03/11/2026
All we think about is mise en place, getting through the month, stock runs, wages, food costs, recipes, rent, bills…
Of course, that’s just the usual stuff. On top of that, there are dozens of other problems to solve and jobs waiting to be done.
Whatever’s left after all that is ours: money, a social life and, most importantly, time. If there’s anything left at all.
We often forget what we even look like, sometimes for months. If we find a spare moment, we try to catch our reflection in the oven door or the glass of another piece of kitchen equipment. Then we shrug it off and carry on where we left off.
The one thing that makes us forget it all is seeing a guest we’ve looked after leave their table happy and head home feeling the same way.
Chef life.
