First Name: Josh

Gender: Confusing to some here apparently. Male

Age: 16

Astrological Sign: Taurus

Hair- Color, length: Dark Brown, Short in back and long in the front

Eyes: Blue/Green/Gray

Height: 5'10 1/2"

Weight: 195

Residence: North Georgia, USA

House, Apartment, or Other? House

Significant Other: Candice.....Hopefully.....

Kids: I haven't gotten anyone pregnant. lol

Occupation: Blacksmith and Song Writer

List something we may not know about you: I'm the quietest person you will ever meet. I don't say much of anything at all.

LMAO - - that kind of looks like IA!

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First Name: Kevin

Gender: Male

Age: 16

Astrological Sign: Cancer

Hair- Color, length: Brown, was real shaggy but now it's short as hell

Height: 5'11"

Residence: Illinois, USA

House, Apartment, or Other? House

Significant Other: None. I'm sick of girls

Kids: Haha

Occupation: Well, I'm still schooling, but hopefully something in film editing/directing.

List something we may not know about you: *Insert bizzarre fact you'd like to hear here*

First Name: Sarah

Gender: Female

Age: 24

Astrological Sign: Aquarius

Hair- Color, length: Auburn, light brownish with a little blonde (a little different, it is natural but everyone always asks me if I dye it).

Height: 5'2

Residence: Chicago

House, Apartment, or Other? Apartment

Significant Other: Nope

List something we may not know about you: Hmmm. I am extremely laid back. My favorite things to do are travel and go out with friends for drinks and good conversation. I used to be on both a swimming and a diving team. (Point being, I LOVE the water). I love to play "bar" games like pool and darts, and I do so frequently. Last but not least, filling out these things always reminds me of how boring my life really is. lol

Kids: Nope

Occupation: Accouting
:D

hahahaha

You are really underestimating me here cheeba, yes I do have the job through family. But they wouldnt put me in the position im in if I wasnt good enough for it.

Thier are many employees that work with me that are much better than me. Im just on a high level mainly because of my family.

As the sous chef of the restaurant my main job is to just help out on the line and get stuff out the window. But I have other responsibilities too. I have to take inventory every night. Other than that my job is not that much different than the Executive Chefs or even the line cooks.

as for your comment of studying for the job....

Cooking has been in my family my entire life. I grew up with it. When I was 12 my parents started sending me to a private tech school that I go to for nothing other than Culinary Arts. Ive been doing this program for 5 yrs now.

Does that awnser your questions?

First Name: Brad
Gender: male

Age: 16

Astrological Sign: capricorn

Hair- Color, length: brown, just, plain brown. not long, but not like, shaved short.

Height:5' 11"

Residence: North Georgia

House, Apartment, or Other? house

Significant Other: only the girl who doesnt love me like i love her...

Something you guys don't know:

I'm terrified of having my achilles tendon snipped.

I've been shot with a nail gun.

I'm irritable as crap.

I fall down my entire staircase almost every day.

I'm extremely shy, even over AIM sometimes.

First Name: Kat

Gender: Obvious

Age: 37

Astrological Sign: Gemini

Hair- Color, length: Blackie/reddish kinda long and ringlets

Height: 5'5 (stretching it though

Residence:Papakura..Auckland .NZ

House, 3Bedroom,conservatory,usual kitchen/open living lounge stuff and double garage w sleepout..and pool.

Significant Other: Harry.aka -NN- S-|-alker

Kids: Valerie-Ann, Crystine Dartg'nan

Occupation: Teacher, lecturer..mum..taxi driver,coach

Well...the better part of my life you all
know..the rest of my time is spent..
procrastinating..txting..i get sick of the computer after spending all week on it , so spend my weekends..'tee hee' procrastinating some more or go down to the gym.

First Name : Mike

Gender : Male

Age : 47

Astrological Sign : Capricorn

Hair/Color : Medium length, Dark Brown

Eyes : Green

Height : 6' 0"

Residence : "Bid D" Dallas

House

Significant Other : As many as I can :D

Kids : None ( That I know of )

Occupation : Co-Owner of a Engineering/Construction Company
Coach youth hockey, baseball, football

Something you didn't know : I was drafted by the New York Mets out of high school ( many,many years ago ), drafted by the Montreal Expos out of college, had 2 free agent try-outs with the San Francisco 49ers, hurt both times and retired to a 15 year career at IBM before deciding to go work for myself.

