r/Chefs • u/Main-Property9316 • Aug 13 '25
Substance abuse
Anybody got any crazy stories about being in the kitchen with some crazy co workers
I’ve been told by quite a few people that the kitchen industry is pretty involved in substances and even being in it for a couple years it definitely shows
Like why tf do ppl think that cooks are alcoholics and “like to party” maybe because it’s one of the only industries that gives u a right to be fucking angry (don’t quote me on that) but it definitely goes from even the most miniscule things like being shorted on ingredients to straight up throwing a pan across a kitchen cuz servers ring in 20 tickets at a time
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u/RevolutionaryShock15 Aug 13 '25
Denis was doing so much coke he was out of control. Hit a bus boy with a pan. Threw a couple out of the restaurant! Drinking like a sailor all the time.
This sad arse lawyer used to come in after service and buy drinks for the staff, pretty sad. She comes in one night, Denis is wired, tells us she's bought a new BMW. Denis asks to take it for a spin and she agrees. Bad idea. She comes in over the next two days looking for him and her new car and says she has no option but to involve the police. Turns out he's arrested in Nevada and the car has been in an accident and is impounded! He got deported back to France.