work is stressful enough with out having this type
of abuse. I will never take my local pizza maker for granted again. Lynn