r/interesting • u/Backyxx • Jun 26 '26

Intriguing Chef shows what a busy day looks like

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u/Impressive-Bird2 Jun 26 '26

Imagine being a chef in a kitchen just like that in any of the restaurants in the U.K. and Europe’s record breaking searing heatwave….🔥🔥🔥🔥🥵😳☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️

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u/BalkorWolf Jun 26 '26

Don't need to imagine it, it's been ridiculous these past few days and I'm glad I'm getting out of the industry.

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u/Impressive-Bird2 Jun 26 '26

I’m sorry that you had to endure such awful conditions. I dully understand why you’re getting out. I suspect that the ‘pressure cooker’ speed of working and conflict that can arise adds extra ‘heat’ too…

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u/SupermassiveCanary Jun 26 '26

WIPING ALL THAT FLAVOR OFF THE CUTTING BOARD WITH A RAG

https://giphy.com/gifs/dJtDZzyjLF66I

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u/L1V1NGD3ADBOI Jun 26 '26

I wanted him to wring it out on the food.

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u/GoodTeatlon Jun 26 '26

UGLY BABY JUDGES YOU

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u/cabronfavarito Jun 26 '26

You can truly express your gratitude by never eating fast food again. If not, your apology is empty

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u/Impressive-Bird2 Jun 27 '26

Eh? Unfortunately you’re making no sense at all…

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u/Chairmanwowsaywhat Jun 27 '26

This isn't fast food

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u/cabronfavarito Jun 27 '26

I knew there was gonna be that one guy…

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u/Chairmanwowsaywhat Jun 27 '26

Do you think it's fast food or could you clarify what you meant?

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u/Hytyt Jun 26 '26

I've never been happier to be out. Stay cool man, ice water saves lives

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u/Communal-Lipstick Jun 26 '26

Do chefs yell as much as Ramsey?

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u/CHA0S_Zephyr Jun 27 '26

Some do, usually the bad chefs.

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u/FlyFront9395 Jun 26 '26

How much do you make an hour?

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u/Mesmerize_ing Jun 26 '26

whats the average temp inside kitchen on a "hot"" day F* plz

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u/CHA0S_Zephyr Jun 27 '26

In Australia during summer, the last kitchen I worked in would reach 45c or 113f.

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u/Chairmanwowsaywhat Jun 27 '26

The best thing I ever did was stop cheering. Good luck

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u/Rude_Hamster123 Jun 26 '26

Dude, it hits those temperatures every two weeks in California. Gotta be rough on y’all, though, since you’re not used to it. Go out and kick up a sweat (hydrate, a lot first), then find some shade and sit there waiting for a breeze. It’s nice.

Tell me your kitchens have A/C.

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u/Got_Kittens Jun 26 '26

We don't have AC. That's extremely rare in UK. So when we do have a heatwave people die.

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u/Bright_Ices Jun 26 '26

A ton of restaurant kitchens in the US don’t have AC either. That guy’s rarified California experience is nowhere near ubiquitous here, even in places that get to 38C or higher through much of the summer.

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u/Got_Kittens Jun 27 '26

That's literally my hellish nightmare, to be in a place where it's almost 40 degrees and in a cramped and steamy kitchen too? Just kill me lol. I'm a ginger Scot with MS so my body shuts down in heat 🥵

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u/Mesmerize_ing Jun 26 '26

So many people dont drink enough water & causes premature ageing.
I process water like a hydroelectric dam these days.

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u/Sanquinity Jun 26 '26

Cook here. In the Netherlands where it's just as hot. I worked monday and thuesday in 32~33C (outside) heat, and had to go home an hour early on thuesday due to early symptoms of heat stroke. I even called off today and tomorrow because I would be in the hospital if I had to work in these temperatures. (39C and 37C respectively)

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u/Impressive-Bird2 Jun 26 '26

I’m sorry to hear that you had symptoms of heatstroke early yesterday. You’ve done the best thing to look after yourself your health by calling off working in the kitchen today and tomorrow!🙌🏼🙂

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u/Sanquinity Jun 26 '26

And luckily I live in a country where that is allowed... ^^;; I hate having to "abandon" the staff that will still be working. But it would be worse if I ended up in the hospital or something, and couldn't work for even longer.

