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Chefs, what does it take to bea good Sous Chef? |
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I've been considering Culinary
Arts for a career besides just
Sign Language Interpreting for
the U.S courts. I want to be a
Sous Chef one day and I want
to know:
What it takes?
How much stress is there in
the kitchen?
How much is the pay?
What things do Sous Chefs do?
Chef Gordon Ramsey yells all
the time and those chefs seems
so stressed. |
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V.I.P, it takes dedication and
a keenness and a flair for
cooking and flavors. Depending
on the establishment, if it is
continually running at a fast
pace then the stress levels
can be high, but not all the
time, depends on the
situation. V.I.P to start the
pay will seem crap to you, but
as you progress, and Chef sees
your Culinary School marks and
your enthusiasm towards the
job, the rewards increase in
more ways than one. A
colleague of mine that is a
leading Sous Chef, is not only
doing Research and Development
on new dishes for the menu,
prepping for night, he is also
responsible to make sure the
line cooks are getting the
food plated correctly, and
those dishes are headed to the
dining room well prepared and
within minutes of being
plated.
Each day he checks his stock,
fruit, vegetables, herbs
spices etc etc, and sees what
he needs to replenish. My
friend has just received an
offer to go to Toronto all
expenses paid, answerable only
to chef as the offer is
assistant chef in charge, his
starting Salary is in the
order I believe between $60K
and $70K per year plus
benefits as a start.
V.I.Pwhat you see on TV leave
it with your idiot box, they
liven things up on television
for the ratings.
Hope this gave you an idea.
Oh, if you are into a social
life also forget it.
Chris |
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How do Chefs invent/makedishes? More so how do chefsknow when to pair a sauce whena course? |
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I've walked into many
restaurants and had the
pleasure of enjoying AMAZINGLY
delicious food. I wonder HOW
DO CHEFS KNOW WHICH SAUCES TO
USE FOR DISHES LIKE FOR beef
or pork or veggies. I know,
yes, you have to go to
culinary school for that but
can anyone tell me or
recommend what sauces go with
what or what fruits go best
with what food. It can be for
deserts, main dishes or side
dishes (ie: red wines with
dark meats, white wine with
light meat, cream sauces with
red meats). I once had a
garlic mousse souffle that was
CRAZY good! I tasted the
garlic BUT it was sweet and
creamly with a caramel sauce. |
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It takes practice and a palate
that is trained, but when you
cook for yourself, its what
tastes good to you. Chef's
have learned from those before
them. With the exception of
molecular gastronomy, most
chefs are just reinterpreting
what has already been done.
There is a great book called
Culinary Artistry that you
would enjoy. |
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Why do so many chefs smokewhen a good palate iscritical? |
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Smoking hurts your sense of
smell which hurts your sense
of taste. I'm watching Hell's
Kitchen right now and they all
seem to smoke. When I used to
work in restaurants several
years ago all of the chefs
smoked there as well. |
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I work in restaurants, too.
Most of the cooks and chefs
are addicted to something of
some form or another. I think
its because of the high-stress
environment. Drugs relive the
pressure. Also, this business
tends to attract uneducated
people (no insult intended).
For example, I swear to God
that the manager I work for is
retarded. |
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