Behind the Line
Topic: On the Job
A Day in the Life
What do they call you in the kitchen (when you’re present)?
- Nate Hamilton
- Chef de Cuisine
- Harvest
- Madison, WI
"Nate."
- Matt Danko
- Pastry Chef
- The Greenhouse Tavern and Noodlecat
- Cleveland, OH
Danko or Flaco.
- Josh Galliano
- The Libertine
- Clayton, MO
Josh. They call me asshole when I'm not present.
- Matt Haase
- Executive Chef
- Rocketbaby Bakery
- Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
Matt. I don't feel comfortable being called Chef. I'm not that good.
- Nathaniel Meads
- Pastry Chef
- RM
- Chicago, IL
Mostly, Nate. But, I've been pushing real hard for them to call me "coach".
- Brian Reilly
- Chef
- Noodlecat
- Cleveland, Ohio
I dont make my staff call me anything they treat me with respect and thats all that matters
- Toni Roberts
- Pastry Chef
- State and Lake Chicago Tavern
- Chicago, IL
Toni or Chef.
- Sean Sanders
- Executive Chef/Owner
- Browntrout
- Chicago, IL
chef
- Troy Graves
- Chef/Partner
- Red Door
- Chicago, Il
Troy
- Jimmy Bannos Jr.
- Executive Chef/Owner
- The Purple Pig
- Chicago, IL
Jimmy
- Carrie Nahabedian
- Executive Chef/Owner
- NAHA and Brindille
- Chicago, IL
Chef or Carrie
- Geoff Rhyne
- Sous Chef
- The Ordinary
- Charleston, SC
chef, or geoff, it's hard for me to discern. and, to think they would call me any different when I'm gone?!?
- Jill Barron
- Executive Chef/Owner
- MANA food bar
- Chicago, IL
jill. i hate the generic "chef"
- Chrissy Camba
- Chef
- Bar Pastoral
- Chicago, IL
I am informal so I tell them to call me Chrissy or Chrissaaay. I also tell them that once they piss me off they should call me Chef.
- Paul Fehribach
- Executive Chef/Owner
- Big Jones
- Chicago, IL
Chef
- Jason McLeod
- Executive Chef/Owner
- Box Tree Restaurant, Inc
- San Diego, CA
By default they call me Chef, but I like to be called Jason
- Cary Taylor
- Executive Chef
- The Southern
- Chicago, IL
Chef
Pretty sure a lot of people don't know my actual name here