I'm about to trial at a hospital kitchen as a helper, so food prep/some cleaning/etc, to earn some extra cash while I'm at uni. I've never really cooked a day in my life, nothing serious at least. The most complicated stuff I've ever made is maybe fried rice or omelettes.
What are some tips you can give me so I don't make a complete fool of myself? It starts this Friday so I have a few days to prepare. I'm looking up how to properly handle knives right now, are there any other huge pitfalls I should be aware of?
Bentley Cox
Just watch a fuckton of cooking guides online. I learnt how to cook almost solely from Chef John at FoodWishes.com
Michael Rivera
show up sober on time, do what you're told without any bitching
they don't expect ramsay from you, you'll learn those skills enough on your own on the job
>just don't be a socially retard
Alexander Green
Learn how to properly chop things like an onion, carrot, celery, garlic. And how to properly peel a potato with a knife.
It seems like that's all you'll be doing. A mirepoix is the base to a lot of recipes. And surely you know how to wash dishes?
John Wood
probably grunt work like peeling potatoes and chopping onions desu. I hope you like lifting stock pots
Luis Stewart
Don't be a cunt, look friendly and smile even while you are scrubbing dishes with snot and vomit on them, and ask if any instructions are unclear Congratulations on your new job
Noah Miller
A buddy of mine works in the scullery of a factory that produces instant food. He spends his 10h shifts lifting trays up onto his section of the counter and scrubbing them to remove the scraps of whatever burnt in disgusting food was being made in them while he wishes he was dead. The general discomfort of the workstations, the hard manual labor, the wetness, the heat, the long hours, his constantly rotating coworkers screaming at each other in arabic, spanish, russian, polish, whatever the fuck else, it sounds like utter hell and I wouldn't wish it on anybody.
Pray to god the staff thinks you are good enough with a knife to cut veggies, otherwise your life can very quickly go down the shitter if you desperately need that job to live.
Ayden Parker
Ask questions, taste everything and write shit down. People in this industry forgive ignorance but not laziness. Getting better at knife skills is excellent make soup you practice on mirepoix and get faster at peeling too which you will be doing alot of that monotonous stuff that leads to the final plate.
Wyatt Allen
OP is working in a hospital kitchen, not a restaurant. The food is going to be low grade sludge.
Hunter Rivera
Shut up and do what your "superiours" tell you and don't bring up the fact that you're getting a degree.
