Member Stats

[VampiricClown]

First Name: Josh

Gender: Confusing to some here apparently. Male

Age: 16

Astrological Sign: Taurus

Hair- Color, length: Dark Brown, Short in back and long in the front

Eyes: Blue/Green/Gray

Height: 5'10 1/2"

Weight: 195

Residence: North Georgia, USA

House, Apartment, or Other? House

Significant Other: Candice.....Hopefully.....

Kids: I haven't gotten anyone pregnant. lol

Occupation: Blacksmith and Song Writer

List something we may not know about you: I'm the quietest person you will ever meet. I don't say much of anything at all.

[Zero]

Originally posted by newb
I bet his favorite is Funshine Bear.

LMAO - - that kind of looks like IA!

[alkytrio666]

First Name: Kevin

Gender: Male

Age: 16

Astrological Sign: Cancer

Hair- Color, length: Brown, was real shaggy but now it's short as hell

Height: 5'11"

Residence: Illinois, USA

House, Apartment, or Other? House

Significant Other: None. I'm sick of girls

Kids: Haha

Occupation: Well, I'm still schooling, but hopefully something in film editing/directing.

List something we may not know about you: *Insert bizzarre fact you'd like to hear here*

[sarahanne]

First Name: Sarah

Gender: Female

Age: 24

Astrological Sign: Aquarius

Hair- Color, length: Auburn, light brownish with a little blonde (a little different, it is natural but everyone always asks me if I dye it).

Height: 5'2

Residence: Chicago

House, Apartment, or Other? Apartment

Significant Other: Nope

List something we may not know about you: Hmmm. I am extremely laid back. My favorite things to do are travel and go out with friends for drinks and good conversation. I used to be on both a swimming and a diving team. (Point being, I LOVE the water). I love to play "bar" games like pool and darts, and I do so frequently. Last but not least, filling out these things always reminds me of how boring my life really is. lol

Kids: Nope

Occupation: Accouting
:D

[ItsAlive75]

Originally posted by Zero
now that is something i did NOT know about you.

hahahaha

[RavageRitual]

Originally posted by cheebacheeba
No offence, but you ARE talking out your ass here, right?
If not,
1: I'd assume you would know how to spell restaurant
2: I'd LOVE to know where you studied to reach the qualification of chef, let alone the title of sous chef by the age of 15, at a 5-star establishment no less.
Either you were in an apprenticeship at the age of 11, or your chosen college had almost impossibly low age of admission for a F/T course of this calibur...I know I started late, but I KNOW that you don't start THAT early.

Unless of course you got the gig through family, I have to assume that at most, they just CALL you the sous chef, eh? I hate innapropriate titling, it's kind of an insult. I mean, do you even know what sous chef means?

If by small chance I'm being a complete prick, and somehow you HAVE realistically attained your title through hard work and you do indeed hold an actual qualification as such, you have my apoligies, and my congratulations...It just seems a little far fetched to me.

You are really underestimating me here cheeba, yes I do have the job through family. But they wouldnt put me in the position im in if I wasnt good enough for it.

Thier are many employees that work with me that are much better than me. Im just on a high level mainly because of my family.

As the sous chef of the restaurant my main job is to just help out on the line and get stuff out the window. But I have other responsibilities too. I have to take inventory every night. Other than that my job is not that much different than the Executive Chefs or even the line cooks.

as for your comment of studying for the job....

Cooking has been in my family my entire life. I grew up with it. When I was 12 my parents started sending me to a private tech school that I go to for nothing other than Culinary Arts. Ive been doing this program for 5 yrs now.

Does that awnser your questions?

[Posher778]

First Name: Brad
Gender: male

Age: 16

Astrological Sign: capricorn

Hair- Color, length: brown, just, plain brown. not long, but not like, shaved short.

Height:5' 11"

Residence: North Georgia

House, Apartment, or Other? house

Significant Other: only the girl who doesnt love me like i love her...

Something you guys don't know:

I'm terrified of having my achilles tendon snipped.

