r/KitchenConfidential • u/KULR_Mooning Onion Master • 1d ago
Kitchen fuckery Table side 🔥
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u/LIVINGSTONandPARSONS 1d ago
Good news, sprinklers work
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u/doubleapowpow 1d ago
It's always good to regularly clear out all the gunk that builds up in those pipes.
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u/ZombieCantStop 1d ago
That’s what I keep telling the wife
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u/fotoford Non-Industry 1d ago
I tell her the same thing.
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u/geowoman 1d ago
Just give me my food. If I want dinner and a show, I'll go to Waffle House when the bars close.
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u/Ecstatic-Compote-595 1d ago
tableside should be relegated to tossing a salad or like cherries jubilee.
Or go to a tapenyaki joint and have them throw shrimp into your mouth (which is kind of fun)
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u/OkStop8313 1d ago
I'll add in bananas foster. But only if they know how to make it. These guys would probably set my bananas next to the fire and then pour the liquor directly into the flames.
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u/Procrastinista_423 1d ago
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u/hibbitydibbidy 1d ago
Chef's hair is definitely slicked back under there.
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u/shanimus_rex 1d ago
The glove on only one hand and him using both hands to touch the raw meat....
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u/Kryds 1d ago
Could be because of a cut.
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u/TheMostHaplessGamer 1d ago
Nah. Not only does that not make sense, he's also wearing a watch and ring while handling raw meat in front of guests before setting off the fire system 😂
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u/Express_Area_8359 1d ago
Still you r tableside
Always think what you would want? No RAW DOgging my food but for me!
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u/leroyjabari 1d ago
The umbrellas make me feel like this wasn't the first time this happened.
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u/inertiatic_espn 1d ago
Lol, that, and the servers standing around nervously like, "here we fucking go again..."
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u/GroceryScanner 1d ago
all their tips for the night just ran out the door, and they now have like 6 hours of cleaning to do.
id say theyre well past nervous at this point
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u/Hot-Gas-630 1d ago
Right lol why are there like 3 people waiting around and watching this happen 🤣. Is this like AI ragebait designed particularly for this sub or something??
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u/iburntxurxtoast Sous Chef 1d ago
The clear water from the sprinklers made me think the same thing. Usually sprinkler water looks black from buildup from never being used.
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u/FlakyLion5449 1d ago
So stupid. So incredibly stupid.
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u/damnmachine 1d ago
Ruined everyone's dinner, lost a ton of money in comps no doubt and have to close the doors until water remediation is complete. All for a gimmick.
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u/butt_huffer42069 1d ago
All for a gimmick.
All for an insurance payout*
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u/Hot-Steak7145 1d ago
If you ever dealt with insurance, you know you're lucky if they even cover costs let alone profiting
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u/Dpap20 1d ago
Why the glove if you're barehanding with the other?
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u/consumeshroomz 1d ago
I think it’s because he would normally barehand this task but he had a cut or something on the other hand lol
That or he’s even stupider than he at first appears.
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u/slartbangle 1d ago
Bet that tinfoil was perfectly crispy and delicious after.
Everyone would have been happier if they'd just used a dang Hibachi here. Was there an overall plan?
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u/doyletyree 1d ago
Insurance money.
Exec was done with their shit.
That guy is the morning prep covering for the head, just as planned.
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u/TheBiggestWOMP 1d ago
Literally my first thought was "how is this not triggering their fire suppression system?"
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u/bigcig 1d ago
can anyone tell me what the fuck is going on with that tinfoil? was that going to be my tableside cooking surface? are there thinly sliced potatoes under there? of all the wildly stupid shit going on here, that's the standout for me.
also why did that guy move that salt?
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u/fotoford Non-Industry 1d ago
He moved the salt to protect it from the fire suppression system.
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u/GullyGardener 1d ago
Foods actually worth doing tableside: Bananas Foster, Crêpes Suzette, Baked Alaska, carving of Peking Duck... end of list.
Consequently I have never seen any of these dishes result in this nonsense. Also Caesar salad was never worth doing table side, tradition be damned.
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u/unclefishbits 1d ago
Caesar is worth it, you lazy server. Lol
Also, cherries jubilee!
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u/GullyGardener 1d ago
I’m no server but Caesar is just as good after a 40 second walk from back of house. I’ll give you Jubilee.
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u/unclefishbits 1d ago
Lol I am joking.
There's a dignity to watching someone not spit in your food. Lol
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u/GullyGardener 1d ago
It might be that I’m old but I have strong, fond memories of some table side experiences growing up and I do love a good dessert 😅. But yeah, not really behind any of the crazy nonsense I’ve seen on social media, especially this kind of thing.
