Restaurant staff and your food.

EverEvolving · 01-06-2011 11:33AM

I've worked in restaurants before and the worst I've ever seen is something falling on the floor and being rinsed before being cooked (which would kill any germs off anyway).

Any restaurant worth it's salt would not tolerate that kind of nonsense.

Blobby George · 01-06-2011 11:40AM

I heard one from a mate who used to work in a hotel kitchen in Dublin. There was a chef there who was a bit of arogue and as it happened didn't last very long there. He was on his last day anyway and decided to go out with a bang.

He took a dead mouse from a mousetrap in the drinks store and added it to a pot of Irish Stew to slowly simmer. After about an hour he removed what was left and out the stew went to the lunch customers.

DWCommuter · 01-06-2011 12:06PM

I heard from a mate that restaurants serve food.

DWCommuter · 01-06-2011 12:12PM

I heard from a mate that restaurants serve food.

EverEvolving · 01-06-2011 12:25PM

DWCommuter wrote: »

I heard from a mate that restaurants serve food.

Don't believe everything your mates tell you :pac:

syklops · 01-06-2011 12:27PM

DWCommuter wrote: »

I heard from a mate that restaurants serve food.

You can say that again.

The Gibzilla · 01-06-2011 02:34PM

Pandora2 wrote: »

What in the name of all that's Holy prompted him to do that??:D

I can't really recall tbh, I think the manager might have been on his case.

In the same job though I witnessed the chap who was in charge of the fruit and veg section spraying the tomatoes with a sanitizer used for cleaning supermarket shelves :eek: and the stockroom manager picking up veg off the filthy stockroom floor and putting them back with the rest when I questioned him about it he just said "always wash your fruit and veg" and I always have since! :P

DWCommuter · 01-06-2011 03:12PM

I suppose we can only hope that this kind of thing doesn't go on, but I wouldn't be surprised. I worked in a restaurant many moons ago and didn't see it. However, before that I worked in the prep area of a salad kitchen of a certain well known supermarket. The coleslaw and potatoe salad was made on site and were regularly hocked in by staff that didn't even work in that particular area. It was the talk of the place, but nothing was done up to the time I left.

Degag · 01-06-2011 03:58PM

Blobby George wrote: »

I heard one from a mate who used to work in a hotel kitchen in Dublin. There was a chef there who was a bit of arogue and as it happened didn't last very long there. He was on his last day anyway and decided to go out with a bang.

He took a dead mouse from a mousetrap in the drinks store and added it to a pot of Irish Stew to slowly simmer. After about an hour he removed what was left and out the stew went to the lunch customers.

That is disgusting.

Gone Drinking · 01-06-2011 04:25PM

Degag wrote: »

That is disgusting.

If you believe any of the "my mate knows a guy who once" shat, get out of this thread.

careca11 · 01-06-2011 04:39PM

The Gibzilla wrote: »

Does anybody ever send back food and worry about a disgruntled member of staff doing something to it?
I was out the other night and noticed a chap in the pub sent his burger and chips back for some reason and a friend of mine mentioned that he'd heard some disgusting stories of kitchen staff messing with the food of a picky customer.
Personally I always try stay on the nice side of anyone dealing with my grub because as they say revenge is a dish best served with snot! :P

back in 1997 I worked in a Bar/restaurant in Amercia ,
man some of the things I seen the kitchen staff get up to (including the manager)
from peeing the ketchup , to putting pubic hair on burgers to wiping bun burger's with their asses ,
ridiculous stuff.

I was guilty of one incident myself ,
this business guy was taking the pi55 out of my accent, so I rinse the dirty cloth for cleaning the bartop with into his Pint (he deserved that one)

Degag · 01-06-2011 04:40PM

Gone Drinking wrote: »

If you believe any of the "my mate knows a guy who once" shat, get out of this thread.

I don't for the most part, but only a fool would think that it doesn't happen, even if on a tiny scale.

cosmicfart · 01-06-2011 04:41PM

to many people have been watching Jackass on here, any classy place, unlike NackerDonalds will hardly employ shítbricks who will take pleasure in 'snoting' your food

partyatmygaff · 01-06-2011 04:45PM

cosmicfart wrote: »

to many people have been watching Jackass on here, any classy place, unlike NackerDonalds will hardly employ shítbricks who will take pleasure in 'snoting' your food

You'd be surprised at the staff employed in "finer" restaurants.

DarkJager · 01-06-2011 04:47PM

Anybody from Limerick knows of one particular McD's in the city where a few years ago, one guy got caught having a quick hand relief into the mayonaisse. Fired on the spot and legal proceedings bought as well afaik, but he'd supposedly been doing it for months before he got nabbed.

prinz · 01-06-2011 04:47PM

partyatmygaff wrote: »

You'd be surprised at the staff employed in "finer" restaurants.

I don't know about that. Knowing the chef in the kitchen I worked under, if anyone had been caught messing the food about, he would have beaten them black and blue with a frying pan. Any chef worried about a reputation etc is not going to allow that kid of crap go on in his/her kitchen.

OneArt · 01-06-2011 04:52PM

I remembr once I was working in a kitchen and someone was making a panini. They took it off, put it on a plate, but it fell on the floor. They were about to throw it in the bin when the chef comes over, dusts it off, and puts it back on the plate. Then he says, hand on heart, "What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve for."

I've worked in restaurants for the last three years and that's the worst I've seen. But I can understand why, restaurants are horrible places to work. I would sooner be on the dole than be a waiter.

ringadingding · 01-06-2011 04:59PM

I work in the restaurant trade, my team and I and take our jobs very seriously, trust me, in any place that has a reputation for good food, this just not happen.

