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pie mash
I made this turned out like cupboard the filling was good need to try a new recipe for pastry .
I’ll Never Eat Another Sandwich: British Food Supplier Fined 17K For “Mickey” Bread
September 27, 2010 in Aaaaahh, Bread, Bread In The Head, Do Not Want, Food, Gross!, Horf, Horfironi Rolls, I Would Sue For Giving Me An Eating Disorder, Mickey Noooooooo!, Mouse, No Need To Add Meat!, Om Nom Nom, Protein Bread, Rodents, Sandwiches, That Is Disgusting I’m not saying I’ve never eaten a mouse before but that’s because I have and I’m not proud about it. But I would still cry myself to sleep […]
Cake Disasters
Did you see our post on the amazing Harry Potter cakes!? If not head over to Beat That. Now we go from the amazing to the not so, erm, successful attempts at home baking. Enjoy! – Got any kitchen disasters of your own? Upload them and share them with us!
A Ride in the Oven
A Ride in the Oven When I was 15 (15 years ago) I worked at a bagel bakery attached to an upscale resturaunt and hotel. I did everything you could immagine while I worked there. Cleaning rooms, remodeling basements, baking bagels, prepping food for our “chef”. One of the initaition rituals that chef Ricardo liked […]
Pasta-rolling machine
Chef: Greg Howe, Richard Sandoval Restaurant Group Instrument of Injury: Pasta-rolling machine At another restaurant at one of our hotel properties, one of the cooks was feeding dough into the commercial pasta-rolling machine, and it caught his sleeve. It pulled his arm through the two stone rollers and crushed every bone in his hand and arm. They had […]
Steam-jacket kettle
Chef: Jon Keeley, Gemini Restaurant Group (Chicago) Instrument of Injury: Steam-jacket kettle I was working in the banquet department of a hotel in Boston where we did all the stocks in 60-gallon steam jacket kettles that have a drain spout at the bottom of the kettle. My co-worker was draining the 212-degree stock while crouching in front of it […]
Meat slicer
Chef: Paul Shaked, The Cleveland Instrument of Injury: Meat slicer I was working at my dad’s restaurant, Sofia’s of Little Italy. I used to man the pizza station and I had run out of pepperoni. The slicer they use is very big, as it’s built to slice whole legs of prosciutto — maybe an 18-inch blade. You have […]
Hot bone marrow
Chef: Robin Song, Hog & Rocks (San Francisco) Instrument of Injury: Hot bone marrow On a busy Friday night, my sous chef was on vacation and my kitchen was under-staffed — no line cook and no expeditor. At the peak of the rush, around 8:30 p.m., the tickets were flying and guests were all looking for bone marrow. To […]
Chef Horror Stories
Chef Horror Stories Exploding propane tanks! Coked-up celebrities! Oprah meltdowns! From Rachael Ray to Paula Deen, the world’s most famous chefs reveal their most stomach-turning moments. Exploding propane tanks! Coked-up celebrities! Oprah meltdowns! An emergency order for Tyra Banks! From Rachael Ray to Paula Deen, the world’s most famous chefs reveal their most stomach-turning moments. The second-annual […]
Duck Fat
Chef: Shaun Hergatt, Juni Instrument of Injury: Duck fat When I was chef de cuisine at the Ritz Carlton in Sydney, I had a whole tray of hot, cooked duck in my arms. As I was walking through the kitchen with it, the executive sous chef spilled a bunch of duck fat, which I slipped […]
Hot bone fat.
Chef: Robin Song, Hog & Rocks (San Francisco) Instrument of Injury: Hot bone marrow On a busy Friday night, my sous chef was on vacation and my kitchen was under-staffed — no line cook and no expeditor. At the peak of the rush, around 8:30 p.m., the tickets were flying and guests were all looking […]
Tin Foil
Chef: Michele Mazza, Trattoria Il Mulino Instrument of Injury: An industrial-size rack of aluminum foil One of the sous chefs was reaching for a large industrial-size rack of aluminum foil — the thing must’ve weighed at least 15 pounds — and he lost his grip. The box fell on his arm, razor side first, and […]
stock pots, ooh! that’s gotta hurt
Chef: Jon Keeley, Gemini Restaurant Group (Chicago) Instrument of Injury: Steam-jacket kettle I was working in the banquet department of a hotel in Boston where we did all the stocks in 60-gallon steam jacket kettles that have a drain spout at the bottom of the kettle. My co-worker was draining the 212-degree stock while crouching […]
Fryer, say no more.
Chef: Keeley, Gemini Restaurant Group (Chicago) Instrument of Injury: Fryer I was closing down a restaurant in Florida doing the end of the night clean up as normal. Our grill cook was standing on top of the six-burner station cleaning the top of the hoods out. As he was looking up, cleaning, taking two steps […]
pasta machine wins!
Chef: Greg Howe, Richard Sandoval Restaurant Group Instrument of Injury: Pasta-rolling machine At another restaurant at one of our hotel properties, one of the cooks was feeding dough into the commercial pasta-rolling machine, and it caught his sleeve. It pulled his arm through the two stone rollers and crushed every bone in his hand and […]
dont mess with knives!!!
Chef: Thiago Silva, Catch Instrument of Injury: Cake knife We had just finished a busy service, cleaned up, and headed down to our prep kitchen to make sure it was tidy. Pastry cooks are always the last ones out, so only the night porters were present. One night porter was a little too playful […]
