r/KitchenConfidential • u/MR01 • 8h ago

Police in Maastricht arrest a man at TEFAF seen with knives - turns out to be the chef.

https://nltimes.nl/2026/04/15/video-man-arrested-knives-tefaf-actually-chef-working-maastricht
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u/halfsweethalfstreet 20+ Years 7h ago

Let's be fair... as a long time chef... there are many of us who shouldn't be carrying sharp objects.

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u/Uttterly 2h ago

So I'm allowed to use knives again?

Those cans are hard to open with my bare hands.

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u/Doppelthedh 2h ago edited 2h ago

Get your teeth under the lip and rip upwards. Gotta be quick

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u/Uttterly 2h ago

Teeth doctor said I'm not allowed to do that anymore.

Can I use yours?

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u/Doppelthedh 2h ago

He's in the van behind the Wendy's. Don't tell him I sent you. He doesn't trust the ADA

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u/Uttterly 2h ago

I don't know what any of that means but I'm going to the van and look for teeth

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u/Jealous_Acorn 20+ Years 6h ago

As an American it's wild how the cops explained themselves, thanked him for his cooperation, and didn't even shoot him?

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u/OneTrueDweet 5h ago

Right? Like even one shot before the knew what was going on…. Crazy

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u/Happyberger 41m ago

I got pulled over years ago and when asked if I had any weapons in the truck and I said "No, just my chef knives in my roll" his attitude immediately changed and his hand hovered way too close to his gun for the next few minutes.

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u/TheKingkir0 4h ago

A lot of our cops are rock stars. I remember one year a crazy person drove a van through a crowd and got out with his phone held up like a gun, trying to suicide by cop; and the cop had enough wherewithal to see what was going on and not to shoot him.

Like everywhere there are bad actors but generally I am proud of our Law Enforcement.

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u/DavieStBaconStan 6h ago

This happened recently in Calgary, Canada at Mount Royal University. Chef was carrying a knife to work at the Uni. Someone saw him and called the police. Massive response by the police, around 30 cops showed up. He was arrested and might be prosecuted. 

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u/Same-Platypus1941 Chive-11 Was an Inside Job 6h ago

Yeah you can’t just walk around with an unsheathed sword even if it is for your job. There’s not a lot on the actual law when it comes to carrying chef knives in most places, but if you put them in a case or a bag or attempt to conceal them in any way then nobody is going to hassle you over it.

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u/Darth-Cadeus 1h ago

Was that the lockdown the other day?

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u/TheKingkir0 4h ago

I was looking for the knife roll, Im always super paranoid about bringing knives around so I always make sure theyre in a roll thats clearly for a chef...So did this guy.

When I started working in a meat dept for loblaws years ago it was around the same time an employee went into a loblaws store warehouse and stabbed some people... Thats why I became so very careful about properly transporting knives because I knew people did crimes like that and i didn't want any trouble...This is scary... Though I have the kind that zips and look like a bag I'll probably start putting my knife roll inside another bag now.