While we sit back, relax and enjoy the slow-passing time at a restaurant table, slowly devouring a savory appetizer, impatiently dreaming of the meal we’re about to be served fresh straight from the kitchen, things can go wrong on the other side of the curtain. Although we’d like to think we are 100 percent sure of the restaurant’s quality, freshness, and hygiene—after all, it’s buzzing with people and you couldn’t trick them, right?—this is not always the case.
In fact, the restaurant industry and especially the very core of it—the holy kitchen—is notorious for keeping its secrets tight shut. The good and the bad ones. From reheated shrimp cocktail to restaurant staff having nicknames for regular customers, to a chef that cooks expensive meals 11 hours a day only to have dino nuggies at home.
Thanks to the subreddit “Kitchen Confidential,” there are a lot of stories to discover about the daily bread and butter of food industry professionals, so we selected the most interesting ones below. Scroll down and after you’re done, be sure to check out more kitchen confidential posts right here!
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Heard
So Many Orders, So Few Tips
Seems Accurate
There are many reasons why people love eating out. We like the fun of it, the change of place and atmosphere, the opportunity to see people and meet friends, to dress up and relax, forget about things back home or at work, treat ourselves, or simply save time. All are solid reasons just showing how much we all waited for the restaurants, eateries and cafes to open again after the worldwide lockdowns.
Having said that, we can't ignore the obvious—it’s getting pretty darn expensive to eat out. Restaurant prices have increased by 5.8% since the beginning of 2021, which is the highest 12-month increase since 1982. This is because groceries got more expensive this year, with the overall cost rising by 6.4%, which is the largest 12-month jump since 2008. The numbers are mind-blowing. Just think of it—the cost of beef has risen most, with a 20.9% jump. Overall, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that consumer price inflation for goods across the board has risen by 6.8%.
One Of My Employees Keeps This So Clean, He Did This After A 26k Saturday Night. Show My Guy Darian Some Love He Deserves It And Doesn’t Get Enough
I Don't Want That Ham If It's Been Processed, I'm Trying To Eat Healthier
Good Work, Tyler!
What does that mean to us? Well, eating nice and well is getting very costly. This applies to both restaurant meals and home dinners, and even breakfast plates. Especially if we’re talking about nutritious and well-balanced diets. It’s no secret that many people are convinced, probably more than ever, that eating cheap and healthy is impossible, and that healthy foods cost an arm and a leg.
To find out how true that is, Bored Panda spoke with Charlie Middleton, a lecturer in Nursing at the University of Dundee. Charlie has a broad area of interests including health inequalities, nutrition, and the early years of life.“One example is how certain foods are marketed as so-called 'superfoods' ( i.e. avocado) and are given higher price tags, but many very nutritious foods are actually very cheap,” she told us. “Another is the way researchers have measured the cost of food... Consider two bars of chocolate, one regular and one with less fat. If we use a price-per-calorie measurement, the lower-fat chocolate bar seems more expensive because it contains fewer calories.”
I’m With The Boomers On This
Not As Good As Some I've Seen, But It's Mine And I'm Proud
I Don't Disagree With This
However, the studies comparing prices per unit weight of food from the same food group reveal interesting results. “They show how healthy options are often cheaper—for example, if we think about a source of protein; 200 g of chickpeas versus 200 g of chicken breast. Chickpeas are often priced cheaper than a chicken breast.”
When asked what cheap and nutritious products we should all add to our grocery shopping bag, Charlie said that there are many things. “In general, plant-based products cost less than meat or fish, but tinned products can be cheap and nutritious options if these are a part of your diet. Vegetables in season are often cheaper than others. At this time of the year in the UK, root vegetables are very cheap and affordable. Dried red lentils (for example) are store cupboard ingredients that cost pence and can be kept for years. Frozen vegetables also keep for long periods and remain nutritious.”
