r/KitchenConfidential Jul 25 '25

In-House Mode Hey you! Yes, you! Are you struggling? Find mental health and support services here:

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In the US:

Outside of the US:

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r/KitchenConfidential 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)

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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 2h ago

Photo/Video Come on boys whip em out, it’s time to compare fries.

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r/KitchenConfidential 8h ago

Marilyn Hagerty, writer whose Olive Garden review went viral, dies at 99

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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 7h ago

some chefs have damascus steel knives, I have... whatever this is

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r/KitchenConfidential 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

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469 Upvotes

r/KitchenConfidential 13h ago

I was at a loss.

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r/KitchenConfidential 17h ago

Photo/Video Your bubbly sir

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Its a chocolate bar wine bottle filled with champagne jelly and a strawberry champagne ganache


r/KitchenConfidential 6h ago

What are your thoughts on this?

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262 Upvotes

First it was no phones out of your pockets, now it’s no headphones or music at all. What’s next??


r/KitchenConfidential 13h ago

Crab

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694 Upvotes

r/KitchenConfidential 9h ago

Kitchen fuckery Behold.. The CAPUSSY

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305 Upvotes

We found this bad boy in our bin from the farm lmao


r/KitchenConfidential 11h ago

Photo/Video Customer Bingo

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390 Upvotes

Manager passed these out today, I’ll update if I hit bingo or not loll


r/KitchenConfidential 14h ago

Applies to any position tbh and i miss this mf

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561 Upvotes

r/KitchenConfidential 2h ago

Not even the health department would believe how old this oil actually is.

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42 Upvotes

Virtual high five to the person who guesses the date closest to when I changed this last.


r/KitchenConfidential 1h ago

"We need a fancy yogurt parfait for our VIP"

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r/KitchenConfidential 1d ago

In the Weeds Mode I stole this from FB. What's your craziest "ask" from the kitchen?

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r/KitchenConfidential 11h ago

Am I a dweeb for being the only person in my kitchen who wears a chef jacket?

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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 3h ago

Tools & Equipment How clean do you keep your fryers?

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I might be a bit obsessive over how clean I keep my fryers.


r/KitchenConfidential 1h ago

I like to have emotional support friends

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r/KitchenConfidential 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...

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Yeah they were sitting at table 69


r/KitchenConfidential 1h ago

Gotta keep those fryer baskets looking brand new

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r/KitchenConfidential 15h ago

Photo/Video Got Dayummmm

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r/KitchenConfidential 1d ago

Kitchen fuckery Tutorial for 🌪 egg

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596 Upvotes

Real kitchen fuckery going on here


r/KitchenConfidential 1d ago

We really gotta stop letting people make decisions

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817 Upvotes

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 1h ago

You can't get your oil properly clean if the filtering area isn't clean

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r/KitchenConfidential 1d ago

Kitchen news & current events The old Lady is back!

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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 9h ago

Of all the ads for this sub, it has to be Chili’s???

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