I read in the news this week about a wedding venue in England where the chefs walked out on the day there was a wedding which ruined the couple’s special day. Luckily the bride’s brother had experience of being a chef and he got in the kitchen to help plate up the food. It got me thinking about what would lead the chefs to do this on what some would consider the most important day of someone’s life.
I personally have never walked out of an establishment although I have felt like it on occasion but never actually could bring myself to do it. I think being in a kitchen is just like everything, taking the rough with the smooth. Like chef recruitment sometimes we come in to chef placements and adverts straight off and other times we can come in to no-shows, fall-downs and lots of things going wrong. This can be frustrating to say the least but its just a case of getting the team together and seeing what we can do to help and make the best of a bad situation. I just wonder at which point does it get too much that it causes a chef to walk out.
I have been in situations where the staff accommodation has certainly not been what it has been agreed on and after trying to resolve a situation with no luck I chose not to stay. This made me learn a very valuable lesson. Always check out the staff accommodation before accepting a permanent job!
I know kitchens can be hot, frustrating places with plenty to go wrong but feel its unfair on the paying customers on such a crucial day. This probably was a classic case of the final straw on the camels back.
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