Chapter 449 - Slower Than A Rabbit, Faster Than A Turtle (6) (1/2)
Chapter 449: Slower Than A Rabbit, Faster Than A Turtle (6)
“You did a great job!” June said
After Min-joon had the first testy interaction with the kitchen staff, she called him to her office He scratched his nose with an embarrassed expression
“I’m embarrassed because I feel like I’ve shown them I’m overly confident”
“Of course, you should if you have to If you just wait for people to recognize you, you will have to wait forever It’s good that you are shouting to others to recognize you as a chef”
He would probably ignore it if somebody said so, but he took her words seriously because she was a woman who liked to reveal herself to others better than anybody else She raised her ar do you think it will take?”
“Pardon?”
“I et used to this restaurant and become perfect as a sous chef?”
“I’m not sure because I haven’t worked as a sous chef before”
“Teeks,” she said casually “I’ll give you teeks During that period I want you to fully understand how you should cook, and even make the kitchen staff follow your leadershi+p”
“Sure, I will”
“Do you understand what this ht noeeks is not a short tih Sometimes a demi-chef, who becomes a sous chef for the first time, complains that it’s hard for them for the first several ood head chef like you, all I have to do is just check individual demi chefs and convey your instructions to them So, I don’t feel that pressured”
“Do you trust ht his words were rather unexpected He also looked at her as if he could not understand
“Did you think I wouldn’t trust you?”
“Well, I’ve never thought like that But come to think of it, I’ve felt like that before”
“Chef Rachel has always said Chef June and Chef Dave are the best of all the head chefs of Rose Island’s local branches And the main course served at the New York branch was the best I had tasted”
She didn’t think he was flattering her now because when it caht his coful because the very person she had been caring so nized her Of course, it would nize her As a ourmets who visited June’s restaurant and tried the food heaped praise on June’s course e…’
She once decided to embrace him, but she had no choice but to admit that she had not been able to e, she would not have felt strange about his reply at this ed the topic
“One of the things Chef Rachel can’t teach you, but I can is just one thing In other words, how to get your position right”
“My position?”
“What do you think is a chef’s proper position?”
“In the kitchen?”
“Generally speaking, you ht I don’t want to deny that If you want a restaurant that siood about our delicious food, you will be happy about being in the kitchen alone, assu you have such capabilities”
“Then, what about our restaurant here?”
“You have to get out of the kitchen,” she said in a calm voice
There was no skepticism or doubt in her voice With full confidence, she looked at him
“You have to let people know about you, your dishes, and your kitchen You should not be content with just letting them know about it Make those who hear it like you and envy you Make yourself their idol because they think there is nothing more delicious than one that their idol makes”
“Got it Then, what kind of dish do you want to ood as anyone else’s More precisely, a dish that’s better than anyone else’s A dish that makes our customers wonder if there’s a chef better than June That’s oal is to be the world’s best chef”
He was lost in thought after hearing that He had also thought about it, but he had no choice but to give up even before he had such ambitions It wasn’t because he wasn’t confident, for the definition of the world’s best chef was rather auous People tended to treat a chef’s dish subjectively while evaluating it
Even if he heard fro to their subjective judgment, could he say he was really the world’s best chef?
As if she noticed hi her ambitions, she opened her mouth with a pretty bitter voice
“Yeah, I may rely on others for ht?”
“In the end, it’s up to you how to think about it But if I’m outside the kitchen, don’t you think the quality of the dishes will go down?”
Depending on who heard that, his coht sound provocative, so he spoke in a cautious tone Fortunately, she thought he was considerate enough, and nodded calo down”
“Then that’s not what you want, right? After all, the chef should be in the kitchen, not outside it…”