u/Middle-Honeydew-2228

Hello Line Cooks of Reddit!

I just started at a coastal Italian fine dining restaurant in my city. I’ve been an app cook on our back line for about 3 weeks. I have worked for chains and upscale casual places before but that was almost a decade ago.

I have found myself back in the industry and I’m loving it, however, I’m really struggling with my knife skills. I was put on apps and prep on the back line to give me some time to readjust. The plan is for me to move to Sauté in 6mo.

I am a little intimidated by the skill level of the line cooks and chefs on my team. They are all mostly culinary professionals (school or years of experience.) We do a lot of chiffonade, matchstick and fine dicing sort of knife work and I just plain suck. I have tried YouTube videos, and I would love to ask our Sous Chef or Head Chef to take some with me and really work with me, but they are always so busy and I’m a little afraid to ask.

How did you all learn? I can start practicing at home by cooking myself but I need some financial stability first. A few more weeks of paychecks and that can be done. In the meantime, do I just watch YouTube videos? Or should I just approach one of my Chefs and admit that I am struggling?

Looking for people that want to participate in an aerobatics team. I’m MOSTLY looking for high level players with a decent collection of aircraft. The main aircraft we will use and train with is the Howard NX-25, and the Alpha-Z1. (P-45 Nokota maybe, it doesn’t seem to like strait and level flight. If only we had trim capabilities. 😔)

We would of course branch out to other aircraft and maybe even rotorcraft. We would also be a community that occasionally helps with heists and sales so that our pilots can buy the required properties and airplanes. Is anybody interested, or would this be better off in an RP sub?

My PSN is The_Maschinist

Looking to do sales, heists, b2b Bogdan, Cayo, Casino, whatever ya feel like. Can help you with your businesses too. I’m on now.

Edit: fixed the bold print containing my PSN.