How Twin Cities chefs are building the kitchen culture Noma never had

What does it take for a restaurant to be great? In the wake of the recent reporting about the abusive environment inside Noma ...
Bon Appétit

I Couldn’t Change Kitchen Culture as a Line Cook, So I Opened a Restaurant of My Own

When Montreal chef Emma Cardarelli first conceived of Elena—the acclaimed 65-seater serving natural wine, handmade pasta, and wood-fired pizza in Montreal’s Saint-Henri neighborhood—she was ready for ...
Eater

As a Chef and a Woman, I Regret Joining the Boys’ Club

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The Durango Herald

Out of the frying pan? Noma’s Rene Redzepi resigns, and fine dining confronts ‘brigade’ culture

Chef Gordon Ramsay yells at people. His mentor was known for throwing pans and plates. That chef, London’s Marco Pierre White ...
Business Insider

4 ways restaurateurs can build a healthy kitchen culture where every employee thrives

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link You don't have to watch "The Bear" to know that restaurants are notoriously difficult places to work. It's generally understood that if you can't ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Kitchen Culture And Me

I have this memory where I’m five and it’s Thanksgiving, or I’m 12 and it’s Chanukah or I’m 15 and in AP World History. They’re all the same memory, and there are more. In almost every year of my ...
The Boston Globe

Loco Taqueria’s Mike Shaw on creating healthy kitchen culture: ‘We hire adults, and we treat them as such.’

Mike Shaw opened Loco Taqueria & Oyster Bar in January 2015, during what seemed like a constant snowstorm. “It was probably the worst week in the last decade to open a restaurant in Boston. We ...
Chicago Sun-Times

‘The Bear’ dips into the kitchen culture of Chicago’s Italian beef joints

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LA Program Pairs Understaffed Restaurants With Job Placement Non-Profit to Feed the Needy

A new restaurant grant program in greater Los Angeles is aimed at helping to solve several different problems at once. The new initiative, engineered by Kitchen Culture Recruiting, will pay ...