Has anyone here ever worked as a cook at a remote site like a work camp or oil rig...

Has anyone here ever worked as a cook at a remote site like a work camp or oil rig? I'd be interested to hear your stories, as I think this is going to be my back-up plan in life. I have no experience working in restaurants but cooking is one of the few things I am good at, and I would be taking a one year program at a trade school anyway.

Only thing I've heard related, was a guy I knew, worked as an engineer on an oil rig. No expense was spared since it all had to be flown in by helicopter anyway. Steaks every night sort of thing. You'd probably make a lot of money doing something like that. Idk how good you'd have to be to do it.

Yeah, I would never want to work in a restaurant, the shekels are in remote work sites and the jobs aren't that hard to get as long as you're okay with three week rotations. On that note, the meals absolutely need to be top of the line, good food is the only enjoyment these guys have for those three weeks, if the food was sub-par you would have a fucking riot.

Inchon, Korea, 1950. I was the best cook Uncle Sam ever saw, slinging hash for the Fighting 103rd. As we marched north, our supply lines were getting thin. One day a couple of GIs found a crate, inside were six hundred pounds of prime Texas steer. At least it once was prime. The Use date was three weeks past, but I was arrogant, I was brash, I thought if I used just the right spices, cooked it long enough but I went too far. I over seasoned it. Men were keeling over all around me. I can still hear the retching, the screaming. I sent sixteen of my own men to the latrines that night. They were just boys.

how fucking old are you? what are you even doing here?

I find the thought of eating in places like that really cosy. It probably isn't though.

Happy Festivus!

I once spent a magical summer as a cook in a logging camp. And by cook I mean male prostitute

so what the fuck happened? did they die?

this lad gets it
it also scares me that I remeber some shitty dialog from over 16 years ago ,yet cant even care enough to do something with my life
>no soup for you

I've spent the last 13 years as a certified chef on a Maersk rig in the Ivar Aasen field.
And by head chef I mean burger flipper.
And by Maersk rig I mean McDonalds.

I cooked in Antarctica for about 8 months. It was cool but I wasn't prepared for the climate or isolation.

post your service medal

Go to bed kids.

How did you come across a job like that and what kind of dinero are we talking? I'm okay with isolation and cold.

kek

i injured myself tree planting and worked in the kitchen while i healed, if that counts

The military isn't the only presence in Antarctica, fuck stick.

no shit, but civies do get awarded the Antarctic Service medal , unless you were a unmotivated piece of shit and they were happy to see you go

Any medal I was ever awarded in the military was immediately pawned after discharge. What a worthless bunch of metal garbage. I did not want to be reminded of my time serving in the United Oil and Multi-National Corporate Army in support of Israel. Fuck that noise.

Please be bait

I work as a marine engineer, this requires long amounts of time out at sea, which requires a full time kitchen staff. As a cook aboard these ships you will be one of the most respected person aboard, as long as the food you cook is good. Also you can make about 60k a year doing this, the amount you make will depend on which company you are sailing with but they will pay you good. Just don't work on a cruise ship, those are terrible.

Shut up Max, and the White Donkey sucked ass.

Read it in his voice right away.

My buddy is a sous for a hunting camp. Shit's cash, he gets paid a full 40 but only works 20 in off season, 30 during peak. Get full run of the place, including hunting when no guests are there. During the off season the staff hosts parties. Lots of cocaine, can be a positive or negative. You will get run if they catch you sleeping with guests though.

The funniest thing about that whole monologue to me is that he said it was overseasoning that caused the food poisoning.

I was under the impression the meat made them sick, he just over seasoned it to cover the taste.

Yeah, that's what it is, but the way he phrased it implies that it was too many spices that was the problem. Frank's a great character like that.

>Any medal I was ever awarded in the military was immediately pawned after discharge

aww, were you a pog? did you get a CAB and know you did nothing to earn it? 11B two tours, get rekt edge lord.

Well if it helps, Im a retired cook from the military (im 38 btw)

I used to cook pretty good stuff. Had a pretty much endless budget. On a cutter it was pasta monday, taco tuesday, asian wednesday, steak thursday, fish/ middle east friday, pizza saturday, crab and prime rib sunday.

Breakfast was pretty much the same everyday.

My fav was making big things of mac n cheese.

It made people more happy than french fries.

Also banana cream pie

That actually sounds pretty good.
Is the "nameless colorless tasteless military goop" just a myth or does that differ among the branches and divisions?

>11B

Had some trouble with the ASVAB score I see, retard.

I know basic is eaten as quickly as possible. (Get the big spoon and shovel) I still say the best thing i ever ate was a hard boiled egg with grey poupon (sp?) mustard in basic. Ait was better.

Well i cant speak for army or muhreens. But yeah the goop is a meme.


Now there are shitty cooks. Theres nothing you can do about that.

Hell I know the cg is givibg enlistment bonuses to go culinary specialist. The school is good too. Its in Alameda CA

11B. You're as bad as the petrol specialists. You shoulda been in the navy on a sub where they atleast respect cooks

nope, 91 ASVAB score, 124 GT, all other line scores 119 or higher. I'm a white male, I didn't join the Army for "muh technical training", I joined for the adventure.

After leaving my line cook job at a restaurant chain I did this for a little over two years. Paid very handsomely but I got tired of the travel to and from, living conditions, isolation and having shit all to do at/around these places.

I was able to save well since I lived in a bare shithole offsite, as well. Since then I've been a smalltme private chef and caterer and even "own" my own company. Pays nearly as well with the freedom being a cook at one of these sites or working at a restaurant doesn't provide.

>It was cool
in fact I'll bet it was freezing