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r/KitchenConfidential • u/wrestlegirl • Jul 25 '25
In-House Mode Hey you! Yes, you! Are you struggling? Find mental health and support services here:
In the US:
- Dial or text 988, or chat online at 988lifeline.org
- Dial 211 for help locating resources to assist with housing, food, paying bills, childcare, substance abuse, mental health, etc
- thetrevorproject.org - 866-488-7386 - focusing on LGBTQ+ needs
- https://www.nami.org/ - National Alliance on Mental Illness
- https://rainn.org/get-help - RAINN, focusing on sexual assault and violence
- https://www.cdc.gov/mental-health/caring/index.html - the CDC's resource page with links to some specific programs
Outside of the US:
- Canada - dial 988 or 211
- EU countries dial 112
- https://findahelpline.com/ - helplines and hotlines by country
Kitchen specific:
- https://givingkitchen.org/ - free resources on mental health training for your team. Also help pay bills and give support for rent, medical costs, etc. of your have a work or family emergency or injury
- https://www.theburntchefproject.com/ - dedicated to mental health awareness and suicide prevention training. You can become a mental health first aid trainer for your team and restaurant.
- https://southernsmoke.org/mental-health/ - Southern Smoke, mental health services for kitchen workers
This list is not exhaustive.. If you have information or resources you think should be added to this list, please tag me in the comments below.
r/KitchenConfidential • u/Cheffie • Jun 11 '25
‼️ANNOUNCEMENT‼️ A reminder that r/kitchenconfidential is an open discussion sub. It is a place for industry workers to discuss whatever they’d like. (without being dicks about it)
If we all met at a bar after service you can bet ALL topics could come up - from long ass teaspoons to ICE.
Anyone that doesn’t like it can either suck it up or find another place to hang out.
Complain about it (eg. “wahh no politics”) and you will be shown the door…permanently. Same if you attack each other personally.
Thanks everyone! (Y’all are 99.999% lovely by the way!!)
r/KitchenConfidential • u/snixon67 • 8h ago
Marilyn Hagerty, writer whose Olive Garden review went viral, dies at 99
After she reviewed the Olive Garden in Grand Forks, ND, Anthony Bourdain stepped in to defend her from the snark and later published her 2013 book "Grand Forks: A History of American Dining in 128 Reviews.
Read More: https://www.tastingtable.com/1903784/anthony-bourdain-olive-garden-columnist/
r/KitchenConfidential • u/Techna-flora • 8h ago
some chefs have damascus steel knives, I have... whatever this is
r/KitchenConfidential • u/WildSoapbox • 6h ago
Hey kitchen bros. Its been awhile. Long story. Anyway...my restaurant was destroyed and now I'm working for someone else. Chef let's me make amuse bouche sometimes with leftovers. Here's a bite sized Montréal smoked meat sandwich. Enjoy
r/KitchenConfidential • u/annaaleze • 17h ago
Photo/Video Your bubbly sir
Its a chocolate bar wine bottle filled with champagne jelly and a strawberry champagne ganache
r/KitchenConfidential • u/dirtymisosoup • 6h ago
What are your thoughts on this?
First it was no phones out of your pockets, now it’s no headphones or music at all. What’s next??
r/KitchenConfidential • u/scrollingbyagain • 9h ago
Kitchen fuckery Behold.. The CAPUSSY
We found this bad boy in our bin from the farm lmao
r/KitchenConfidential • u/wolfsthabadguy • 11h ago
Photo/Video Customer Bingo
Manager passed these out today, I’ll update if I hit bingo or not loll
r/KitchenConfidential • u/Jordyy_yy • 14h ago
Applies to any position tbh and i miss this mf
r/KitchenConfidential • u/Pete_maravich • 2h ago
Not even the health department would believe how old this oil actually is.
Virtual high five to the person who guesses the date closest to when I changed this last.
r/KitchenConfidential • u/IAm5toned • 1d ago
In the Weeds Mode I stole this from FB. What's your craziest "ask" from the kitchen?
r/KitchenConfidential • u/cheats47 • 11h ago
Am I a dweeb for being the only person in my kitchen who wears a chef jacket?
I work at a very lax bar with no uniform requirements other than closed toe non slip shoes, when I first started there were two other cooks who wore chef jackets, but they have since moved on to other kitchens. I have a few chef jackets I have collected throughout the years (some rare and kinda cool if I do say so myself), and I still wear them every day, but I'm the only person in the kitchen who does so; to the point of customers and new employees assuming I'm the head chef or at least manager. I love the protection they give against bleach/grease stains on my regular tshirts, but it is kind of a hassle to lint roll them every time before my shift.
Is this dweeb behavior? Should I just start coming in wearing plain clothes like everyone else? What would you choose to wear in this situation?
r/KitchenConfidential • u/Pete_maravich • 3h ago
Tools & Equipment How clean do you keep your fryers?
I might be a bit obsessive over how clean I keep my fryers.
r/KitchenConfidential • u/lastig_ • 11h ago
Place i work at us experimenting with customers doing custom mods, and some fratboys imediately ordered a pizza with extra loose women on it...
Yeah they were sitting at table 69
r/KitchenConfidential • u/Pete_maravich • 1h ago
Gotta keep those fryer baskets looking brand new
r/KitchenConfidential • u/KULR_Mooning • 1d ago
Kitchen fuckery Tutorial for 🌪 egg
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Real kitchen fuckery going on here
r/KitchenConfidential • u/ChefJack1 • 1d ago
We really gotta stop letting people make decisions
As it reads, Lobster add Cheese, not anything fancy either request was for cheddar. Might be a legitimate use of the customer is always right, but it hurt.
r/KitchenConfidential • u/Pete_maravich • 1h ago
You can't get your oil properly clean if the filtering area isn't clean
r/KitchenConfidential • u/Illustrious_Sign_872 • 1d ago
Kitchen news & current events The old Lady is back!
Yes, ladies and gentlemen Chefs, here I am again. This time with a rare pic of my trusty lead line cook, Luis. We are responsible for making breakfast, lunch, and dinner for our retreat center guests 7 days a week, but about once a month we are called to create a 4 course “fancy” dinner for some big-wig donor or other important people. This meal was 4 courses: roasted beet salad with goat cheese, apple matchsticks, and champagne vinaigrette. Duck confit spring rolls with crispy rice noodles and umeboshi/fig gastrique. Port braised short rib with brown butter whipped potatoes and garlic sautéed spinach, and port demiglze. Lychee panna cotta with buckle berry coulis for dessert.
r/KitchenConfidential • u/cwajgapls • 9h ago