When your guests are nuts!
February 8th 2011 13:24
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Cooking for kooks
Link: www.holidaycozumel.com/
This delicious meat skewer is known as a "pastor
In my line of work which is foodservice consulting and catering/instruction, I am often working with/for clients who are demanding and have high expectations or very particular requirements and requests. Before you start with the "suck it up buttercup" talk, I am aware that this is part and parcel of being in the foodservice industry and I usually like the challenges associated with it. That being said, I do run into clients who are demanding for the sake of being demanding, who thrive on being nasty or controlling because something else in their lives is not within the scope of their control, I assume.
Some people have very specific dietary requirements, understood. Some people are worriers and can't help but fuss over every the details, I get that too. It's the other, albeit small, group of nasty folks who really get me. They will start with a great idea for a party, reception or cocktail event and then poopoo every menu suggestion as not being "right" until many meetings down the road you realize, they want their mum's Thursday night dinner, but for more people. This is fine, but get to the point! The hardest part of cooking for kooks is realizing that they will make you crazy if you don't step back. The ability to cut through the crazy and see what is really being said is essential! Come to think of it, I should charge $85/hour for this as it's pretty good marriage counselling.
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