You start your working day by meeting the team to discuss the day. Next, you take out the mise en place list and check whether everything is ready and properly replenished for lunch. While running the lunch shift, you come up with a good idea for the new menu. After serving the lunch dishes, you have a cup of coffee with the team at 15:00 and discuss the idea with the chef. The chef thinks it’s a good idea too, so you immediately put the ingredients on the order list to test cook the new dish this week.
It will be a busy evening tonight, so good kitchen preparation is key. As a result, by 17:00 everything is ready again. After a nice staff meal, the evening can start. The first orders come in and, together with the chef, you make sure the evening runs smoothly. You are our chef’s right-hand man; on days when he is absent, you lead the kitchen team in a motivating way.
The kitchen closes at 23:00 and you make sure the kitchen is clean when you go home. Taking into account the observance of hygiene and cleaning regulations (HACCP), you carry out an extra check.
After a successful day, you do not feel like going home yet, as do a number of team members and you decide to grab a drink.