Be A Girl Episode 1: Brigade
Why are restaurant kitchens organized the way they are? What is a kitchen brigade? What does a typical day of a cook look like? How does someone move up the ranks? And what do women do to work their way up the ranks in a kitchen?
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Show Notes
Why are restaurant kitchens organized the way they are? What is a kitchen brigade? What does a typical day of a cook look like? How does someone move up the ranks? And what do women do to work their way up the ranks in a kitchen?
Some of the stats:
Women make up a little over 50% of students graduating culinary schools
Women make-up over 50% of total foodservice employees
Somewhere between 30%-50% of back-of-house employees identify as women
27% of line cooks are ladies
19% of chefs are ladies
7% of head or executive chefs are ladies.