On 2011-09-26, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:

> ability... while after a week working in a restaurant, even if all you
> do is prep veggies, you'll know all on your own whether cooking as a
> career is your bag.

Yep. Tony Bourdain talks about it in one of his books. Not only will
you know, but the others in the kitchen will let you know if you will
truly fit in.

The last time I worked in a resto, I didn't. The kitchen was all sub-30
and I'm past 60. They also were not happy with a dishwasher/prep
geezer who didn't share their enthusiasm for drugs and came with a
lifetime acquired 'tude. Not quite subordinate enough for a fitting
dishwasher. I fit kinda ok, cuz I pulled my weight, but was the first
pink out the door at the end of the season.

nb