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Why a Chef?

I like food, I like social gatherings with food and I like to try new foods. I like to be busy, and in the kitchen in 'Treme' they are always VERY busy.

Why I would be good at this job.

I like to think that I would be good at this job because I like food, and am willing to try all types, at least once. 

I am quite a stickler for the rules and following the recipe to the letter so you are likely to get whats on the menu.  I know this might limit my creativity in the kitchen but I am more paranoid about someone not liking the food than I am about anything else. You see, I have this theory and it goes a little something like this.. if I follow the recipe then I cant possibly go wrong. There is then no chance of me making shepherds trifle like in the friends episode where Rachel makes a shepherds pie and combines it with a trifle. Both delicious dishes on their own but together? ew! Although ever since I saw that episode I have always thought that cold custard with minced lamb in gravy might be quite nice! Is that just me?

I like to be really busy.
I like a lively atmosphere with challenges and deadlines.
I like uniforms as it saves me the bother of having to decide what to wear, and whether it is the right thing to wear.
I am not weird about touching things. Things in this sentence means foodstuffs, other things I am weird about touching, sticky things, fluff, bugs, ....etc.

Why I wouldn't be good at this job.

My attention to detail could be very distracting, and I have a tendency to try and make things perfect - you could be waiting a long time for your meal.
I don't like clogs - those shoes they have in kitchens that they slip on, I am just not a clog kind of girl. Something to do with the billy goats gruff and clip clopping over the bridge.

I hate washing up – it is the one household chore that I only do at gunpoint, at least it feels like that. Ironing I love.

I am not a night owl but rather an early bird and so I would have to be the breakfast chef, which would limit what I cooked to some extent, and I can't cook eggs.


Have you ever or are you worked/ing as a chef? What made you choose this career? Is it everything you dreamed of? have you ever cooked for someone famous and if so what did they eat?, as I am convinced that a fair few of them don't eat anything!