I’ve been a chef for 13 years, and I was offered a private chef job for an ambassador yesterday. Felt pretty proud that I’ve finally had these kind of offers thrown at me from people recommending me, until we got to what to compensation…
They felt that I should do it for $16 an hour. With a background of cooking in 3 different countries in 5 different cities, they felt that was enough.
I told them I can’t afford to work for that little and to find someone else.
This is exactly why I am leaving this industry. There is no money in cooking food for people anymore. 13 years of training and experience in some well known restaurants for excellent chefs, and this is the pay I’ve had to work for for all of it.
No more.