And most importantly, I was voted best n00b flamer in last years HDC voting, although most of you here now wouldn't know it since I wasn't allowed to tell most of you to Fuck Off or STFU :D

I don't think I underestimated you at all...ESPECIALLY if you got the job through family...I mean, of COURSE they're going to say you're good enough for it, the family IS the easy way to float into a job...I mean really, anyone can learn to cook a set menu...and I still think it's weird that you don't know how to spell restaurant.

Yeah it is. You didn't mention that you contacted suppliers, ordered/recieved/requisitioned stock, evaluated menu/sales outcomes, hired staff, designated allocations, planned menus...among other things that an executive chef does, so I'd assume that what you're doing is quite a bit different from an executive chef, if you really look at all that's involved.


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So you were a sous chef three years into your training then?
I mean...the standard course setups are either
A: Full-Time over 18 months (but that's not you, that's me)
B: P/t apprenticeship over 4 years (so, why 5?)
You aren't a chef until your studies are COMPLETE, Any kind of chef, let alone second in charge, I'm just seeing inconsistancies in your story here....the title thing, that just bothers me, I mean, I'd hope that your fellow chefs (assuming there IS any, being a "5-star" restaurant and all, I'd imagine it's more than just 2 of you) wouldn't completely hate you, after all, the sous chef is on a higher pay rate than your standard chefs...I mean, I can't say I'd like it if somebody without proper qualification got a title, and pay rate that was innapropriate, in fact, I'm surprised you don't have people quitting left right and centre.
Now, I'm not doubting your cooking ability at all...especially if you've grown up in the culinary background. Some of the best cooks I've ever known have no formal training...however, they're cooks. A chef is a title not easily earned, and I myself would never allow anybody to refer to me as ANY kind of chef in a working capacity until I knew I'd undertaken all the required studies, testing, and hours of experience.
I think you're lucky, but it doesn't sit right with me, all the same.

So hey, while we're here...what courses of study did/are you undertaking?

*boy - i hope cheebs doesn't realize i'm not ACTUALLY a monkey. . . boy the feces would fly then!!!!*



:D

I'll do this for real now that I'm not feeling so lazy.

First Name: Heather

Gender: I'm a girl...derr

Age: 22, 23 in May

Astrological Sign: Gemini

Hair- Color, length: Dark Brown, middle back length, crazy curly

Height: 5'4"

Residence: St. Louis, Mo., Moving to the Houston Tx. area in May

House, Apartment, or Other? Apartment

Significant Other: Yep

Kids: Not yet

Occupation: "Photo Specialist"

List something we may not know about you: I tried answering this, but the whole list was bad, so forget it.

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First name Robert
gender male
age 50
Astro sine none
hair brown turning white
eyes gray
height 5 7
residence Raytown Mo
House
significant other wife Luanne
kids Gabe
occupation line manager
somthing you did not know Vet, ex army ranger

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wow, you live where "Mama" lived.

Name: Sean

Weight: 160

Height: 5'9

Gender: male

hair/length: dark brown, medium soon to be semi long

eyes: grey

age: 15

Residence: Leola, PA

house

Something you did not know: wrestled on the JV team in middle school, wristband collection and everything else you guys already know:D

I think Eric Cartman said the same thing.

First Name: Robin

Gender: Female

Age: 24

Astrological Sign: Libra

Hair- Color, length: Blonde, shoulder-length

Height: 5'5"

Residence: Boston, MA

House, Apartment, or Other? House

Significant Other: Shane

Kids: Nope...someday :)

Occupation: Not ;)

List something we may not know about you: Hmm....I'm double-jointed on my left thumb...I can wiggle my ears....I drink water like it's about to become extinct...I'm obsessed with music from the 80's...and I'm a complete fool...but the fool part everyone knows about :D

First Name: Davey, but only mom and grandparents call me that . Other wise its Dave or Hey ASSHOLE!!!

Gender: male

Age:36

Astrological Sign: Libra

Hair- Color, length: Varies, shoulder-length and beyond

Height: 5'10''

Residence: Chatsworth, Illinois soon to be Demotte, Indiana

House, Apartment, or Other?Farm house

Significant Other: KT

Kids: Rhiannon 7 Raleigh 5 and whoever else comes forward

Occupation: Auto technician

List something we may not know about you:

I wanted to join the Marines, when I was a teenager, to become a sniper. Stayed out for a woman:rolleyes:

I rule at Skeeball.

