'Sometimes you have to clean the ceiling'
for six years, which is longer than I’ve worked anywhere. But before I got here, I went to cooking school and then spent 15 years working in restaurants—first as a line cook, then as a kitchen manager, and later as a general manager. People often ask me if I think the expense of cooking school was worth it, and the truth is that if you end up at the right restaurant, you’ll learn more working alongside professional cooks in a week than you’ll get out of a month at school.
Don’t get me wrong! I have no regrets about going to cooking school, but my most-ingrained kitchen habits were adopted while I was on the job. Here are a few of the lessons that stick with me to today, no matter whose kitchen I’m in.Resist the urge to stir or flip food constantly. You need it to make contact with the pan, and for the pan to be on the heat, to actually cook anything.Never dump the contents of a pan onto a plate or platter. Only hacks do that. Use a serving spoon to dole it out.
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