Chef Jim

Chefs Make It Better

Chefs make it Better You wear a lot of masks as a chef; one of the most critical is to be innovative. I am referring to a chef and not a cook. Anyone can cook, it ain’t hard. But to be a chef you must stay ahead of the competition, be the best, always. The moment you rest on your laurels the competition swoops in and steals your business away. If you are on top of your game the customers will come...

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More from the kitchen

More from the Rugby Kitchen We are getting a lot of positive feedback to the new menu. One of the most enjoyed changes was to the short rib dish. “You can’t lighten up a short rib” I would hear. “It only goes well in the fall” another cook sounded out. These are the types of challenges that a chef enjoys, shutting up the critics. We decided to take the dish Asian and found that everyone...

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New on the menu

New In the Rugby Kitchen We have just unleashed our new summer menu. This can be quite a daunting challenge for any chef. No one likes change if fact most people fear it. It is not as simple as creating some wonderful food, you also have to train all your cooks on the new items, make sure your par levels are correct on something you have never done, watch the prep that your cooks are doing, get...

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Proud Papa

Proud Papa My son is now 1 month old and I have refrained from using him in a blog but now is the time. As they say a picture is worth 1000 words so I will stop writing and let you decide just how freakin’ cute he is… Milk Drunk “life for him was an adventure, perilous indeed, but men are not made for safe havens. The fullness of life is in the hazards of life. And, at the worst, there is that...