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Originally Posted by darthchilli
No Sarlo, henri can't come over
but I will for moar food
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Nagdabbit!!!
Trading 1 lobster for 1 Henri sounded just little too good to be true.
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Originally Posted by sh0n
Are you a trained chef or by hobby?
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I have zero training.
2 years ago, I started looking seriously at cooking as a good hobby to pursue. It's a pretty big hobby for me now.
(You'd be surprised the amount of info you can absorb just by watching YouTube and Food Network all day long).
1. Hobby = Have fun.
2. Better Hobby = Benefits people around you
3. Really Good Hobby = Won't suck wallet dry (revenue neutral)
4. Bestest Hobby = Make you enough profit so you can
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Originally Posted by sh0n
Do you just cook as a hobby for your friends or do you have a secret underground restaurant open to word of mouth/referrals/public?
Please share!
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Currently, I've just been feeding friends and family. But they have brought friends over, who then in turn bring more friends.
I'm having a blast so I'm quite ok scaling this up a bit more.
Some Rambling
Spoiler!
Back in March, I did a tasting menu and posted some pics here:
http://www.revscene.net/forums/66492...ting-menu.html
Seemed quite well received.
Somehow, since then, I've gotten it into my head to run a pseudo underground restaurant. I never
worked in the industry, I know I look like a chicken without a head in the kitchen all the time.
It would be just a little arrogant to be able to do a proper full-on underground restaurant.
The idea of a private dining even appeals to me.
Current Situation:
- Skills are bleh. I'm no pro. I'm in learning mode.
- I cook for friends and whoever they bring over.
- Nothing is set in stone. People come whenever. People eat when food is done.
- I get a break and to eat with people (it's a good perk).
- Costs: people usually chip in a suggested donation to cover costs + BYOB + 1 for the chef.
- Friends just all pitch in and help tidy up afterwards leaving me with a clean kitchen (MAJOR AWESOMENESS!!!)
So it's more like friends hanging out. I just tackle whatever I feel like trying to learn to make.
Hobby Scale 2.5? Still ends up costing me a bit
I get a chance to share a meal, hang out with friends new and old over a couple beers.
Short Term Objectives:
- More friends
- More practice
- More confidence
- More chances to play with crazier ingredients.
Would like to be Hobby Scale 3 (revenue neutral).
Longer Term Objectives:
- Pseudo underground restaurant
- private dinners by word of mouth and reservations only.
- Not formal, but let's just call it less casual
- Guest in dining area, I focus in in kitchen
- Fancier foods, actual plating, timely dinner with practiced recipes.
- Guests don't do dishes.
Hobby Scale 4, I get enough donations back to make investments like more experiments, more DIY projects and stuff.
Would like to move from current situation to end objective.
Any thoughts, tips are suggestions?