I don't know where we're going, but we know where we are? (Part whatever)
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the ironing is delicious the shuffle popped this on whilst I’m genuinely torn at the minute.
I don’t know what to do. I’ve a trial scheduled for today after doing one yesterday they just wanted me to come back for another look.
Thing is I do enjoy the place and it seems like a bit of a buzz and it’s way handier than what I’m doing at the minute.. which is a Chef De Partie (pastry) for a fine dining restaurant.. I’m the sole pastry chef for the place and it’s getting pretty hard to keep pushing everyday.
The place I’m thinking of moving to is just your classic bar and grill type job. Service kitchen so busy almost all day but prep and so on is handy enough but also a much bigger team so when I leave my station it’s not abandoned there’s another chef or two to cover..
But it’s not the same as i’m used to. Where I work at the minute like we wipe our plates with j cloths and every single part of every dish is made in house. Like our new dessert menu, if I take just the caramelised apple crumble, that alone has FIVE parts that all need to be made independently of each other.
Basically there’s about 40 mins of prep at least JUST for the crumble.. consequently 3/5 desserts on this menu are bought in and just plated as necessary (which is very common tbh)
Agh I don’t know what to do. The hours and pay are way better, but I just feel bad saying goodbye to the gang and to the chef I feel like resigning is like spitting in his face almost. He depends so much on all of us it doesn’t seem right to leave, but then I have to worry about myself too, I can’t just fit my life around the restaurant, which admittedly I have been doing.
Im completely torn on what to do. Stay in the restaurant doing what I love to do but get paid peanuts and break my balls.. or jump ship, make food I’m not super passionate about but make a killing and have a life..
gang, I need some advice here. 😅
edit: also the new place is literally 10 mins away and my current work I commute about 90 mins a day to and from so there’s that..
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The big question I would ask is "What is the vibe in the new place?" Conditions-wise, it sounds like a no-brainer to make the jump, but if the atmosphere in the new place is off, it might not be worth the hassle. Yes, it's great if you get more money and have a much shorter commute, but do you think you'd be happy in the new job? Also, is there a chance that you might eventually move more towards what you're currently doing in your present job, introduce some of the things you've learned where you are now, or other options for development? Granted, I'm just a lowly office drone, not a chef, but I'd personally take the worse conditions if it would be in a job that I'd enjoy, with a team that I get along well with.
Speaking of office drones, deskside over here, just after a little coffee break with a slice of yesterday's experiment:
Still a bit too chocolatey, but absolutely delicious now 😋
Good luck trying to figure me out. I haven't managed that myself yet!
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