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Things I've learnt from 7 days in the kitchen

Thu, 16 May 2013 01:32:00 +0800

1. Apologize and admit a mistake, and then do your best to fix it quickly and accurately. No time is wasted on tears, so just suck it up, admit you didn’t do it with as much swag as you wished to, and most importantly fix it because at the end of the day food is at the heart of service and that stuff needs to get out.

2. Be assertive. If you need something, someone’s gotta need it more. If you want something bad enough you will find a way to get it, whether its getting a job done or getting someone to admit to his mistake and fixing it. (And this is so difficult for me because I always put others needs and feelings before mine)

3. The Jerusalem artichoke is a species of sunflower native to eastern North America, and found from eastern Canada and Maine west to North Dakota, and south to northern Florida and Texas. Yup.

4. Importance of a mentor Mentors don’t just dish orders, they also give you trivia, they make you feel excited about the food and cooking, they facilitate learning and they understand the burning desire inside every chef. It’s important because one day you will follow after that mentor’s shoes and be educating someone, and its important that you learn the right way to.

5. Practice, practice, practice Only way to get better. And also its kind of masochistic but as a trainee sometimes the more work I get, the more meals I skip, the happier I am just because it means I get more practice and more stuff to work on= faster progress.

6. Sometimes you just have to depend on yourself for the answers For everything there is Google, until you start working in the kitchen. Then you realize you are on your own and some things just have to burn you, cut you, scald you and do all sorts of nasty shit on you. The good news is after that happens you remember it forever and Google has nothing on your experience.

7. That the beginning of knowledge is knowing that there are far more things that you don’t know Being in the kitchen is humbling. You have to keep asking questions, keep listening for advice, keep reading books on your off days. DONT LICK THE LOLLIPOP OF MEDIOCRITY YOU’LL SUCK FOREVER

Basically, I want so desperately to get better every single day and I go home thinking there is always something I didn’t do well enough. 1ST WEEK DOWN, SETTING GOALS FOR NEXT WEEK.

(somewhat) tired, but very contented.

watching masterchef when joe said “i dont reward ambition” realize how lucky and...

Fri, 03 May 2013 23:57:00 +0800

watching masterchef when joe said

“i dont reward ambition”

realize how lucky and blessed i’ve been to have people trust me enough and give me opportunities when i’ve only ever started from ground zero

also, crying like a baby watching masterchef. either something is terribly wrong with me or its fucking good editing. either way, i just can’t wait to cook and work my ass off

A diver has a very personal moment of dejection at the bottom...

Thu, 02 May 2013 17:08:53 +0800

A diver has a very personal moment of dejection at the bottom of the pool during the 2012 CCCA Swimming and Diving State Championships at East Los Angeles College Swim Stadium on Thursday, April 26, 2012 in Monterey Park, CA. (Photo by Suzanne Tylander © 2012) This particular photo represents an emotional moment rarely caught underwater. This particular diver was expected to win the entire event. The diver knew as soon as he hit the water his form was flawed and that he might have just lost it all. I was fortunate enough to witness this moment as it was unfolding underwater. I captured the sequence of emotion just a split second after he hit the water and began to sink to the bottom with a sense of defeat written in his body language This was the image I chose from the series. I have felt this emotion and disappointment before as many athletes do. My chance to capture it underwater was rare but beautiful. It is a moment no competitive athlete wants to relive but something important that many of us can relate to. It is raw and human and real.

Nora Kirkpatrick from Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros.

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:26:36 +0800

Nora Kirkpatrick from Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros.

nevver: Margarita Georgiadis

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:22:49 +0800

nevver:

Margarita Georgiadis

emotionally-inspired: I should probably shave my legs...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:34:39 +0800

emotionally-inspired:

I should probably shave my legs soon

they’re starting to get a little

Harry

Photo

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:33:35 +0800

Photo

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:20:52 +0800

Thick Dumpling Skin: On Our Radar: "Diyet" List

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 23:26:27 +0800

Thick Dumpling Skin: On Our Radar: "Diyet" List:

thickdumplingskin:

Amy Cheney, mother of three daughters, finds an ever-so-innocent “diyet” list in her daughter’s bedroom.

How did she respond? She got angry. Then, she sat her daughter down to have a talk about diets and beautiful healthy bodies.

F*ck you society. F*ck you and your and stupid obsession…

Photo

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:52:02 +0800

Photo

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 17:24:44 +0800

Tina Fey talking about her daughter Alice.

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:27:37 +0800

Tina Fey talking about her daughter Alice.

mrsalabamaworley: “I believe life is nothing if you’re not...

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 11:22:19 +0800

mrsalabamaworley:

“I believe life is nothing if you’re not obsessed. I only think terrible thoughts, I do not live them. Thank God I am not my films. If audiences can laugh at my twisted ideas, what’s the great harm? I had a goal in life — I wanted to make the trashiest motion pictures in cinema history. Thanks so much for allowing me to get away with it.” - John Waters

FOOD PORN STYLIST (in the making): The Disconnect

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 10:37:32 +0800

FOOD PORN STYLIST (in the making): The Disconnect:

sammnoog:

The suppression is unbearable. This country. Has the talent. Run by Morons.

So, It hit me 2 days ago whats happening. 80% of all the restaurants in Singapore are spread way too thin. A shout from a far is merely just a whisper. Rich people, decide that HEY I WANNA OWN A RESTAURANT. Let me hire a…

Took the words right out of my mouth. This is what I want to be and am working to become.

Savour 2013

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 21:27:00 +0800

What foods are difficult or virtually impossible to pair with wine?

McDonalds?

Wait forget it, we were talking about food.

nevver: Palmistry

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 21:00:32 +0800

nevver:

Palmistry

I have nothing to be ashamed of, I am learning. Until then, people can talk but I will choose what...

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 20:59:35 +0800

I have nothing to be ashamed of, I am learning.

Until then, people can talk but I will choose what to listen to.

THIS IS POSSIBLY THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE. LEAVING MY HOUSE FOR...

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:39:42 +0800

THIS IS POSSIBLY THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE. LEAVING MY HOUSE FOR SAVOUR 2013 WOOHOO

datcracker: tanemon: judgmentofparis: “Wrong Century” —...

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 22:18:50 +0800

datcracker:

tanemon:

judgmentofparis:

“Wrong Century” — Brilliant illustration by artist Tomas Kucerovsky depicting the fate of plus-size beauty in the modern age.

Can’t stop reblogging this

nevver: So that happened. Ang Lee stopped off at In-N-Out.

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 22:16:36 +0800

nevver:

So that happened. Ang Lee stopped off at In-N-Out.