Firstly the food we serve has been hand picked and prepped by us, we have worked our bollox off making it nice and when a plate comes back, the first thing is to be upset that either you've fecked up the dish or the guest doesn;t like it.
But thats only for a split second, before the kitchen team launches into action to replace the dish, and focus on the other orders coming in, the kitchen pass can not come to a standstill for one dish. You dissect the problem after service.

Also, the manager, the head chef and the sous chef will be focusing so much on remedying the situation that you don't have a spare second to think up a revenge.

Microwaving a steak for 30 secs to make it well done, or finishing off roast potatoes in a deep fryer are pretty much the only 'dodgy' things that go on, and the universal 3 second rule is in place in every kitchen, deal with it.

Any 'chef' who spits in food or purposely drops it on the floor has no respect for himself, his career or his customer and should **** off out of the business.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i · 01-06-2011 05:14PM

Worked in plenty of kitchens, never witnessed anything like what was mentioned previously in the thread. From canteens to fast food pizza restaurants to pubs and hotels. Chefs tend to take pride in their work, this crap doesn't happen as often as people claim it does.

Latchy · 01-06-2011 05:20PM

There will always be some people who work in the kitchen with low standards of food hygiene and a few others who shouldn't be let anywhere near a kitchen , never mind food .

There might be a few paonoid people out there after reading this thread but ' what you dont no wont harm you /ignorence is bliss ' springs to mind and is probably the best option to take regards our eating out in public .

kingtut · 01-06-2011 05:44PM

I worked in a hotel for 7 years and never saw food that was returned being mis-treated (i.e. spat on etc).

Any place that does do that sort of thing should be shut down! :mad:

Chris P. Bacon · 01-06-2011 05:55PM

Reminds me of this film

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4ZXRlcoEW8

Amalgam · 01-06-2011 06:09PM

Just to make it clear, my post previously was an exceptional case.. the employer lumped his pig ignorance and problems onto the staff, who then did their best to act like children over the various paper problems.

You do see handling of food that is down to ignorance, rather than spite.

I was waiting behind a person in a Pizzeria, just before ordering and I started to focus on the person preparing the food, they were wearing those thin white gloves, handling the toppings etc. The problem was, the same gloved fingers went up to their scalp for a good scratch, then into the nose for a sneaky pick.

Didn't hang around to place an order.

partyatmygaff wrote: »

You'd be surprised at the staff employed in "finer" restaurants.

+1, Restaurants are like any other trade, there's good, bad and downright nasty. Not everyone is working in a Michelin.

goat2 · 01-06-2011 06:13PM

Jeffery Thundering Gateway wrote: »

Worked in plenty of kitchens, never witnessed anything like what was mentioned previously in the thread. From canteens to fast food pizza restaurants to pubs and hotels. Chefs tend to take pride in their work, this crap doesn't happen as often as people claim it does.

i agree with you, i have never seen the chefs doing any of this, they take pride in their food, but there are more than chefs in restaurants, i would always go to where buffets are served because of my experiences of co workers nasty going ons, also with the buffets the chef sets it up and you see it being carved there by chef and handed to you, i have also worked in buffet areas, and that is why i trust them more, also when leaving a restaurant, if i like what i got and enjoyed it, i would always say thank you, that was nice, and i can see by the reaction of the chef that he/she appreciate the comment, after all they worked hard and deserve praise, if food is good

goat2 · 01-06-2011 06:19PM

Jeffery Thundering Gateway wrote: »

Worked in plenty of kitchens, never witnessed anything like what was mentioned previously in the thread. From canteens to fast food pizza restaurants to pubs and hotels. Chefs tend to take pride in their work, this crap doesn't happen as often as people claim it does.

may not happen often, but once is too much

Oranage2 · 01-06-2011 06:23PM

I think people underestimate how egotistic some chefs actually are whether they're working in the Ritz or working in Eddie Rockets and sending back food when the chef thinks its perfect is an absolute insult to him(same if you work in retail and a customer says you're not doing your job well enough when you're trying your hardest - you get mad too).

Also believe it or not some other people in the kitchen dont actually care about you and what you eat.

This does happen though it's more likely that it wont happen!

Latchy · 01-06-2011 06:26PM

Like the majority I know from expierence of working in the catering business that most of our food is in safe hands before being served to us but you can't stop one warped and sick person ( or persons ) employed in a hotel / restaraunt kitchen fcuking about with the food if they so wish .

Some fast food places where the turn over and service of food is so quick , might have a sloppy attitude about them at times but it would be wrong to single them out and it's not called 'fast food ' for nothing .

Thing is we all know people sometimes do get food poisoning from eating out and how the food was stored,prepared and served being the problem but I can't recall somebody being charged with causing food poisoning from doing something unmentionable with the food before serving .

As others have mentioned , quality chefs and catering assistants put great value and care on how their food is before being consumed by the general public and bad habits will soon be kicked into touch where necessary.

admiralofthefleet · 01-06-2011 06:28PM

ive never done any of the stuff mentioned here. im a chef not a monster

ringadingding · 01-06-2011 06:40PM

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

ive never done any of the stuff mentioned here. im a chef not a monster

But we do apply the 3 second rule though right ? 5 seconds if it an expensive cut of meat.

Captain Havoc · 01-06-2011 11:53PM

I used to be a food and beverage manager in a couple of hotels (not to mention time before that training/ waiting/ various other jobs in hotels) and I have never once seen anything disgusting done to food and I can assure you if anyone did, I would have hauled them in for a disciplinary.

Restaurant staff and your food.

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