High end Kitchens can lose a Michelin star for one mistake that goes out on a plate. Therefore there is a culture of brutality and bastardization in the industry. My first experience was from an Italian cook, maybe in his mid 20’s, I was 15 and he said if you make a mistake they will hit you and they hit hard!
Always found it a weird paradox in the most masculine of industries where blokes arrange flowers on a plate under the threat of violence.
And my partner, a woman, worked in a 3 Michelin starred restaurant in France and the chefs were frustrated that they couldn’t swear the same way or hit her! She saw a fellow commie taken out and pissed on by the chef de parties.
