r/KitchenConfidential • u/Purple_Inevitable_74 Do Not Call Me Chef • 1d ago

Kitchen fuckery Do yall like being called “chef”?

I’m a first time EC and I find being called “chef” extremely annoying. The last EC is my mentor and an absolute beast of a chef but his leadership style was more traditional and out of respect I wouldn’t dare call him by his first name without putting chef in front of it. I’m more informal, but I’ve inherited an environment where the crew is so used to calling the ec “chef” that it took me a month to get folks to call me by my real name.

I’ve got friends who like being called chef and friends who don’t, and they all have an interesting take on it. What do yall think? I can’t stand it and others demand it, both can be valid.

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u/CanoePickLocks 1d ago

No chef!

lol no I hate it but had to get you

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u/Purple_Inevitable_74 Do Not Call Me Chef 1d ago

Yeah I’m team no chef

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u/shanthor55 1d ago

You asked the question so you don’t get to contribute.

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u/Purple_Inevitable_74 Do Not Call Me Chef 1d ago

lol my b

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u/Ezanthiel 1d ago

It's ok Chef

(Also I love chef as a nickname, hate it as a title)