Hell's Kitchen

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I thought some of you in the hospitality industry may enjoy the show...

I just wanted some insight to working on the line. I mean, some of those people fuck up chicken.... why would you sign up for a show when you can't make a chicken breast?

There was a woman from my area on the show, she was also the first one voted off.

oops....

The funny thing is it does have some similarities to working on the line, everyone is yelling in the back, the expeditor (typically the sous chef) is trying to ensure the orders are right and look good and the wait staff is typically complaining because they want their order now or they won't get a big enough tip, even though your being butt raped with orders and sweating like Patrick Ewing.

Depending on where you work the competition could be just as bad and people either not caring or messing your stuff up but not for a cash price just because they don't like you or thier high or whatever the reason. But it is also friggin fun, most of my time on the line I had a blast, I liken it to sports, where you felt like you were a team and you wanted to bang out as many orders without anything getting sent back as quick as possible and the people I worked with we had fun doing it..

Oh and yes depending on where you work some people on the line can't cook chicken, or toast or calamari, or whatever it sometimes happens when it is game time.

If you want to see a great representation of working on the line check out Anthony Bourdain's episode when he goes back to NYC and works on the line at his old restaurant he goes into great detail describing the life, etc. Plus he works a double on the line that night the episode it amazing as a Chef one of my favorite depictions of working the line and why I got out, ha!