.: Cath’s Blog:.

 I was told to be in work at 12 noon, so I made sure that I was early for work. When I arrived, I was told that the second chef had ‘called in sick’…hmmm that was a little worrying (he apparently had a hangover) but I said to Tina that selfishly I was happy that I would be working with her as I would learn the dishes properly from her.

Things were fine in the beginning and even though I knew how to make most of the dishes, I just needed to know how ‘they’ wanted me to make them. As soon as I got behind the grill with the Head Chef I felt that she was very stressed out. Every time a check came on she was saying things like “Give me a break” and kind of moaning…After she moaned all day yesterday that her feet were sore I didn’t really have a good impression of her.

It was very very busy at lunch (over 130 covers in 3 hours) and the Head Chef did seem pretty stressed out. To be honest, I hadn’t expected it to be so busy (and even though I was told it was a one off) I told the chef that it was too much for me…she thanked me for giving it a try.

When I went to sign out with the Assistant Manager she asked me how things were going and I told her I wasn’t coming back. I told her the same as I did to the Head Chef…it was too much for me, but I also told her that I had big issues with the cleanliness of the kitchen and that I felt I might (soon) have issues with the Head Chef. I gave her some examples, which I will not list here and I felt that overall I did the right thing.