Sous Chef: 24 Hours on the Line

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Authors: Michael Gibney

Tags: #Biography & Autobiography, #Personal Memoirs, #Cooking, #Essays & Narratives, #Methods, #Professional

Copyright © 2014 by Michael A. Gibney, Jr.

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Published in the United States by Ballantine Books, an imprint of Random House, a division of Random House LLC, a Penguin Random House Company, New York.

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Gibney, Michael.

Sous chef : 24 hours on the line / Michael Gibney.

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ISBN 978-0-8041-7787-0 (hardback : acid-free paper)—

ISBN 978-0-8041-7788-7 (eBook)

1. Gibney, Michael. 2. Cooks—New York (State)—New York—

Biography. 3. Food service management—New York (State)—New York.

4. Kitchens—New York (State)—New York—Management. I. Title.

TX649.G53A3 2014

641.59’7471—dc23

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Jacket design: Alex Merto

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Fyodor Pavlovich, when he heard about this new quality in Smerdyakov, immediately decided that he should be a cook, and sent him to Moscow for training. He spent a few years in training, and came back much changed in appearance. He suddenly became somehow remarkably old, with wrinkles even quite disproportionate to his age, turned sallow, and began to look like a eunuch.

—F
YODOR
D
OSTOYEVSKY
,
The Brothers Karamazov

KITCHEN FLOOR PLAN

1
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Walk-in Freezer
2
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Locker Room
3
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Chef Office
4
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Exit to Loading Dock
5
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Curing and Ripening Rooms
6
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Pastry Department
7
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Walk-in Boxes
8
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Dry Storage
9
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Meat Roast
10
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Fish Roast
11
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Cold Side
12
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Prep Area
13
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Entremetier
14
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The Pass
15
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Coffee Station
16
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Production Storage
17
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Dish Area
18
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Entrance
19
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Exit to Dining Room

KITCHEN CHAIN OF COMMAND

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