Posted by MJ on June 13, 1998 at 15:31:35:
In Reply to: What's better? posted by Mike on April 30, 1998 at 10:06:38:
: I received a job offer from a national chain
: restaurant to work in the kitchen as a line cook. Now
: in your opinion what's better...... Should I take the
: job as a line cook in a restaurant that does not hire
: "chefs", or should I keep trying to get in the
: "gourmet" fine restaurants even if it means doing
: prep work or salads for 1-2 years? I very much want to
: train under a chef/sous chef. I have three years
: kitchen experience as a cook (7 years ago) before I
: entered the military. What's everyone think?
I believe you should try to get a job in a more reputable gourmet restuarant.
You can learn a lot more from the staff here than in a chain restuarant than
in a chain restaurant that has the same menu in every location with little deviation
from that. There is more creativity in a gourmet restaurant, and a higher calibur of
professionals. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with a chain restaurant, but if
the career you're looking for is actually in a gourmet restaurant, then that is where
you should go and work your way from the bottom to the top!