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As a chef, what’s the one thing that’s guaranteed to bring you out in a cold sweat, the nightmarish scenario that keeps you awake at night? Messing up the ordering perhaps, or sending out an undercooked dish to a top food critic?
We came across this interesting thread over on Quora, which asks chefs what their worst nightmare would be. Take a look below and let us know what your worst nightmare would be over on our Facebook page!
Jay Racavich
My worst nightmare as a chef is power outages.
Dan Knight
- Ordering food from the supplier and it not turning up.
- Working with staff who don't clear up after themselves.
- Staff who don't listen, aren't punctual, insubordinate and have bad personal hygiene.
- Working with floor staff who don't know what they're doing.
- Trying to work without the proper equipment.
- Never getting paid properly for the work you do.
- Running out of the most popular meals because the staff have eaten the ingredients.
David Mowbray
Any chefs nightmare has to be the boss who:
a) thinks Gordon Ramsay is the world's finest chef.
b) thinks he IS Gordon Ramsay.
Michael Terry
Having chefs in your brigade who don’t have any any passion for what they are doing.
Kerry Heffernan
Fire system suddenly engages and fire sprinklers going off during service.
Rich Rogers
An owner that won't buy quality ingredients and meddles incompetently with the menu.
Karl Troutman
Fire, and the fallout of fire.
Charles Mann
Poisoning customers would be the worst nightmare under any conditions.
Shawn Ramirez
My worst nightmare is a bad recession – I worked through the recession of 2008, etc, and everyone's hard work was all for naught. You just couldn't win.
Keith Wright
Losing water. The restaurant has to shut down.
Christopher Stanton
Rebellious staff that won't follow instructions.
John Smith
People getting sick. A bunch of them. And it being our fault … I’m not sure I would recover from it.
