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The discussion revolves around a user's experience working in a restaurant kitchen, highlighting the challenges of cleanliness and the high costs associated with running a tandoor oven, which is now for sale. The user mentions the extensive equipment and setup costs involved in the kitchen, as well as the strong aromas present. While there is curiosity about the user's work and the restaurant's operations, the conversation largely shifts to off-topic anecdotes and humor, resulting in no clear consensus on the main topic.

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Offline JerryM

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Working in BIR - Bit of a Shock
« on: October 02, 2014, 07:09 PM »
yes caught me by surprise. obviously not cooking but working.

not a place i've eaten in so have no idea what its like when open.

2 things of interest: must be hell keeping the place clean and the tandoor is up for sale (too expensive to run).

other than that nothing to report - boss has been on my back to get in and get out.
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Offline Stephen Lindsay

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Re: Working in BIR - Bit of a Shock
« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2014, 07:12 PM »
dunno if I've missed other threads but what work are you doing there Jerry?
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Re: Working in BIR - Bit of a Shock
« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2014, 07:58 AM »
undercover jerry  ;)
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Re: Working in BIR - Bit of a Shock
« Reply #3 on: October 03, 2014, 08:05 AM »
Unger Oveur, Oveur Dunne!
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Re: Working in BIR - Bit of a Shock
« Reply #4 on: October 04, 2014, 09:55 AM »
Quote from: JerryM on October 02, 2014, 07:09 PM
nothing to report - boss has been on my back to get in and get out.
you've really got my attention on this one
what are you up to?
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Offline JerryM

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Re: Working in BIR - Bit of a Shock
« Reply #5 on: October 04, 2014, 02:20 PM »
sorry but nothing impressive and nothing to do with the cooking. the boss being my boss and nothing to do with the restaurant.

i'm supposed to be on another job elsewhere hence the urgency to get finished.

the "cleaning job" that the staff must have to do is quite a challenge - anyone thinking of starting up in such trade would need to factor this in. for me it called out steam cleaning everywhere but the electrics would not take to it. everything pretty much seemed on castors so they could be wheeled about to help cleaning.

i was also taken aback by the amount of kit "behind the scenes" - i put it at something like 20?K in set up costs - a lot to get back in the short term. pretty much everything is stainless steel.

unfortunately there was not much to see ingredient wise. tins of KTC oil. all the usual stuff. massive freezer and an open top "deli" fridge.

the only thing that really caught my eye was a sort of wok burner (which i've seen in Chinese before). it had lots of nozzles all pointing in different directions. if my burner is say 8kw then this thing must be 20kw easy. cant imagine what they use it for - a big round shallow frying sits on top containing oil - as if they cook poppadoms in it (cant really see it though).

the aroma "smell" as reported in posts is really strong. felt i could smell same on the way home in the car.

the work i'm doing is my day job and not exciting. monday should be last day having been 2 days already.

the sale of the tandoori was quite a surprise and i asked why with the answer too expensive to run.

the 8 burner "hob" that you see in the video with the yellow knobs is actually quite small - diddy in fact. the burners look the business though. i think h4ppy-chris said 6 kw - they look easily that. not able to see them working but feel they would produce more of a bunsen burner flame than a slow wrap around. all the pans were ali. the burners have an inner and outer ring.
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Re: Working in BIR - Bit of a Shock
« Reply #6 on: October 04, 2014, 02:37 PM »
Do you work for MI6, Jerry? Or has your care worker told you that you do?

You seem reluctant to tell us what you are actually doing there.....
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Re: Working in BIR - Bit of a Shock
« Reply #7 on: October 04, 2014, 02:45 PM »
Working in BIR - Bit of a Shock

;)  :D
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Re: Working in BIR - Bit of a Shock
« Reply #8 on: October 04, 2014, 02:46 PM »
Jerry's /working/ there.  Not working /for/ the establishment, working /in/ it, for his boss/company/whatever.  What work he is doing is none of our business -- if he wants to speak in terms of generic "work", then that should be adequate, should it not ?

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Re: Working in BIR - Bit of a Shock
« Reply #9 on: October 04, 2014, 03:22 PM »
I refer the 'honourable' gentleman to my previous question  :)
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