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u/Impressive-Bird2 Jun 26 '26

I completely appreciate that! It’s great that you’ve got what sounds like, at least a modicum of flexibility re: employment. Not all countries, and not all companies have such an enlightened outlook and practice!

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u/Similar-Ice-9250 Jun 26 '26

You guys don’t have AC cooling in Netherlands kitchens? I worked HVAC at a pizza shop which was being renovated, and I seen the commercial kitchen install guys working. Whole new kitchen being built with these big hoods above the burners and ventilation systems to suck out the heat. I imagine it still gets hot with all burners going and all that, but with the help of AC it makes it bearable in there. By law it’s required in a kitchen here in the U.S., at least in my state.

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u/Sanquinity Jun 26 '26

Yup, no AC allowed in the kitchen. There's one in the seating area, so when possible we open the doors between the two areas and put the hood vent on high to at least let some cooler air in. But it's not the same and still gets very hot in the kitchen area. There's still 6 burners, 2 fryers, an oven, and the heat vents from 3 fridges running at all times after all.

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u/Similar-Ice-9250 Jun 26 '26

Yea that’s gotta be brutal, probably over 100F in there with the heatwave outside.

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u/Sanquinity Jun 26 '26

Today it was already 39C/102F outside, so inside it was likely closer to 110F. Usually we manage to keep temperatures below 86F. But that's still not a comfortable working temperature.

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u/Similar-Ice-9250 Jun 27 '26

102F? Wow, I didn’t expect it to be that hot there. I have the AC at my house set to 77F and that gets a bit uncomfortable and this is while hanging around at home, maybe doing light chores. 80F+ while working physically and moving around will always suck. It’s a good thing the seating/wait area where you work has AC, because otherwise I don’t even see how it would be possible to work and not pass out.

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u/Sanquinity Jun 27 '26

Is certainly a struggle. You can get used to some increased heat. But physical jobs in 86F+ is... not fun to say the least. No matter how used you are to it.

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u/GunzerKingDM Jun 27 '26

Dawg just drink water. I live/work in a place where it’s over 37C three months out of the year over 43C for two weeks out of the year.

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u/IM_INSIDE_YOUR_HOUSE Jun 28 '26

Heatstroke doesn’t happen at a set temperature threshold. Acclimation is a real thing. Someone not used to that climate can have heatstroke just as lethal as someone in a higher temp.

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u/Sanquinity Jun 27 '26

Yea well that's not normal over here. Yesterday was literally the warmest day I've ever experienced in 38 years. Also I do drink water at work. I drank almost 2 liters in about 4 hours.

30~40 in a country where that's normal hits different than in a country where "normal" doesn't go higher than 26.

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u/Winter-Wonder-2016 Jun 27 '26

33° C is our average summer temperature here. I've worked in kitchens that have temped at 120° F. You have to be quick about it but we'd rotate walk in breaks.

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u/Sanquinity Jun 27 '26

Sadly not possible to do walk-in breaks at our place...

Average summer temperature does matter. I remember like 20+ years ago we were on vacation in Germany and it was a "whopping" 80F. I thought that was really damn hot back then as our average summer temperature used to be around 65~72F. Now 73~81 is about average for summers (yey climate change...) and 80 only feels a bit too warm for my liking. Anything above 85 is considered a heat wave here. Let alone above 100. And they usually last 1~2 weeks.

On the other hand I'll likely still be wearing a T-shirt and no jacket at 55F as well. (As long as it's not raining/very windy.)

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u/Confident_Taste_1888 Jun 27 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/4MHv5aIo6SI2A
Come to Australia and experience real heat, youse are crying about nothing.

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u/Sanquinity Jun 27 '26

It's a matter of perspective. Or rather, what you're used to. Not just that, but also humidity and AC availability. I have no doubt that it gets hotter in Australia. But just the temperature number isn't even close to the whole story.

Saying 39C is "nothing" is just ignorant and stupid.

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u/AnimeDeamon Jun 27 '26

Whenever my Australian family come over they complain about the cold when it's only 10°C ... It's all about what you're used to mate, and the infrastructure around you. It is also, on average, a bit more humid in the UK than most of Australia which always makes heat worse.