I love Andrea Bocelli-Italian love songs.

I am omnisexual. ask me.

I am tattooed.

I write.

I love classic cars pre 1950.

I have a thing for Betty Page.

I had plans to move to South Dakota in a year or 2 but have decided to move to Indiana. Political reasons. Illinois is being run by the Nazi party.

I masturbate....alot.

stats
 

Ok, I give, what is omnisexual?

It means he likes to play the pig on the spit

Name: Joanne (Jana, Joey, Jo)
Age: 40
Height: 5'5
Weight: 118 lbs (mostly boobs!)
Starsign: Cancer (with Sag. rising i think)
Eyes: Dark Brown
Hair: Ditto but dyed blonde, waist length
Resides: Suffolk but moving to London or Oxford soon.
Type: House (rented)
Job: Sales Exec
Sig. Other: Solomon Kane (Eric)
Kids: none

Other Shit: i love crystals/minerals,Clive Barker, Spike Milligan,Metaphysical stuff, volcanoes,hot weather,.
Hate: prejudice, animal cruelty,wind-up merchants,being skint, my current job,
i get stressed about stupid crap,i'm fairly insecure but working on it. i like helping people to feel better,i'm not sensible enough with money.i have Maori blood on my mom's side and Celtic Welsh on my dad's. i smoke too much. i go to the states 4 times a year to see Eric. Can't think of anything else...oh hell, ask Eric- he knows me better than anyone!
:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :p

You're NOT?!...Awww...*is so disappointed...Begins to question the existence of Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny...and the living dead...*

Living Dead? Santa? haha so childish. *pets easter bunny* mweeheehehe

So...The Easter Bunny DOES exist?!.....Hey, gimme some o' that...*Rips off Easter Bunny's head*....Oops...sorry....*Tries to stick it back on*...It isn't working.....Uhh...Umm.....I didn't do it! :D

You.... WITCH! ah well *tosses mutilated bunny torso aside.

HEY!...You shouldn't waste...It's bad....*chomp*

ewww you ate my childhood memories!

First Name: Empress

Gender: Female
Age: 21

Astrological Sign: Aquarius

Hair- Color, length: Very Black(but I have a plan to put a red or gold highlights), Long and STRAIGHT

Height: 5'3

Residence: Cebu, Philippines

House, Apartment, or Other? House, am living with my PARENTS

Significant Other: BlueDevil

Status: Single(not yet married)

Occupation: Creative Writer/Customer Support Staff

Am a FORUM ADDICT.

ok....

I do agree with you about how anyone can learn a set menu. But where I work the menu changes often and we have specials, and different desserts all the time.

Out of all those things you mentioned that a Exacutive Chef , and Sous Chef does. The only thing you mentioned that I have ever done was menu changes, and contacting suppliers.

As for my school. This isnt college. This is a special school for high school students. I can take the school untill I graduate high school. Then I will be going onto college. Thats why I have been in it 5 yrs.

As for me being on a higher pay rate. Thats not true at all. I get payed the same as the line cooks.

So far in my 5 yrs of going to my Tech school. The main things I have been taught is.

The history of food and the development of cuisine. The evolution of cuisine from classical to California fusion. Which im sure you know all about.

classical cooking and current scientific theories and a good understanding of food chemistry and cooking techniques. Study of equipment, ingredients and basic cooking methods of the modern professional kitchen.

Ive had Hands-on application of theory and techniques. Kitchen safety, knife skills, and preparation of sauces, soups, basic entrees, vegetables and starches.

They gave me hands-on experience in the operation of a restaurant. Where i did things like check averages, seating arrangements,menus, food production, cooking skills, meal expediting, cash control and employee scheduling.

I will admit to you though Cheeba, Im the worst baker and pastry person in the entire world.

Im really hoping this clears everything up. I really didnt want to cause all this confusion.

My questions for you cheeba...

Im sure you have heard of ServSafe. Have you taken and passed the ServSafe Test?

Are you currently going to school for culinary arts. If so where at.
And...
If you had to make a 5 course meal for someone you really needed to impress. What would you make. Im just intrested to see what youd do.