I've been shot with a nail gun.

I'm irritable as crap.

I fall down my entire staircase almost every day.

I'm extremely shy, even over AIM sometimes.

[stubbornforgey]

First Name: Kat

Gender: Obvious

Age: 37

Astrological Sign: Gemini

Hair- Color, length: Blackie/reddish kinda long and ringlets

Height: 5'5 (stretching it though

Residence:Papakura..Auckland .NZ

House, 3Bedroom,conservatory,usual kitchen/open living lounge stuff and double garage w sleepout..and pool.

Significant Other: Harry.aka -NN- S-|-alker

Kids: Valerie-Ann, Crystine Dartg'nan

Occupation: Teacher, lecturer..mum..taxi driver,coach

Well...the better part of my life you all
know..the rest of my time is spent..
procrastinating..txting..i get sick of the computer after spending all week on it , so spend my weekends..'tee hee' procrastinating some more or go down to the gym.

[DraculaInDallas]

First Name : Mike

Gender : Male

Age : 47

Astrological Sign : Capricorn

Hair/Color : Medium length, Dark Brown

Eyes : Green

Height : 6' 0"

Residence : "Bid D" Dallas

House

Significant Other : As many as I can :D

Kids : None ( That I know of )

Occupation : Co-Owner of a Engineering/Construction Company
Coach youth hockey, baseball, football

Something you didn't know : I was drafted by the New York Mets out of high school ( many,many years ago ), drafted by the Montreal Expos out of college, had 2 free agent try-outs with the San Francisco 49ers, hurt both times and retired to a 15 year career at IBM before deciding to go work for myself.

And most importantly, I was voted best n00b flamer in last years HDC voting, although most of you here now wouldn't know it since I wasn't allowed to tell most of you to Fuck Off or STFU :D

[cheebacheeba]

You are really underestimating me here cheeba, yes I do have the job through family. But they wouldnt put me in the position im in if I wasnt good enough for it

I don't think I underestimated you at all...ESPECIALLY if you got the job through family...I mean, of COURSE they're going to say you're good enough for it, the family IS the easy way to float into a job...I mean really, anyone can learn to cook a set menu...and I still think it's weird that you don't know how to spell restaurant.

have to take inventory every night. Other than that my job is not that much different than the Executive Chefs or even the line cooks.

Yeah it is. You didn't mention that you contacted suppliers, ordered/recieved/requisitioned stock, evaluated menu/sales outcomes, hired staff, designated allocations, planned menus...among other things that an executive chef does, so I'd assume that what you're doing is quite a bit different from an executive chef, if you really look at all that's involved.

When I was 12 my parents started sending me to a private tech school that I go to for nothing other than Culinary Arts. Ive been doing this program for 5 yrs now.

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- Been a sous chef in a 5 star restraunte since I was 15

So you were a sous chef three years into your training then?
I mean...the standard course setups are either
A: Full-Time over 18 months (but that's not you, that's me)
B: P/t apprenticeship over 4 years (so, why 5?)
You aren't a chef until your studies are COMPLETE, Any kind of chef, let alone second in charge, I'm just seeing inconsistancies in your story here....the title thing, that just bothers me, I mean, I'd hope that your fellow chefs (assuming there IS any, being a "5-star" restaurant and all, I'd imagine it's more than just 2 of you) wouldn't completely hate you, after all, the sous chef is on a higher pay rate than your standard chefs...I mean, I can't say I'd like it if somebody without proper qualification got a title, and pay rate that was innapropriate, in fact, I'm surprised you don't have people quitting left right and centre.
Now, I'm not doubting your cooking ability at all...especially if you've grown up in the culinary background. Some of the best cooks I've ever known have no formal training...however, they're cooks. A chef is a title not easily earned, and I myself would never allow anybody to refer to me as ANY kind of chef in a working capacity until I knew I'd undertaken all the required studies, testing, and hours of experience.
I think you're lucky, but it doesn't sit right with me, all the same.

So hey, while we're here...what courses of study did/are you undertaking?