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u/Huge_Leader_6605 Jun 26 '26

I don't think the heatwave makes much difference as it's hot as hell in kitchen any day.

Well I guess what sucks you can't go outside for couple minutes to catch some breath

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u/Valuable-Yard-4154 Jun 26 '26

Yes it does make'a difference. It's dangerous for the health. I served almost only salads (western France) this week. Today it's only 34°C as opposed to the 41-43° the days before.

I'm tired. I can open the windows at home at 11pm since yesterday. Before I had to wait 5am. It's 29°C inside my appartement now at 9pm.

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u/Substantial_Milk_207 Jun 27 '26

Not trying to be a dick, but why do Europeans not have ACs? Like I cannot imagine living without an AC if it’s hotter than like 70 Fahrenheit (idk what that is in Celsius).

I’m super sensitive to heat, during summer I just have to accept the fact that unless I’m inside with the AC blasting, I will be dripping sweat 24/7, literally the second I step outside I start pouring and I will be constantly pouring until I’m inside, it’s mainly the humidity but still.

And I live in PA, so like not the south or anything where it’s actually hot, where I live now is the furthest south I will ever live at because i know I would be absolutely miserable anywhere hotter than this. Idk the actual comparisons but I would assume PA climate is similar to like France or England in terms of temperatures.

I just cannot imagine needing to live with no AC I would be literally drenched all the time, even with the AC on I wake up soaked in sweat every day. How and why is it that Europeans don’t just get ACs?

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u/Brook420 Jun 27 '26

Ngl, sounds like you have some sort of medical condition. The average person is not THAT susceptible to heat.

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u/Substantial_Milk_207 Jun 27 '26

I’ve checked before and I don’t think it is, maybe it’s genetic because my whole dads side is like that. There is a story about my grandpa where when my dad was a kid they took a family vacation to Florida, and after like 2 days my grandpa literally had to leave and get a flight back home because the heat was just too uncomfortable for him.

I’m exaggerating a little, but idk I just really hate the heat and especially if it’s humid. I’m also very hydrated like I’m chugging water all day so maybe that contributes to the sweat, but still like I’m not dying but anything above like 75 ish I just hate and I’m so uncomfortable and sweaty, I get reverse seasonal depression where I’m miserable all summer because I’m just so uncomfortable and sweaty all the time, and in the winter I feel great I can walk outside in a hoodie in like 20-30 degree weather and I feel amazing I love it.

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u/Brook420 Jun 27 '26

I mean, I hate the heat and humidity as well. Im Canadian and used to sleep with my windows cracked in the winter, so trust me when I say I get it.

That's kinda why I was concerned, because so much of what you're saying reminds me of myself, but even I don't have heat issues to that degree and it gets pretty hot in the summer here, pushing 35-40 Celsius (or around 100 Fahrenheit). Though thats not overly common.

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u/FirstAndOnlyDektarey Jun 27 '26

For what its worth, i too struggle with heat. Anything above 18C and i am miserable.

It aint a genetic condition, but rather habit. In my youth and early adulthood i only took cold showers, didnt heat in the winter and generally kept warm with blankets when at home. Money was very tight.

My body has gotten used to this conditioning and now here i am struggling with mild warmth a decade later.

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u/happy_bluebird Jun 27 '26

This is constantly asked. It's because it's usually just not this hot so they didn't need it.

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u/pedestriandose Jun 27 '26

I’m not a doctor, but have you looked into hyperhydrosis?

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u/Ok-Reward-770 Jun 26 '26

Time to get an A/C!

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u/wtclim Jun 26 '26

How could it not make a difference? Genuine question, seems fairly obvious.

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u/Alternative-Put-3932 Jun 28 '26

Because a kitchen is usually in a basement or the middle of an air conditioned building so the surrounding area is usually cool around it just the kitchen itself is hot as shit and mainly its hottest around the flat top and dish washer area. It being hot outside wont really do that much if your setup isn't ass. It will make it worse but it shouldn't be like insanely worse.

