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[igothp]

this forum is sick! but i want to know just how many farkiners(if any) accutaully have a job or and in a hospitality job/profesion. i want to be a chef when i finish school and maby hang around to do an apprentice thingy, then go to europ and be a chef over there. So if there are any what is it like and do u still like it? and do u have any advice for new starters like myself?

 

[nicklouse]

Em is one.

 

[Emerin]

hehehehe... ok... so i don't need to say anything really... but yeah, i'm a Chef. So is Zooke. And i'm sure there is another... i just can't remember his login.. oh well. Oh... and so u want to be a chef? Think long and hard my friend. It isn't all capsicum curls and fancy lights. I'm not being patronising here. It is REALLY hard. Especially if u start in small resturants, just ask Zooke. But serioiusly, it is one of the top three worst apprenticeships to do. U need to be stubborn, driven, WANT to learn, willing to be treated like crap, have NO payed overtime (but be expected to do it), sometimes have no days off, work double shifts and back to backs... basically, the next 3 to 4 years kiss your social life good bye. But appart from that, its rewarding, challenging, diverse and exciting. I love food, and i love hopitality. I was questioning me completing my apprenticeship recently, but found my passion again. THANK GOD. But yeah, it's very hard. :wink:

 

[LordNikon]

I know a few qualified chefs.

In my experience they all go mad and develop massive drug habits.

:wink:

 

[Emerin]

I know a few qualified chefs.
In my experience they all go mad and develop massive drug habits.
:wink:

Oi... mad i will accept.... drugs though... that not cool. But i must admit, alot of my chefs are pot heads and trippers.... ok, i'm obviously a freak in the chef world as well as the real one... :wink:

 

[bazza]

why isnt there an option for 'had one'???? tick me on that onne. worked for 2 years as a kitchenhand! or as the normal people like to refer to as, dish pig! i did a bit of cooking when the chefs where away though. and my parents give me pocket money for cooking dinner??? does that count?

 

[wombat]

And i'm sure there is another... i just can't remember his login..

2stepin I believe.

I want to go and do an RSA course too, I reckon that would be a good thing to have under your belt.

 

[mtbdh_girl]

mmm... one of my bar jobs turned into a- "this is a small venue- you can cook, do bar, and waitress- ie work an 8hour shift on your own covering three positions for the price of one to save the company some money' type job. For those of you in melb- Kingpin bowling lounge the one in the casino.Any way- while it wasn't super stuff- it still involved pastas, burgers and other fried foods, plus brekky function catering occasionally.

 

[igothp]

U need to be stubborn, driven, WANT to learn, willing to be treated like crap, have NO payed overtime (but be expected to do it), sometimes have no days off, work double shifts and back to backs... basically, the next 3 to 4 years kiss your social life good bye.

thats ok 4 me im in year 11 and currently working 2 jobs, a baker and i work at hoyts... so i work at 430am till 800am go to school for a 830am start till 305pm go home get home at 330 get changed, go back down to the mall at 400pm work at hoyts till 1100pm go home and sleep then repeat some times 2 or 3 days in a row. crazy i know but i really want to be a chef and so this hopefuly shows that im very driven and want to work the shit hours. and i have no social life! :roll:

 

[Emerin]

cool darl, you'll be fine then. I did exactly the same thing. From year 10 i had 3 jobs... NO socail life, a boyfriend, and extra-coricualr stuff like debating and public speaking... AH! that was some crazy stuff... so when i hit the apprenticship i was like "ah.. this an't so bad"... stupid me...

 

[igothp]

yeah i have more jobs but they are on and off all the time. do u get out much to ride?

 

[Emerin]

Yeah,... well i did.. but u make time.. u just have to sacrific sleep.

 

[igothp]

u just have to sacrific sleep.

a new lala bye 8) ... rock a bye tom(me), off a big drop,land in a tree top and my shoulder goes pop. what was i doing, i was ment to go to bed, the weather was good so i went riding instead. i am so dumb, fell asleep in mid air snaped my shoulder, thanks a lot EMERIN!

 

[Rik]

GOLD!

 

[Emerin]

BEST POST EVER!!!! Give an award to the man!! :lol:

 

[igothp]

well first i's like to thank my parents for being there im moral support, my bike for being mine and my ability to make up new lala bye's. i never (breakes down crying) imagened myself winning such an award. thank you, thank you all so very much!

 

[Emerin]

I like u man.. you actually smart enough to be funny.... rare... very rare! You'll go fine as a Chef i'm sure.

 

[Andrewsute]

Tom mate, get off ur bike and on to the comp and write a book or more lalabyes hahahaha fat chance gettin u off ur bike between work and work and school
mate well done

 

[igothp]

so em, do u own a restraunt or bar or café or u just work in one? also what level chef are you.
thanks for all the advice you have given me so far.
where do you work, as in whats its name and location?

 

[Emerin]

so em, do u own a restraunt or bar or café or u just work in one? also what level chef are you.
thanks for all the advice you have given me so far.
where do you work, as in whats its name and location?

SHIT! U want my underwear size too, or have u stolen it already? *giggles* I work at the Sheraton in Brissy and i'm a just turned 4th year apprentice chef. So yeah, i can't pull strings for u, u get the interview, then i can have a word to my chef. Not before though... but that's big places. U want to know about small places, PM Zooke... she knows more then i ever will about small places.