Food HACKS I Learned In Restaurants

I’ve learned so much food wisdom from the Weissman. Thank you!

5th hack is so important. Learnt from experience

I work in a 4 star hotel as a kitchen helper. I do meal prep and sometimes season for the Head Chef, but only precisely how she says (she’s the one that trained me, and she’s better than all the other chefs). She tastes all the time and approves before of cause, and I’ve mastered her seasoning and combinations. When I get home, I make some of the meals we make at work and my wife is blown away. I can’t wait to host parties because my cooking has really went through the roof now working in a kitchen.

I learned so much working in restaurants, mainly how to deal with irrational people

The waste one is so true, it is very annoying to walk to the trash can after cutting or using whatever. Having a bin whether that be a bowl or a hotel pan, something like that makes cooking easier and quicker

I have a scar from grabbing a blazing hot cast iron fajita dish with a wet towel, still finished the shift but I’ll never forget to use dry towels 😂

Definitely using the waste bin idea, my biggest problem in cooking is not cleaning up as I go. Also love the ice bath idea - it’s like a reverse double boiler!

"A wet heat protector is a heat conductor" that always stuck in my mind

I keep whatever vegetable scraps I have and use them to make a delicious veggie stock when I have enough scraps

the anderson pak in the background is such a nice addition

I love seeing other chefs on yt. Makes me feel like my job is important...

All I could hear was "Do you wanna make it betterrr?". Great song choice for hacks video ngl

Ive been cooking for so long and it took me forever to realize some of this stuff. Make more videos like this please!

as a pastry chef that first hack helps ALOT

Best things I learnt working in a kitchen were… damp towel/ wet paper towel under the chopping board to stop it sliding around, how not to chop an onion (some guy cut the end of his finger off the 5th day I was there) someone then showed me how to actually do it which is the same technique I use to this day. And always remember to label and date the stuff in the fridge or the chef will scream at you for an hour.

The waste into a bin one is also great for composting (not including dairy and animal products)!

Another pro tip. If you take a tray out of the oven, put it down, and look away 5 seconds...it's still hot. Even if your kitchen brain reset and tells you it's safe...don't just pick that shit up. I've survived without a mandolin injury for years but still occasionally grab a burning hot pan because my brain forgot I took it out an oven literal seconds ago

I use the plastic bags I get from the grocery store when shopping to throw garbage away while cooking. That way it's all tied up in a neat little bag and when I throw out the garbage it's not just a bunch of random garbage seeping out and tearing the bag

Still have the scar on my thumb from pulling a heavy sheet tray with a damp towel. Never again.

I worked in an ultra fast paced restaurant in Florida (spring break style) and learned all these tricks, too. For my trash cleanup, I have a paper grocery bag that I use and throw it directly in the trash after (or the compost pile when I was able to do that) And side note: no grains in the compost pile unless it’s your tabletop one. Rats will come and infest your backyard if you put grains in your compost pile.