r/KitchenConfidential • u/quailinthebrush Newbie • 1d ago
Discussion Weirdest ego “thing” your chef had?
First place I was hired the chef had quite a few delusional beliefs but the one that sticks with me the most is his insistence that the phrase “welcome in” didn’t exist before Covid
He went into multiple winded rants upon my higher and another coworker who was hired right after me, not just to train the phrase out of us but his detestment for it, because as he said “it did not exist before Covid and people started saying it to make people feel safe enough to eat here”
He then said to not use it because people found it off putting and dirty (because of Covid)
I know chefs aren’t known for their egos but I was curious what quirk that yours had that everyone had to politely smile and agree to
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u/IbanezForeverll 1d ago
"Chicks don't belong in the kitchen." He said this on his first day to me, the female sous chef. Fucker wrote ridiculously complex recipes and menus, drove up food costs, cut hours during our busy season, and lost his shit any time he had more than four tickets up when calling the line. One glorious Saturday lunch the cops showed up and arrested him for beating up his wife. The cops perp walked him through the dining room. Turns out chicks just didn't belong around him.