Long String of Bad Luck Finally Coming to an End

So, I'm not sure who here remembers me or knows who I am. But I was fairly active on KKF about a year-ish ago. At the time I was working in a great restaurant in DC and had my career on track. Then my father became very ill and I had to move back home to help take care of him. Unfortunately, this meant that I would have to sacrifice my career in the kitchen because my parents live in this tiny little town in WV where the only restaurants are fast food joints and a couple of diners.

However, there is a new restaurant with a casual/fine dining focus that is opening just two blocks away from where I live. It has an open kitchen, farm to table concept, wood fired oven and wood burning grill and a large selection of wine, all of which lines up perfectly with my experience in the kitchen. I applied to work in the kitchen. I was expecting line cook or something along those lines as that is what I've always done. However, after the interview, the chef offered me the position of being his sous chef. He said he wasn't actually planning on hiring one yet, but after talking to me and my references, he couldn't pass up the opportunity.

I am very excited to get started and I can't wait for the construction to finish and the kitchen to finally open (in about 3 weeks). This is an amazing opportunity for me. I am so excited to get back into a kitchen again. I have felt like an empty husk without being able to be in one. I can't really explain it but I love the feeling where I am drenched in sweat, I'm sore and tired and just realize that I haven't eaten in about 10 hours then manage to push through and finish a service. My wife thinks I'm crazy, but it is rewarding coming home tired, hungry and scraping salt off my arms from all of the dried sweat and being content knowing that service went well. I love everything about working in a kitchen and I'm so happy to be able to get back in one.


I just wanted to share my recent string of good luck with everyone.


Thank you

 

Best wishes for your new journey.

 

Nice! You leave the restaurant scene and then the restaurant scene comes to you. Good luck with the opening!

 

Fantastic news, and thanks for sharing it with us. Best wishes for you on your new job!

 

Congratulations!

Here's to a great grand opening and years of success ahead. :cool1

 

great news, congratulation!

 

Congrats bro!

 

Sounds like a home run! Good luck.

 

Congrats and good luck to you!

 

Sounds like a great opportunity to jump back into it all. Best of luck.

 

Good luck, I hope it works out great!

 

That is living the dream, to me. Big city restaurant in a small town. Good luck!

 

Best of luck. And that Ealy is waiting whenever you want it. I finally found it two days ago

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after service you can get plastered and walk home, double win!

 

This looks lilke a great opportunity! Hopefuly it will work out great!

 

Awesome news!
I'm extremely happy for you, that your passion is back... Congrats.

 

Fantastic news! Congratulations and best of luck with the new job.

 

Congratulations! Hopefully this is the beginning of a beautiful relationship for you!

 

good luck, keep us posted.

 

Congrats, and good luck! That is amazing news. Life without our passions is hell. Glad you are out of it.