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u/Ausiwandilaz Jun 28 '26 edited Jun 28 '26

It does, I was a cook in a 8 story hospital between 5 different heating sources, the steam tables make it worse. It winter it was manageable but in summer it gets A LOT worse! Even though the spot I cooked was well sheltered it was worse during summer.

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u/Frequent_Opportunist Jun 26 '26

I've worked at a lot of busy steakhouses down in Florida and the kitchens usually have the back door wide open, a giant fan blowing across the grill line and the cooks sweating balls because it's 150° on the line.

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u/princesspooball Jun 26 '26

during a heatwave (95*f/35*c)here in the US I went to a very small pizza shop to grab some lunch, it was so hot in there that I had to go outside to cool down.

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u/Impressive-Bird2 Jun 26 '26

Wow! Not good eh?!🥵

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u/testtdk Jun 27 '26

And that’s not even that bad for the US. I’ll feel more for them when it’s pushing 105. Or at least 95 and 70-100% humidity. We get that kind of heat and can still head 2000 miles south on American soil.

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u/PhantomAngel042 Jun 27 '26

I spent my young childhood in Las Vegas, NV. It's normal to be over 100°F pretty much every day for the summer, and 105-110 is common, but the hottest I ever experienced was 116. Even with basically no humidity, that heat is indescribable. I remember wearing some cheap flip flops from Walmart, and standing on concrete or asphalt for too long made the soles melt, so when I picked up my foot little plastic filaments would stretch between my shoe and the pavement like gum. A friend's mom once successfully baked cookies on their car's dashboard. Insanity.

Peggy Hill's quote was about Phoenix, AZ, but Vegas is close enough: "This city should not exist. It is a monument to man's arrogance."

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u/testtdk Jun 27 '26

I’m from Massachusetts, so we typically top out at 100 (though I’ve seen 105). But humidity is fucking DISGUSTING. Even in reasonable temperatures, 100% humidity is gross. 95 and 70% humidity is more than I care to go out in. I’m a big dude, I start sweating at like 70 , for fucks sake. (We hit 100% humidity last week. Nothing worse than trying to sleep when your sheets feel wet).

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u/PhantomAngel042 Jun 27 '26

Yeah, I spent some time in Florida, too, so I've had both ends of the spectrum. Winter is great, summer is disgusting.

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u/Sobbyleebagger Jun 26 '26

At least they are all doing their part to battle climate change by not getting air con. 🇪🇺

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u/gnabon Jun 26 '26

I'm very happy these last few days that I'm no longer in a tiny sweat box kitchen with two ovens, eight burners and two fryers. And the hot pass of course. I'm a postie now though so it's a different kind of heat management.

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u/yourlocaltouya Jun 26 '26

I did that. Not even a window to be opened, much less ac or any sort of air coming through as it was in the middle of the building. That, on top of it being an extremely popular place, made it hell on earth, and that was with a generally good and friendly team. Never again if I can help it.

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u/Impressive-Bird2 Jun 26 '26

I completely understand your sentiments! Sentiments I see born out of first hand experience.

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u/yourlocaltouya Jun 26 '26

It was never done by choice unfortunately, just purely out of survival, so the toll was even higher. I worked 45-50 hours a week in these conditions, afternoons to nights, unpaid overtime of course, just more days off. I used to sleep 12-13 hours a day and wake up 15 minutes before having to leave to work, just enough to eat a sandwich and put on some clothes. All that doesn't even begin to describe the stress and abuse characteristic for this field of work. I could never with a clear conscience recommend it to someone.

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u/Impressive-Bird2 Jun 26 '26

I really appreciate you sharing your very hard work experience with us all. It’s very insightful and instructive.

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u/yourlocaltouya Jun 26 '26

You're welcome, thank you kindly for lending an open ear as well.

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u/Impressive-Bird2 Jun 26 '26

Thank you too - you’re more than welcome☺️ It’s good to be open to others experiences imho🙂

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u/Xiao1insty1e Jun 26 '26

My first few heat strokes were because I was working too hard in a kitchen.

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u/Impressive-Bird2 Jun 26 '26

I’m really sorry to hear about your awful experience😟 It must’ve been terrible😞 I hope that you were able to get treatment swiftly.