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u/Homeskilletbiz 1d ago
Just… cook it in the fucking back under the hood and take the stress off of me and you..
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u/ClawGrave666 1d ago
Probably gonna get down voted for this, but there is absolutely no reason any place should be prepping/cooking this way.. lmao they think it’s fancy and unique but it’s just stupid looking and overly expensive on top of being dangerous.
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u/scoopdunks 21h ago
Cooking without a hood vent is idiotic and I’m just talking about the smoke mitigation. If whatever the f this is did “work” the whole restaurant would be smoked out. Your cloths would smell like oil smoke and beef.
Hood vents also have fire suppression systems designed specifically for the cooking surfaces. They would have snuffed the flame out before it triggered the building fire suppression system which is what you see here. Each head that was triggered is capable of dumping 10-20 gallons of water. Hundreds, if not thousands of gallons of water was released in that building because of this idiocracy.
The whole time I’m watching this I’m just like wtf and why are 3 employees just standing and appear to be contributing nothing to whatever the f this is. You think one of them could have said, “hey George, easy on the oil you are going to burn this place down”. They are just standing around the flame like Neanderthals seeing fire for the first time. I wonder if they are on firewatch, but forgot the fire extinguishers. Jeez, this hurt to watch.
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u/PM_ME_UR_BACNE 1d ago
I don't give a shit if it's guac or this monstrosity table side anything sucks ass
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u/OviliskTwo 1d ago
One glove. That is the raw meat hand. I knew from the beginning this setup was fucked but if you have one gloved hand and touch the meat with your bare ass hand at table you fucking deserve this. Jesus Christo.
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u/Normal-Ad-9852 1d ago
this just validates one of my absolute biggest overall cooking & food prep principles which is that the presentation should never come before the taste
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u/RealMcGonzo 1d ago
Me: "Hi waiter! I'd like the Manufactured Tomahawk please.
Server: "Would you like that finished with aged sprinkler water?"
"Of course!"
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u/TheManOnThe3rdFloor 1d ago
When the perpetrating chef was walking away and he looked around for a second, I can almost hear the cliche, "My work here is done." as he exited stage right.
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u/seri_verum 1d ago
They are intentionally starting an oil fire in the dining area. These people are not chefs, they are clowns.
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u/LionBig1760 1d ago edited 1d ago
Now they've got non-potable gray water all over the entire restaurant.
This is going to cost a ton of money getting everything to not smell like a swamp.
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u/Best_Market4204 1d ago
And from that day forward... table side cooking was no more and all of the cooks cheered
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u/BoysenberrySmooth268 16h ago
Nah bro. Just cook it in the kitchen where the exhaust fan is and bring it to me.
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u/dreadthripper 1d ago
Goddam that was so boring. Who would enjoy watching this guy do this? He seemed unhappy, and 4 people were tending to him.
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u/butt_huffer42069 1d ago
Dude had 4 people tending to him and no one stepped in to say "hey let's not feed the grease fire"
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u/ScoffingGorilla808 1d ago
I’m no expert, so with that I’ll ask: does insurance cover this?
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u/BigWhiteDog 1d ago
Retired fire officer here. Nope! They are going to cancel them in a heartbeat! 🤣
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u/TraditionalJob787 1d ago
This exact scenario happened across the street from my apartment at Western Village Steakhouse last week. They had to comp $5k in food and the water from the fire suppression was NOT clear.
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u/iwasinthepool 1d ago
I'd rather have that little guy take ten minutes to cut my steak then feed it to me with the tip of a saber than this shit. The only way that steak was getting cooked thoroughly was a structure fire.
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u/epicureansucks 1d ago
I still have no idea what’s going on? Is this opening night for the restaurant? Is it someone’s first time and they messed up? Or is does this always happen when someone orders the baller steak and they set off the sprinklers twice a night ?
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u/Bakerton16 1d ago
I've scrolled pretty far—this one of the only posts where I just cannot find an explanation for what's going on, other than insurance fraud lol.
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u/Quercus408 1d ago
Tableside shenanigans getting what they deserve! Thank you, chef. I needed that.
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u/beam_me_uppp 1d ago
Aaahahaa I laughed so hard I woke up my cat and she’s now staring into my soul with murderous intent. Worth it
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u/nosirrahp 1d ago
God I hate this gimmicky shit. Why is this still a thing. Benihana is over let him die in peace.
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u/Novice-smokes 1d ago
I'm struggling to understand what in the fuck was going on in the first place. Was he tipping a pan of fat on the slabs of raw meat to cook it? Why was there a bone? Who portioned those steaks so he had to pull them apart by hand in the first place? And with one gloved and one ungloved hand?
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