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Some time ago there was apparently a great demand for German cooks in the UK, in Australia and Canada. Yet some years ago when I worked in an International call centre I met many chefs who had returned from these countries. Instead of cooking abroad they worked for less money on the phone for...

Hello, as a German I like my beer pure. Also I know that Frenchmen usually look down on beer. (The last time I saw a Frenchman drinking beer instead of wine he explained that to me by quoting Nietsche: "What doesn't kill me makes me harder.") Recently I learned flavoured beer had become...

Has anybody here read Bill Buford's "Heat"? :neutral: A lot of people decide to become cooks because they think a professional cook works like it is shown on TV... Cooking a little, chatting a lot, opening a drawer, showing prepared ingredients, waiting till the cameraman has found the best...

Hello, I heard (and read) in Japan the apprenticeship of a cook lasts for 9 years! :ermm: I couldn't even imagine to be an apprentice for 9 years! In Germany most apprentices quit prematurely although they only need to learn for 3 years... :neutral: A German chef who had worked in Hongkong...