I’m On My Last Few Days At The Industrial Bakery I Manage. Our 160qt Mixer, Pete, Broke Down So We Won’t Be Able To Use It. I Did The One Thing I’ve Been Dying To Do For Years Since He Arrived
Found On The Facebook
Just A Friendly Reminder That It's Ok To Quit Your Job
Some skeptics claim that cheap and healthy meals take ages to prepare and that’s their biggest disadvantage. But Charlie argues the opposite. “Lots of cheap and healthy foods can be cooked in minutes. Tinned tomatoes make a great base for a pasta sauce and cost a lot less than processed sauce. Add seasonal vegetables and legumes to increase the nutrition. Batch cooking for the week ahead, and freezing portions also saves time,” she concluded.
Flipping Burgers
Tried it once, now have constant anxiety when I hear the sound of cutlery lol
I Feel This
They’re Not Wrong
When I'm drunk, someones in trouble, because I'm 13.
Makes Me Sick
Jojo Pdx
She's Been With Me Ten Years, Through Four Head Chefs. Today, She Clicked Her Last Clack
Line Cooks - This Is Probably Old But It’s New To Me. A Friend Just Sent This My Way
Who Else ?
The Exact Moment I Realized This Is My Kitchen And My Menu! After Years Of Being Told To, I Pulled The Trigger And Dived All In
This One Stung A Little
Please Tell Us In Your Own Words
I Have Gone From Being Drunk In Kitchens, To Recovering Through Them. It’s Been A Wild Journey But I’m Extremely Proud Of Myself. To Anyone Struggling With Addiction, Just Know There Is Hope
Not an easy feat, especially working in the restaurant industry, I applaud your tenacity! I hope you are as healthy & happy as can be.
Strip Club Food Gets Hate But I Took Pride In Everything I Would Do. I Made The Brioche Bread, No Frozen Patties Either. Everything Was Fresh
Story Of The Year.. Every Year
Soup Du Jour
From Dishie, To “Prep B**ch” And Now I’m Officially On The Line! Can I Get A Heard For The New Promotion?
Saw This
Important Notice From My Friends Restaurant
Cook Expensive Meals For 10-11 Hours A Day, Come Home And Eat Dino Nuggies
20 Minutes Past Morning Arrival. Only Cook In The Building. Same 3 Have Called Out The Entire Week. Still Gonna Make Killer Food
I've Had This Saved For Over A Year. Finally A Sub That Will Appreciate It
Accurate
Head Chef Cutting Bread On The Same Spot. Finally Getting Through The Board
May This Person Find Their Special Pickle
I Need Cut Gloves Made Of Tomato Skin
Day 1 Of Our New Dishie, Bless His Innocent Soul
Our Sous Just Walked In
Does My Supplier Hate Me? We Ordered 150 Lbs Of Halibut For The Weekend, We Got One 152lb. Fish. I Wanted A Few Collars Man!
Talk About A Trial By Fire
Taco Bell™ Manager: Serve Spoiled Food Or Be Fired
A Local Bar In A Small Beach Tourist Town I Live At Made Merch Out Of Some Bad Reviews
I Want To Know, Who Was That Client And What Their Nickname?
Found out they call us The Really Nice Couple. I knew growing up was a mistake.
The Drain At My Job Has Been Clogged For A Week And We've Been Using The Bars Tiny Sink Plus Filling The Sink With Water And Then Emptying It To The Toilet With Buckets,for Full Freaking Week
How hard is it to unclog a sink, I'd have done it myself rather than carry all those buckets of water, would have been quicker!
Found On Instagram. I Love This Note Though And Thought You All Would Appreciate
No customer should have to make up the difference on how stingy a sh*tty employer is! That's blackmail! BREAK THE CYCLE!
You Know When The Burger Will Be Way Too Expensive
$16/Hr
Was Handed This Allergy List By A Customer. Things Went Downhill From There
Nfckff
Just Turned 17, 2 Months At This New Kitchen And I Can Run This F**kin Grill Like Nobody’s Business. I Love Cooking Been Doing It Sense I Was 14
I would like to make a meal out of everything on that grill please!
