but can't find the time. I am trying to read as much as I can though.
I went back to work last week, to new quarters in a new hall, and of course half of our equipment wasn't hooked up yet, so no HennyPennys, or steam kettles, or steamer-they did hook up our gas for our grills, though, and our stove. Busy with usual University catering jobs, but the Fox Presidential candidate debate will be held here next week and the Fox crew came last week-why we're so busy. Man, those people can eat. Never mind the 10% rule, they want double the food. I know- I had to get it together and get it delivered- poor chef, she quoted them a price for what they wanted, they cut their quantites to bring it into line with their budget, then at the last moment, went back to their original order. And you all know what that does with ordering, let's steal food from this job, hope we can get an order in this PM, replace it later, hey, we're not a restaurant, we're catering- yikes. But it's Fox TV and we were told VIP.
So another tough week, doesn't help that our sous chef left on Friday. He was great, though, he gave plenty of notice (a month) and he spent most of his last day trying to organize the freezer and the walkin, and all the storage. He went out on a good note, he refused to be a "chump" as he put it. Now I have to train 2 new chefs because they are splitting the shift. (Not that I actually have to train them, they just need to know what they're expected to do to help get the jobs out, I'm sure I'll be doing a lot of explaining.)
The week from hell starts tomorrow at 5:30 AM. Hopefully it will end on Thur at 4PM. We'll see. Lots and lots of overtime, though, and 2.5xpay for tomorrow!! Wish me luck, I'll be reading, and trying to catch up when I can.
PJ
I went back to work last week, to new quarters in a new hall, and of course half of our equipment wasn't hooked up yet, so no HennyPennys, or steam kettles, or steamer-they did hook up our gas for our grills, though, and our stove. Busy with usual University catering jobs, but the Fox Presidential candidate debate will be held here next week and the Fox crew came last week-why we're so busy. Man, those people can eat. Never mind the 10% rule, they want double the food. I know- I had to get it together and get it delivered- poor chef, she quoted them a price for what they wanted, they cut their quantites to bring it into line with their budget, then at the last moment, went back to their original order. And you all know what that does with ordering, let's steal food from this job, hope we can get an order in this PM, replace it later, hey, we're not a restaurant, we're catering- yikes. But it's Fox TV and we were told VIP.
So another tough week, doesn't help that our sous chef left on Friday. He was great, though, he gave plenty of notice (a month) and he spent most of his last day trying to organize the freezer and the walkin, and all the storage. He went out on a good note, he refused to be a "chump" as he put it. Now I have to train 2 new chefs because they are splitting the shift. (Not that I actually have to train them, they just need to know what they're expected to do to help get the jobs out, I'm sure I'll be doing a lot of explaining.)
The week from hell starts tomorrow at 5:30 AM. Hopefully it will end on Thur at 4PM. We'll see. Lots and lots of overtime, though, and 2.5xpay for tomorrow!! Wish me luck, I'll be reading, and trying to catch up when I can.
PJ
PJ