Diversity in a Seattle kitchen
The one thing that truly stood out to me when I was searching for a job here in Seattle was how diverse the kitchens are. Usually you expect a kitchen to be dominated by white males with some latinos doing minor prep work. Although latinos are seemingly a universal feature in all kitchens, Seattle is very distinctly not the bastion of the typical white male.The diversity mostly shows up in the amount of women in the kitchen. It seems like every place I visited there was at least one, if not more, female cooks in the kitchen. And the cursory survey couldn't let me know how many gay people are in the kitchen, but I'd say quite alot. Right now, there's one gay man where I work in a kitchen with 6 line cooks. That's pretty awesome.
And to be honest, in the end all of this diversity really doesn't matter. All that matters is, when the time comes, can you get your plates into the window, on time, as ordered and looking fabulous?
Gay, female, latino, black, asian, whatever. Just bring it.
2 Comments:
Reading your blog for the first time and really enjoying it! I just finished the Soul of a Chef, and am rereading the Making of a Chef... would love to dare myself to give it a go :)
Thanks for the comment. Rhulman does a lot to strip away the romanticism, but he still is very much in love with the food and I think it perfumes his books ... but it's not a bad thing ... if you are thinking about giving it a go, why don't you stage in a place ... find one that's accepting of people that don't know much and offer to do prep work on your days off for no pay, in return for experience ... you'll get the feel if you want to do it or not.
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