Any Other People Have Compost Buckets At Their Restaurant? Ours Is For A Coworker With Chickens, They Eat Everything We Put In The Buckets Except Onions
Show Me Your Ticket Stab Etiquette
My Ravioli Special This Weekend
I Wanna Meet The Guy Who Wrote This Recipe
No More Broken Wrap Boxes!
Insane Plating
My Chef Sent Me This. He's Taking Care Of Himself On His Day Off
This Review Has Me Rolling. Also, So True Bestie
Ex-Coworker Gave Us A Cake Today
Yes! Follow Suit
How My Chef Plates The Cheesecakes At One The Most Expensive Wedding Venues In My City. 'Crème Anglaise' With Smuckers Strawberry And Chocolate Sunday Sauce, Oh And If The Crème Anglais Looks Foamy To You It's Because Its Just Ice Cream He Left Out
When will people learn that fancy looking food tastes the same as popped on a plate and isn't worth an extra 0
Schucking 28,000 Oysters For An Event!!!
Chef Said He Needed 100 Lb Pomegranate Seeds For Thanksgiving Salads. Four Hours Later We Delivered
"Your Employees Won't F**k Me 1/5 Stars"
You are not a customer, this is why she went to a different place, you're just some random creep who she is definitely right to ignore.
Never Realized Something You See Everyday Is Mind Blowing To Thousands Of People
Oh Boy, Have I Got News For You
I Dont Even Know Where To Start With This One
I would have a job interview with this guy only for the sake of curiosity
Damn
Gm Harassing Me Over Being Late For 2 Minutes After Doing 63 Hours In Last 7 Days
I Work In An Australian Roadhouse Mainly Serving Tradesmen. This Is A Burger With 'The Lot'
I Cook Catering Style Food For Fraternities, And My Big Boss Likes Garnishes On Everything, From Chicken Strips To Garlic Bread. Heard
Right!?
How’s Your Day Going?
Guy Last Night Ordered Flank Extra Extra Extra Well Done … And Burnt. He Said This Was Perfect
Pastry Chefs Are At War So One Labels Everything In French To Flex
If Another Newbie Throws Sharps In The Soak Sink Again Imma Pop, Thanks For Coming To My Ted Talk
Anyone Else Slightly Impressed By This?
If You’re Opening A Restaurant Please For The Love Of God Don’t Use Tiles
Heres A Little Laugh For You All. I Accidentally Ordered 5 Cases Of Buttermilk Instead Of 5 Litres
Line Cooks Be All Like "Just Scrape It Off"
Every Kitchen Has Atleast One
Canceled My Holidays Due To Covid And Every Plan Falling Apart. Decided To Prepare Myself Some Nice Christmas Dinner At Home By Myself. Dropped The Knife While Doing The Dishes. F**k Me. Never Seen A Knife Like That
Foh Didn't Turn Off Online Ordering While We Were Closed For The Holidays
Two Of My Chefs Quit Tonight In The Middle Of A Theater Rush And I Dont Even Blame Them. Heres Some Meat I Made While Drinking Tequila Straight Out Of The Bottle. Cheers
I Thought I Was Unworthy But Today I Was Given A Sign From The Great Cube
am i the only one that thought that was a bunch of giant teddy bears with there butts out
Im A Private School Chef And I Love It
They Really Asked For A Raw Steak Huh
Sure, Let’s Just Stack 220 Pounds Of Flour On Top Of Spring Mix, It Should Be Fine
I Guess My Serving Job Thinks They Own Us?
See, It's Funny... Because It's Bigger Than A Normal Hat
All The Other Food Cubes Can Sit The F Down. That's Veal Demi
I Don’t Think Anyone Has Cleaned Under Our Can Opener In A While
Happy Holidays Guys
Game Day Wing Bar. Getting Ready
Would’ve Walked Out Long Time Ago If It Wasn’t For Music
Thoughts?
