Saturday, May 29, 2010

OMG!!!!!!

I can't sleep at night so I spend my time on the Internet checking out all things culinary and social. Tonight I was checking out bravo's site the network that has the Top Chef. I guess who I find is a contestant on the upcoming Summer season. A woman I have been working with side by side for the last couple days. My new Chef, Chef Andrea Curto Randazzo. My face hits the floor, how cool is that??

The water club opened, we haven't been busy like slammed yet, but its coming. Fact any contestant on Top Chef restaurant usually picks in business, hints why they probably choose to open during the Miami's slow season. Luckily we'll be ready in the kitchen, food has been coming out right and most of us have established a rhythm to their station, have a decent prep crew lead by the wonder boy Christan. Christian is still in culinary school, but is running circles around everyone back, with his products knowledge and hard work. Christian has the walk-ins organized and clean. We can find anything that we need on the fly there.

The Sous Chef Richard and Jason are pretty interesting and cool, as long were getting the food out right they don't complain about anything. We have another Sous Chef, that isn't as talented or trained as the others, he's a turn and burn guy. Meaning he has worked in like Cheesecake factory type restaurant, so he's missing some basics, all he does is yell Come on!!! to everyone. He's having a hard time earning the respect of the staff mainly the hot line guys, I will give him the benefit of doubt and say maybe he has something to show us, but only time will tell!

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

The water Club





























Hi everyone I don't know what happen to my last blog, so I created a new one. So last time I wrote I talked about many things, from Miami women, to Miami people, and mainly the Miami restaurant business. Well things haven't changed much in my Miami adventure beside I served tables at a restaurant called UVA 69 which means grapes in spanish, now I'm cooking at a new restaurant called The water club, this place is pretty fucking massive. The biggest kitchen I've ever worked in and two of Miami's top chef are at the helm. The restaurant has a boat dock, a pool, super large patio, cocktail girls wearing tight shorts and baby tees. In other words these will be an old guy haven. Were schedule to open this weekend Memorial Day weekend, which is also known as south beach's ghetto weekend.

Let's talk about the menu, really simple American rustic cuisine, we got pork chops, ceasar salad, lots of seafood dishes of course were in Miami right. Nothing too hard that's for sure, there is some talented guys working the line on my shift.

I have never seen non Disney employees wear name tags in the kitchen, the Chef passed out name tags and paper boy caps last night we almost died from laughter. Welcome to Disneyland!!! My Chef says!