Work

I worked in a restaurant called 5 gusto. Martin and Pedro brought me to my restaurant were I met the owner and head chef Palmira and her sous chef Sandra. Sandra showed me around the kitchen which was very small however had everything. The restaurant did very traditional Spanish food just to another level as it is a Michelin plated restaurant. My day started most day at 12pm were we would pre for service, service usually began at 2 however sometimes earlier, during service I would usually plate the starters and desserts the main course was usually done by either Sandra or Palmira, we would usually finish at around 5 after cleaning down the kitchen. We would then start at 8:30pm for evening serve. This was a very challenging experience however I found it very rewarding and gain so much from this restaurant and the chefs I learnt from.  Unfortunlay the day I arrived Sandra gave her notice and in Spain you must give 2 weeks notices its the law, this meant that my experience in the kitchen while she was there was not wonderful, clearly she was not happy and was taking out her frustration on  me, so the environment in the kitchen was tease and very uncomfortable at times. When she left I  definitely felt that the kitchen was a nicer environment to be in, however it was still challenging and I did have bad days but I felt that Palmira would fully explain things to me instead of half explaining things which happened numerous times when I learnt from Sandra.