the american food project

With the amount of undocumented workers in the restaurant industry and our country as a whole, where does all the fucking money go? Bottom line is, if you get a paycheck taxes are being deducted. Wouldn’t you think in some areas, we would have a or should have a surplus of funds? That’s a conundrum that I don’t know, unless I got into politics, that I’ll ever solve. I digress…

Ego Is Not Your Amigo!

Now having said that, I will say that I wasn't such a douche bag that I treated everyone like that. But I did, in fact, use the persona of the chef to manipulate at times to get what I wanted or to steam roll over you to prove that I was the alpha. What a bunch of shit!

UncategorizedMatthew HewittOctober 21, 2018acceptance, chef, chefs, ego, fear, foodie, life, mental health, struggle, therapy, you are not aloneComment

A Chef's Journey-Part 1

What happened next was something out of a bad restaurant comedy, or Kitchen Confidential. He proceeded to open up the box of cigarettes and pulled out a massive doobie and said "No, you smokey smokey?" Does a bear wear a funny hat? Does the pope shit in the woods? Hell fucking yes, I smokey smokey!

UncategorizedMatthew HewittOctober 17, 2018Belmont Shore, busboy, chef life, chefs, cuisine, delivery driver, food industry, foodie, ganja, italian food, life, Long Beach, pizza, restaurant, weedComment

Who Takes Care of the Chefs?

We have a near impossible responsibility to fulfill. Yet, with some stumbling and a fair amount of failures mixed in, we suit up and show up to do our best day after day, week after week...you get the picture.

UncategorizedMatthew HewittOctober 6, 2018chef, chef life, chefs, cuisine, culinary art, food industry, foodieComment