It’s getting hot in our metaphorical podcast kitchen as we talk about Wolfgang Puck and dish behind the scenes of working in the food industry.
Wolfgang Puck is an Austrian-born American celebrity chef and restaurateur, who’s famous for his high end gourmet restaurants, catering services and cookbooks. Kate tells the story of how he was raised and reached his culinary successes.
Kate studied Pastry Arts and Baking at Johnson & Wales University in Rhode Island, receiving her bachelor’s degree and a wealth of food smarts. Natasha worked almost every front of house restaurant job from hostess, to server, to bartender, and barista, with a brief stint back of house as a breakfast line cook.
Kate shares her culinary adventures, including international travels and an internship at Facebook. She never made the same dessert twice during her internship and biked to and from her AirBnB in Palo Alto, California.
Natasha dishes on her first restaurant job, which entailed a fluffed-up resume, some culture shock, and an embarrassing first kiss.
The food industry isn’t for the faint of heart, perhaps a reason why Natasha has recently quit the biz. We don’t hold back in this conversation about our careers in restaurants, bakeries, coffee shops, and the like.
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