Catastrophic Failure At Work Tonight
Apparently The Other Chefs And I Drink So Much Espresso That The Foh Decided To Keep A Tally. Not Sure When They Started Counting, But I'm Willing To Bet It Was Only A Few Hours Ago
Behold, Chicken Cube
The Fryers Are Dropped But The Tickets Don't Stop (Certified Osha Moment)
Coconut Cube, Round Bucket. Cannabis Chef Not Amused
Havent Seen A Green Cube Yet
Walked In After A Day Closed And The Freezer Was At 50 Degrees. Thanks Sysco. Love Throwing Away $1000 Of Inventory
Who are Sysco? Yes the freezer should stay closed nicely, but this looks like badly stacked stuff knocked the door open so fault of staff?
Got A Vac Sealer At Work. My Boss Goes Overboard So I Decided To One Up Him
All My Line Cooks Get Paid $20/Hr And I Still Find Things Like This All The Time On The Open
Costumer Request Of The Night: Provolone On Prime Rib
So what? If they like it like that and are paying who cares? I am very sick of meat snobs
When Was A Time Your Chef Went Too Far?
Alright, Which One Of You Troglodytes Did This?
Honestly, F**k This Guy
The only reason this pretentious prick is "famous" is due to memes. Nothing more. His food is shite and overpriced rubbish.
If work environments would be less toxic people wouldn't flee their job to search for a better one. It is all a matter of how people are treated and paid. But unfortunately hire and fire plus exploitation is still the essence of capitalism in the US. And politicians won't change that as they get bribery from companies to keep the status quo.
Just knowing humans like that exist is frustrating. How we treat people matters and if it weren't for the horrible people in this world. The rest of us would be existing and thriving just fine.
Load More Replies...Was Concierge at a Country House Hotel, did one shift to cover for a sick KP, I’m not anywhere near being suitable for that job, I doff my cap to ‘em, I’m way too much of a lightweight! When I got tips from VIPs I always looked after the brigade, they could wreck a stay with one mistake, they regularly went above and beyond the call of duty. Tip your server and chip in an extra bit for the team who made it possible.
The DIRT. All I can see in these photos is disgustingly poor standards of hygiene in the kitchen, everywhere. I struggle to eat out because all I can think about is what is happening behind the scenes.
My fave is the Forensic Files where the guy was suspected of murder, wouldn't give a DNA sample and was cagey about leaving cigarette butts. Finally a cop followed him to a restaurant and grabbed a fork he'd eaten with. Now here's the kicker. They found his DNA and the DNA of the woman who USED THE FORK BEFORE HIM.
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If work environments would be less toxic people wouldn't flee their job to search for a better one. It is all a matter of how people are treated and paid. But unfortunately hire and fire plus exploitation is still the essence of capitalism in the US. And politicians won't change that as they get bribery from companies to keep the status quo.
Just knowing humans like that exist is frustrating. How we treat people matters and if it weren't for the horrible people in this world. The rest of us would be existing and thriving just fine.
Load More Replies...Was Concierge at a Country House Hotel, did one shift to cover for a sick KP, I’m not anywhere near being suitable for that job, I doff my cap to ‘em, I’m way too much of a lightweight! When I got tips from VIPs I always looked after the brigade, they could wreck a stay with one mistake, they regularly went above and beyond the call of duty. Tip your server and chip in an extra bit for the team who made it possible.
The DIRT. All I can see in these photos is disgustingly poor standards of hygiene in the kitchen, everywhere. I struggle to eat out because all I can think about is what is happening behind the scenes.
My fave is the Forensic Files where the guy was suspected of murder, wouldn't give a DNA sample and was cagey about leaving cigarette butts. Finally a cop followed him to a restaurant and grabbed a fork he'd eaten with. Now here's the kicker. They found his DNA and the DNA of the woman who USED THE FORK BEFORE HIM.
Load More Replies...Thanks for your information Please visit us at : https://uhamka.ac.id/