So far I watched maybe a half of the movie, and so far, it hurts how much they distort the reality of the kitchen.
First of all, the owner says he owned the restaurant for many years, but I see no stains, tears, imperfections on the equipment. I went to culinary school, worked in fancy places, and I know no restaurant will have 100% brand new gear always.
Their uniforms remain clean during the entire shift. In any restaurant, food spille on your apron and jacket.
The head chef is not wearing a hat, that means his hair can and will fall on the food.
An overweight middle aged guy with a young, rich and pretty ex wife? Pretty mistress too? The rule number one of kitchen staff is that they hire the scumbags to work in the kitchen, fat, poor, handicapped people that the labor market rejected. The servers date mostly the customers, not the back of the house staff.
My chefs had always immigrant wives, mostly from working class, because any other woman would consider kitchen staff below them. I know because I see it every day. Most of my coworkers are incapable of getting a date, except the foreigners, who have wifes.
Restaurants have music. There is a scene where a discussion happens and everybody stoos to hear. In a real restaurant, only the tables beside would be abke to hear it, besides, it is rude to eavesdrop conversations, so the entire restaurant would not stop to a scene that happens all the time.
The main character lives in a studio apartment fully equipped with a flat top, professional kitchen. That doesn't happpen in real life, if you you fry stuff, the smell and grease will get stuck in your bed, sofa, everywhere.
Restaurants do not rely on farmers markets. They have suppliers, trucks who deliver all those ingredients. Kitchens never have so much space. The clutter should be everywhere.
The servers are not supposed to eat for free. They pay for a staff meal. Even chefs are not gourmet eaters. They cook fancy stuff to make a living. In their spare time they go to KFC and McDonalds, because food is a necessity of life. People who go to restaurants have friends and money, something chefs and cooks lack.
In short the movie creates a false impression that kitchens are chaotic places with lots of shouting and drama. They are not. We are mostly professionals who perform our jobs in silence. We can read the bills alright, and when we talk, we say please and thanks, because we are so mistreated by society that we normally stick together and are nice and repectful to each other.
First of all, the owner says he owned the restaurant for many years, but I see no stains, tears, imperfections on the equipment. I went to culinary school, worked in fancy places, and I know no restaurant will have 100% brand new gear always.
Their uniforms remain clean during the entire shift. In any restaurant, food spille on your apron and jacket.
The head chef is not wearing a hat, that means his hair can and will fall on the food.
An overweight middle aged guy with a young, rich and pretty ex wife? Pretty mistress too? The rule number one of kitchen staff is that they hire the scumbags to work in the kitchen, fat, poor, handicapped people that the labor market rejected. The servers date mostly the customers, not the back of the house staff.
My chefs had always immigrant wives, mostly from working class, because any other woman would consider kitchen staff below them. I know because I see it every day. Most of my coworkers are incapable of getting a date, except the foreigners, who have wifes.
Restaurants have music. There is a scene where a discussion happens and everybody stoos to hear. In a real restaurant, only the tables beside would be abke to hear it, besides, it is rude to eavesdrop conversations, so the entire restaurant would not stop to a scene that happens all the time.
The main character lives in a studio apartment fully equipped with a flat top, professional kitchen. That doesn't happpen in real life, if you you fry stuff, the smell and grease will get stuck in your bed, sofa, everywhere.
Restaurants do not rely on farmers markets. They have suppliers, trucks who deliver all those ingredients. Kitchens never have so much space. The clutter should be everywhere.
The servers are not supposed to eat for free. They pay for a staff meal. Even chefs are not gourmet eaters. They cook fancy stuff to make a living. In their spare time they go to KFC and McDonalds, because food is a necessity of life. People who go to restaurants have friends and money, something chefs and cooks lack.
In short the movie creates a false impression that kitchens are chaotic places with lots of shouting and drama. They are not. We are mostly professionals who perform our jobs in silence. We can read the bills alright, and when we talk, we say please and thanks, because we are so mistreated by society that we normally stick together and are nice and repectful to each other.