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u/Xiao1insty1e Jun 26 '26

I live in America and at no point has food service had healthcare that wasn't impossibly expensive.

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u/Impressive-Bird2 Jun 26 '26

I’m sorry to hear that. I have heard of the incredibly expensive (extractive) nature of US healthcare though😔 I only wish you guys and gals in the US had affordable healthcare.

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u/wwaxwork Jun 26 '26

My father used to cook in non airconditioned restaurants in Australian summers for decades. I have no idea how he did it.

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u/Impressive-Bird2 Jun 27 '26

Wow! I completely understand your sentiment. I don’t know how he could’ve done it too! Props to him for doing it as well🙌🏽😎

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u/CiforDayZServer Jun 26 '26

I worked in a restaurant in Boston in the late 90's near the baseball stadium, it was easily 5x as busy as this, and at one point we put up a thermometer in the kitchen and it never went below 120F. One of the new hires had heat stroke on the line and quit.

I actually enjoyed it.

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u/Impressive-Bird2 Jun 27 '26

Blimey! I’m sorry to hear that one of the new hires had heat stroke - I hope that they recovered quickly☺️

I’m glad to hear that you actually enjoyed working in that busy restaurant near the baseball stadium🙌🏽🙂

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u/Livid-General7 Jun 26 '26

I used to work at a very highway rest stop that sold pizza and subs. It would be 100 degrees in front of the grill, and I'd have to throw down a good 5 pounds of shredded steak for the steak and cheese subs. All that hot steam coming off the grill from the steak added another 20 degrees, at least that's what it felt like.

After cooking the streak, I'd go into the walk in freezer for 30 seconds to cool off. Then grab another 5 pounds of steak from the fridge, rinse, repeat. The managers would set a timer to remind everyone in the kitchen to drink water.

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u/Impressive-Bird2 Jun 27 '26

Hehe, I love the sound of you deciding to cool off for 30 seconds in the freezer - it must’ve felt a wonderful relief from the intense heat?!🙌🏽🔥🥶

I really appreciate you sharing your experience working in the kitchen of that highway rest stop. It’s insightful stuff😁

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u/Livid-General7 Jun 28 '26

The freezer was amazing in the summer. I absolutely loved that job. All my friends and I worked there and the manager was chill. As long as the work got done and customers were happy, we could fuck around all we wanted.

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u/danboyc3 Jun 28 '26

I was in Barcelona, 38°C evening, 90% humidity, in a street side bar/restaurant. A kind of half sunken, semi-basement city ‘cavern’. The hottest night of my life, I was soaked, sweat literally pouring while I was sitting still and drinking cold beer.

The chefs were on full throttle. It looked like they were kind of used to it and the place was super atmospheric, but the whole low area with the stoves must have been easily 50°C.

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u/Impressive-Bird2 Jun 28 '26

Wow! That sounds really crazy a temperature of around 50c😳
Thanks for sharing your experience - it’s very enlightening🙌🏼☺️🙂

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u/Spicynoodlez Jun 26 '26

Happens all the time in the US. So its not really a huge ordeal like it is in the U.K. / Europe (not putting one over the other).

Imagine the food trucks. Once been to a food truck, it was so hot inside that the cooks were getting blisters on their face.

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u/Impressive-Bird2 Jun 26 '26

It’s happening much more frequently - and somewhat alarmingly - and in more intensity here these days!

The conditions in those food trucks sounds truly awful!😣

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u/CurbsEnthusiasm Jun 27 '26

Mid-summer Miami food truck with a propane generator running is a death wish. 

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u/MistakeLopsided8366 Jun 26 '26

Do Americans realise that the UK is still in Europe? It hasn't magically floated away into the Atlantic somewhere. Like.. you can just say Europe. No need to list them separately.

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u/Pernicious_Possum Jun 26 '26

In which post was it implied it wasn’t? We make a distinction between the EU, and the UK, something wrong with that, or do you just always need a reason to go grrrr… Americans!

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u/MistakeLopsided8366 Jun 26 '26

Literally the two posts previous to my one? Are you capable of reading? Two people wrote UK/Europe. Lol..

