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@chef_rodney_117, career, chef, cleaver and blade, culinary tales, customers, direction, food, kitchen, love, restaurant, restaurant business, Rodney Lienhart, service industry - February 13, 2020

“The Point of No Return”

Upon picking up your first knife. A curiosity that you will find out, will never be filled.

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@chef_rodney_117, career, chef, cleaver and blade, culinary tales, customers, direction, food, kitchen, love, restaurant, restaurant business, Rodney Lienhart, service industry - February 11, 2020

“Don’t Worry, We’ll Clean Up.”

How many of us out there have stayed late? How many of us out there have opened early? Shit, how many of us have come in on our day off? The answers for the test are as follows: all of us, we all have, and I don’t want to talk about it. If you answered anything else. You’re nicer than most of us. And could teach all of us a great deal of patience. But at the same time, we are bothered by a whole other reason. And that reason is the lack of respect that we in the industry...

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career, chef, cleaver and blade, customers, direction, food, kitchen, love, restaurant, restaurant business, service industry - February 08, 2020

"Loyalty Goes Both Ways"

Loyalty is something that is earned and constantly reinforced...

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@chef_rodney_117, career, chef, cleaver and blade, customers, direction, drinks, food, kitchen, restaurant, restaurant business, Rodney Lienhart, service industry - February 06, 2020

“The Good Life”

Anyone who has ever worked in a kitchen knows all too well that cooking isn’t a job. It’s a lifestyle. And people from all walks of life, come together in the kitchen and give it all they got. Because if you don’t, it will eat you alive. There’s no work to life ratio...

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@chefcliffsmith, career, chef, cleaver and blade, Clifford Smith, direction, food, kitchen, love, restaurant, restaurant business - February 05, 2020