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Does Working As a Chef Make You Mentally Ill?
Posted on 10/8/16 at 12:38 pm
Posted on 10/8/16 at 12:38 pm
I never really thought about it, but I would be a wreck if I had to cook for people all the time.
Chefs with Issues Website
Chefs with Issues Website
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Posted on 10/8/16 at 12:48 pm to Stadium Rat
Not sure, but you meet some odd people working in restaurants.
Posted on 10/8/16 at 12:53 pm to Stadium Rat
You have to be a little nutty to work those hours for shitty pay in the first place.
Posted on 10/8/16 at 1:13 pm to Stadium Rat
It's a life filled with off people, odd hours, odd days, and drugs and alcohol.
Posted on 10/8/16 at 1:21 pm to LSUbase13
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It's a life filled with off people, odd hours, odd days, and drugs and alcohol.
True
Posted on 10/8/16 at 1:27 pm to Stadium Rat
correlation is not causation. people who are more predisposed to mental illness may be more drawn toward that lifestyle
Posted on 10/8/16 at 1:32 pm to LSUbase13
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It's a life filled with off people, odd hours, odd days, and drugs and alcohol.
Yeah, it's a quirky industry fueled by drugs and booze. Periods of boredom turn to anarchy in short bursts and vice versa. Not to mention the pressure that if you're having an off-night, customers are very likely not to return. It can be a lot of pressure.
Posted on 10/8/16 at 2:09 pm to LSUbase13
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a life filled with off people, odd hours, odd days, and drugs and alcohol.
I always said it is the perfect college job
Posted on 10/8/16 at 2:15 pm to Stadium Rat
This topic makes me think of the late Bernard Loiseau & the recently deceased Homaro Cantu. Loiseau shot himself in the head due to a newspaper publication reporting he may lose his 3 star status & Cantu who hung himself before the opening of a new restaurant because of overwhelming financial problems. I think the pressure to execute consistently at a very high level is a very heavy burden on some chefs.
Posted on 10/8/16 at 2:20 pm to Stadium Rat
Short answer, yes
Posted on 10/8/16 at 2:21 pm to Caplewood
Glad you chimed in.
This post was edited on 10/8/16 at 2:22 pm
Posted on 10/8/16 at 3:17 pm to Stadium Rat
Yes we're all a bunch of narcissistic fricking nut jobs
Posted on 10/8/16 at 5:36 pm to BRgetthenet
Posted on 10/8/16 at 7:20 pm to Caplewood
It is quite stressful
Posted on 10/8/16 at 7:44 pm to Stadium Rat
The job doesn't cause it but it does attract people like that.
It's a job that anyone can get outside of chain restaurants due to lax background checks.
It's a job that anyone can get outside of chain restaurants due to lax background checks.
Posted on 10/8/16 at 8:43 pm to Sisyphus
It's an extremely stressful career. Professional kitchens are different than your regular run of the mill mom and pop places. I've worked for chefs that absolutely didn't allow any drug use. I've been in kitchens where everyone was stoned all the time too.
Posted on 10/11/16 at 7:21 pm to DeltaHog
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Professional kitchens are different than your regular run of the mill mom and pop places
Years ago, I worked in 4 and 5 star restaurants in NOLA. The chefs I worked for were bastards and more like Gordon Ramsey than the nice chefs that were paraded on the Food Network for so many years.
Posted on 10/11/16 at 7:58 pm to LSUbase13
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It's a life filled with off people, odd hours, odd days, and drugs and alcohol.
God I miss my restaurant days
Posted on 10/11/16 at 8:33 pm to REB BEER
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God I miss my restaurant days
Yeah everyone always talks poorly about their experience working in a restaurant.
But everyone I've ever known to work in a restaurant was screwing multiple coworkers at once, partying every free second they had, and having a ball in life.
This post was edited on 10/11/16 at 8:34 pm
Posted on 10/11/16 at 8:36 pm to StringedInstruments
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Yeah everyone always talks poorly about their experience working in a restaurant.
But everyone I've ever known to work in a restaurant was screwing multiple coworkers at once, partying every free second they had, and having a ball in life.
Excellent summary
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