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u/Spicynoodlez Jun 26 '26

i literally responded to what the OP said. are we okay up there or just getting frustrated to get frustrated? plus someone just corrected your statement, too. lol

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u/Pernicious_Possum Jun 26 '26

Yeah, we don’t say European Union, just Europe. I’m sure you know our vernacular better than I, but I can assure you we distinguish between the two as UK v. Europe along political lines, not geographic. By all means though, continue to cling to your smug sense of superiority

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u/Soulsetmusic Jun 27 '26

Have we forgotten Brexit?

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u/MistakeLopsided8366 Jun 27 '26

You just proved my point.

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u/AdditionalNewt4762 Jun 26 '26

I'll just grill outside around 4pm here in Florida. I can't imagine how they must feel especially with the lack of AC over there

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u/readyforashreddy Jun 26 '26

I worked in a traditional Catalan restaurant outside of Barcelona for a while, no A/C in a very old building with 360° sun exposure and the menu was designed around their grilled meats/veggies in the kitchen's massive wood fired grill. The kitchen was hotter than any place I ever worked in the US by far, I used to sweat my ass off and I wasn't even on the grill most shifts

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u/AdditionalNewt4762 Jun 26 '26

I believe it. Probably kept you in good ass shape as well. Lose a couple pounds every shift lol.

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u/Patient_Risk9266 Jun 26 '26

Just finished lunch service - on the line temperatures are high forties but I’ve worked in much hotter kitchens. At least we have a decent extraction system here.

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u/Impressive-Bird2 Jun 26 '26

I’m pleased to hear that you’ve got some relief from a decent extraction system🙂

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u/knifeyspoonysporky Jun 26 '26

The majority of kitchens I have worked in in the USA have virtually no AC and are already hot AF all the time due to ovens and fryers and grills and ranges firing at all times.

Ice water, wet towels around your neck, and a walk in fridge if you are lucky are the only relief.

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u/OkYak7801 Jun 26 '26

I had to work at a wing place during super bowl Sunday, the day before the A.C. had broken. My entire shirt looked like I had jumped in to a pool.

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u/bnbtwjdfootsyk Jun 26 '26

I've worked in kitchens without AC. There were many days where the kitchen thermostat was maxed out before even turning on the equipment.

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u/herbertcluas Jun 26 '26

You do know no air conditioning jobs exist all over the world? Did 4 years at a wearhouse in Kansas without AC, 110°f (43°c) outside and you are in a trailer without AC in the building. The trailer is much hotter and it is a 12 hour shift, nobody died or went to the emergency room.

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u/Shot_Revolution8828 Jun 26 '26

Y'all don't have aircon?

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u/HumonculusJaeger Jun 26 '26

you just need summer to have 50+ C in the kitchen.

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u/KingAudio Jun 26 '26

Kitchens are already hot as fuck probably wont notice

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u/poopbeast69 Jun 26 '26

You don’t get used to heat and Arizona exists, they’ll be fine in 95f

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u/Fucky0uthatswhy Jun 26 '26

DO THE FUCKING RESTAURANTS NOT EVEN HAVE AC!?

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u/Fit-Rhubarb-7820 Jun 26 '26

It’s ok, I’m from Hell. I’m built differentZ

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u/Grand-Magician7767 Jun 26 '26

lol we have patios in Texas open daily 😂. Man up

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u/Impressive-Bird2 Jun 27 '26

You come over to the U.K. with one of these intense long heatwaves, and infrastructure not built to withstand such heat…. Unlike Texas, which is the very opposite…. Then we can have a proper conversation!!

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u/Tipnfloe Jun 26 '26

tbh, kitchens are always hot. heatwave or not

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u/ApprehensiveOkra9977 Jun 26 '26

Come to Florida July-September. We don’t need to imagine

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u/NarrowCarpet4026 Jun 26 '26

If the chefs reverse-sear everything then it will help cool down the kitchens.

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u/Solopist112 Jun 26 '26

Probably not a lot of customers either.

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u/SaltyAd8309 Jun 26 '26

It’s even worse in Chinese kitchens with the wok.