First Name: Justin

Gender: Male (though still checking in on that)

Age: 14

Sign: Leo

Hair: Dirty blonde (though it turns orange/red when in the sunlight) and short

Height: ??? (probably about 5'8)

Weight: 130 pounds

Job: High School Student (freshman); owner of The Horror Movie Tournament (it feels like a job to me, and I love it)

Resides: Pennsylvania

Eyes: Hazel

Home: Trailer (I think it's a double-wide and it's quite nice to live in. And no, it doesn't have wheels)

Status: I have a girlfriend

Significant Other: Shana (if I understand this right)

First Name: Jose

Gender: Macho

Age: 26 (and counting)

Astrological Sign: Tauro
Hair- Color, length: Black,short

Height: 1m 93 ct

Residence:Barcelona, Spain

House, Apartment, or Other?looks like an apartment

Significant Other: none

Kids: none

Occupation: Lawyer (on practices)

List something we may not know about you:
nothing special, I'v finish my law studies last year (I'm so lazy)
now I've finished my postgrade studies and I'm in a legal firm as trainie (I think it is how it said in english). I love rock music, films, videogames, comics, get out with my friends to take some beers...all those things

ok fine - - - in the midst of all this arguing and controversy i'm ready to make a confession. . .


I REALLY AM A MONKEY - THAT'S RIGHT. . . A MONKEY. . . prehensile tail, grasping feet, hair, penchant for bananas, flinging dung, the whole works. . .

I just hope that my simian confession helps to clear the air and get things back to normal around here. . .


(and, if not, you can all kiss my hairy monkey poo-nuts!)



:D

Awesome, after this pearl of wisdom I'll go to my bed (and of course 'cause I've finished with all the beer that I have)

i'm glad i could bring some peace to your life. . . bless you my brother

:D

ooooohhh spanish! Quirro sexo ahora. Ooopps I mean coma estas

First Name: Mike

Gender: Male

Age: 42

Astrological Sign: Sagittarius

Hair- Color, length: Dark brown w/a bit of gray...long-middle of back

Height: 5'11"

Residence: Centeral Indiana

House, Apartment, or Other? House

Significant Other: Kim

Kids: Stefanie, John-Michael and Shaefer

Occupation: Delphi - Auto parts manufacturing

List something we may not know about you: Although I have a rough reputation and my appearance threatens and/or scares alot of people (Biker covered in tats and piercings) I'm actually really a "teddy-Bear"... that is until someone steps on my dick. I attended two colleges, with twin majors...Criminal Justice and English.

First Name: Anna

Gender: Female

Age: 23

Astrological Sign: Aries

Hair- Color, length: Light Brown/black medium to annoying-ly long

Height: 5'7"

Residence: Sydney Australia

House, Apartment, or Other? Apartment

Significant Other: Cheebs

Kids: no thankies.. no till im 30-something

Occupation: Currently studying fulltime.. Same course as cheebs. He just started before me.

List something we may not know about you: Got really really drunk last night with cheebs and a mate, Went around smashing lights haha.
I have started really enjoying getting outta that house and studying. I get to cook everyday. Why the hell not enjoy it hah.

The Ladies know what they want, spanish macho for all!!!:D

Just jokin', estoy muy bien gracias :cool:

First Name: Michael

Gender: male
Age: 33

Hair- Color, length: Black, short

Height: 5'8"

Residence: Scranton, Pa

House, Apartment, or Other? rent a house

Significant Other: Wife, Kathleen
Status: married-no children

Occupation: Forklift operator.

Things you don't know about me: I got to college part time
I have been in two demolition derbys (I won my first one, got a trophy and a hundred bucks, lost the second one.) And I started collecting salt and pepper shakers.

First Name: Shauna

Gender: Alien

Age: 22

Astrological Sign: Capricorn

Hair- Color, length: Black & blonde, shoulder-length/choppy layers

Height: 5'4"

Residence: Hell (AKA Southeastern Kentucky)

House, Apartment, or Other? House

Significant Other: Dead

Kids: I have 2 cats that are my children...cats & dogs will be the only children I'll ever have.

Occupation: Data entry :rolleyes: Boring!

List something we may not know about you: I'm a loner. I'm trying to make my own movie...I want to be an actress/writer...or more realistically, I'd like to work at a year-round haunted house because I'm great at scaring people. I scare people even when I'm not trying to. They just look at me and are automatically scared.