What It’s Really Like to Work in a Professional Kitchen

What every potential new “chef” and Food Network junkie need to know

Every restaurant kitchen has its own special vibe, created by the unique people who work there and the relationships they build with others. There are also certain likenesses between all kitchen environments that echo throughout the community, and it’s clear that the general dynamics of a kitchen are once again shifting. When I started many years ago, it was all about women inserting themselves as a permanent fixture among the notoriously hard drinking, foul-mouthed…