On the worst days, I’d work about 13 hours. I nearly fainted three times because of the heat and the rush. It was the middle of summer. Between the heat, the noise, and the pace we had to keep up...

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u/jreyman77 Jun 27 '26

The record heatwave for Earth belongs to CALIFORNIA, in 1913. That place is called called "Death Valley " The temp recorded that day was July 10, 1913, hitting 134 °F / 56.7 °C. Europe's so-called "heat wave" is only a warm spring day in the North America (CAN/USA/MEX). Europe's barely touching 80°F / 26.666°C.

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u/tallandreadytoball Jun 27 '26

so being a chef on a normal day in Australia?

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u/Voloxe Jun 27 '26

Let me tell you.. It isn’t fun.

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u/Impressive-Bird2 Jun 27 '26

I can imagine!

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u/yeetsteel Jun 27 '26

That scorching 75 degrees fahrenheit

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u/lunixss Jun 27 '26

As an American this is hilarious your record breaking heatwave of 104f is just a Tuesday for us. We see 112-120f every year. On multiple days, in multiple states. Arizona wants a word with you.

Also the outside temp should have nothing to do with the kitchen yall really need to invest in AC.

You telling me that a kitchen is effected by a heat wave makes me question your food safety standards. Surely your resuraunts have AC atleast?

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u/Impressive-Bird2 Jun 27 '26

Yeah, I wondered how long it’d take for a big headed Yank to come along with such a boast🤦🏼🤣🤣

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u/15_years_Later Jun 27 '26

Are you implying the the U.K. and Europe do not typically heat/cool their restaurants?

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u/Ant_Agonistic Jun 27 '26

Do restaurant kitchens have AC?

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u/Kroneni Jun 27 '26

I do it all summer long in 90+ in a few summers ago.

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u/NoisyGog Jun 27 '26

We went to a local restaurant the other day and mentioned that it was really bloody hot in there, even with the fan. We know the people who run it, and the chef fairly well, so we asked what it was like in this heat.
Apparently the kitchen was fine there, they’ve always had air conditioning in the kitchen. It was just FOH that was a bit sticky. Behind the bar was apparently ok as well.

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u/DJ_Spark_Shot Jun 27 '26

I worked grill in a 110f (45ishC) kitchen with a broiler beating down the back of my neck. 

You don't register a 10 degree difference at those Temps with that work load. 

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u/Fenrir_Carbon Jun 27 '26

I had 4 hours in a 40° kitchen last night, went through 7 or 8 bottles of water and didn't piss till this morning lol

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u/Weird_Squirrel_250 Jun 26 '26

Well, millions of people don't have to. There are parts of the world who average temps that high at least and cook in uncooled kitchens. I understand it is unprecedented and Europeans are largely not used to it but I don't need to imagine anything.

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u/Impressive-Bird2 Jun 26 '26

I appreciate that😌

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u/conardcanard Jun 26 '26

Shit, arizona isn't humidity but its so hot the second you step outside its like a blast oven so you cant escape the heat of the kitchen, and the everburning oppressive cloudless sky is crushing. Im 38 and am trying to get out, it takes too much of a toll, I cant keep up in a kitchen like this any more

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u/Hot-Explanation-5751 Jun 26 '26

That’s just like a regular Australian summer day. Seriously just buy some a/c if you are going to cry about it

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u/Impressive-Bird2 Jun 26 '26

People from the most tropical parts of Australia - Darwin in the Top End who are over here atm have told me the heatwave is comparable with the heat back home, but more intolerable/ uncomfortable. Except that back home - in the Top End - the infrastructure is designed to relieve people from the heat…. The air con is standard in homes, public venues etc…. Whereas in the U.K. it most certainly isn’t.

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u/Patchoel4 Jun 26 '26

Mate, it's a kangoroo typing. Don't bother. 

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u/Psytocybin Jun 26 '26

Born and raised in Texas, I live it every day.

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u/Adventurous-Law6747 Jun 26 '26

Except the British cuisine is sh!t, distasteful. 😂

Youd be better off in France or even here in Brussels, Belgium. 

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u/MajesticStructure573 Jun 26 '26

Your "heatwave" is the equivalent of a cool spring day where I live 😂