Thursday 03/01/2011

Hey guys, sorry I am only doing this now but we got smashed last night at work and I was sooo exhausted when I got home, I had time for a nice cold milkshake then off to bed I went.

Today was the first day I have actually worked with the Head Chef  (Adam) and when I was watching him I noticed there are so many things he does different to the Sous Chef (Danny), so to make it more to the point I follow the same rules as Adam.

I started the day making 120 chicken schnitzels and pounding the crap out of them takes forever so this task alone including crumbing them takes me around 1hr to 1hr15mins. so by the time I finish it is nearly lunch time and we have to get everything sorted out.

Lunch was soooooo hectic I have never seen so many people in a tiny bistro before and they always tend to order the most time consuming products on the menu, so with around 30 steaks on the grill and plates lining the bench we went flat out, its a bit funny because I don't cook steak at home its a bit confusing how they know which steak is at which consistency. try doing this...

Put your thumb and pinkie finger together and feel the muscle under your thumb... that's well done
Put your thumb and index finger together and feel the muscle under your thumb... that's rare
Put your thumb and ring finger together and feel the muscle under your thumb.. that's medium well
Put your thumb and middle finger together and feel the muscle under your thumb... that's medium rare

Its a really neat trick for someone like me.

The night shift was even more hectic than lunch time but because Adam does things different everything was at your fingertips, no need to go digging in cupboards for things you need. I started the night shift by cutting up mushrooms, onions, shallots and lemons, its fun to chop a ton of ingredients up until you get told not to cut like that and get shown the proper way chefs chop there veg & herbs.

I'm having alot of fun at my new career but it really makes you exhausted especially with the heat over here... but i will be back to write again when i knock off tonight, i have to head back for the dinner shift now.