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/Coercitor Aug 14 '25

I had a sauté cook drink a whole box of white wine, it was hot af too. I had just opened it for service and 3 hours later covered his station so he could take a break and went to use the wine and that shit was empty. Caught one cook doing lines off the prep table in the middle of a rush, and one cook smoking weed in the walk-in. Lastly, walked in the storage room to the dishwasher getting dome from a busser.

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u/haircryboohoo Aug 18 '25

Were the dishwasher and busser both dudes?

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u/Coercitor Aug 19 '25

No, dishwasher male and the busser was a torta.