The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 14
The next day, the employees of Kanto Renjia found two changes in the restaurant.

The first change is at the front desk, with a new marketing manager.

This marketing manager is so beautiful, tall, with a model figure, a beautiful and charming face, and an aloof demeanor.The appearance of Zhou Xiaomei immediately attracted the attention of all the men, and even the girls looked at her from time to time, expressing their faint liking with envious and jealous eyes.

Men love beauty and women also love beauty. Although they appreciate it from different angles, they all pay more attention to this high-cold beauty without exception.

Zhou Xiaomei went to work on the first day. After talking with Mr. Xu, Zhang Li led her to familiarize herself with the environment and work area, and met eight salesmen to get to know each other.She is a marketing manager, and her work scope includes ordering food, selling drinks, marketing planning, gift card sales, reception and service.

The second change is in the kitchen.

Wang Gang didn't attend the regular meeting in the morning. Everyone felt strange and puzzled, and they all speculated whether Wang Gang didn't care about the kitchen. From now on, the kitchen began to be named Tan.

Lao Tan didn't explain anything, and announced a news that made all the hot dishes staff rejoice, and cut down forty dishes that were not selling well and were very troublesome.

This is undoubtedly good news. After the announcement, all the hot food staff applauded spontaneously, and the applause was much more enthusiastic than when they welcomed Lao Tan Chu.Many employees said in their hearts that the bald head chef is powerful. Wang Gang had long wanted to cut down the vegetables, but he didn't cut them down for half a year. He chopped them down just a few days after he came here, and cut off a quarter at once. .

Old Tan said solemnly: "Now that we have cut forty dishes, our work is relatively easy. The cutting board is much more convenient for preparing ingredients, and the pressure on the chef of the stove is also reduced. Next, we can no longer have reminders. Dishes and returned dishes, whoever happens there is responsible, this is a rigid rule, there is no excuse, and it is thoroughly implemented.

In addition, the quality of our products must be guaranteed.This point starts with the chopping board, and it must be full of weight when serving dishes.Pay attention to all the cutting boards, use the electronic scales in front of you, don't put them there as decorations, and weigh them when serving each dish.Stove masters should also pay attention, check whether the portion is enough before cooking, if not determined not to cook, whoever did it will be held accountable.From today on, put an end to the phenomenon of large and small dishes. "

The chopping board boss Yuan Hua glanced at the chopping board brothers standing in a row, which meant that the electronic scale must be used from today onwards.

At the end of the regular meeting, Lao Tan shouted loudly: "Everyone is here, stand at attention!"

Neither Li Xu nor Wang Gang called to stand at attention, and when they were done, they went to work, and then the employees started to walk towards the kitchen sparsely.Now that Old Tan suddenly shouted to stand at attention, he was a little at a loss and was a little stunned. In addition, Old Tan's voice was still loud, a little deafening, and everyone close to him trembled involuntarily.

But they all calmed down soon, and various postures of standing at attention appeared one after another.

Seeing everyone swaying left and right, Lao Tan thought to regulate the regular meeting, this doesn't look like a team, pure stragglers.

"Is everyone okay?" Old Tan asked.

Everyone was stunned again, not knowing whether to say something was up or nothing, you looked at me and I looked at you, all asking questions.

Seeing this situation, Lao Tan knew that he had made a habitual mistake and brought out his habit of holding regular meetings. Now he was facing a new employee and he was not familiar with him.

Old Tan explained to everyone: "Raise your hand if you have any problems, solve the problem on the spot, and answer if you have nothing to do. Did I make it clear?"

"Clear."

"Okay, let's do it all over again. What's up everyone?"

"fine!"

"work!"

Lao Tan yelled loudly, and the employees answered loudly, which lifted their spirits.

Wang Gang was busy fixing the small kitchen at the back and the hangers between cold dishes and pastries, so he didn't attend the regular meeting.

After a few days of contact, he discovered that Lao Tan is a person who works.Tough style, principled, methodical and resolute in doing work.All these made him admire, and his enthusiasm for work was indirectly mobilized and reached an all-time high.

During the break at [-]:[-] noon, Lao Tan called all the chefs on the stove and the bosses of each stall to a large private room on the third floor for a meeting.Before the meeting, I greeted Wang Gang and asked him to participate.Wang Gang was contacting the bricklayer outside and told Lao Tan to leave him alone.

All the people attending the meeting were empty-handed and did not bring pens and notebooks. Lao Tan distributed the pens and notepads he received from Zhang Juan to everyone, and said with a smile: "It seems that everyone's brains are better than mine. If it’s not enough, I forget things all the time, and I have to take notes in meetings, or I won’t remember it.”

Everyone smiled awkwardly.

Lao Tan said: "It's delayed everyone's rest. Let me make a long story short. You are all masters and play an important role in the kitchen. In the future, let's sit down and discuss and solve the kitchen affairs. Lao Tan is not a talker, but it is relatively democratic."

Everyone laughed.

"Who is the post cook?" Old Tan asked.

Cui Kai, Cui Xuan and the other two chefs stood up.

Lao Tan said to the other two chefs: "Wang Liang and Dong Zhichao, sometimes I always confuse the two of you. Wang Liang is very impressed. The fifth brother, the fifth brother in the kitchen."

Wang Liang smiled.

Old Tan signaled the four of them to sit down, and then said: "From today onwards, there will no longer be a chef in our kitchen. Standing on the stove is the master, who has his own dishes and is responsible for his own dishes!"

The four chefs were a little dumbfounded, with frustration and anxiety on their faces.

What do you mean?If there is no chef, then what are we going to do?

The purpose of reducing dishes by looking at samples is to reduce people.

Li Xu, Li Zhongqing, Xu Jun and others were also a little puzzled.They support the removal of the chefs, but they have to find four chefs to replace them before they get rid of them.Don't look at cutting forty dishes, but the workload is still there, and the six masters are too busy.

Lao Tan knew what everyone was thinking, and said with a smile: "Now our family has a total of 51 hot dishes, all of which are old Northeast dishes, farm dishes, and some native vegetables. There are six soup dishes, eight Sichuan and Hunan dishes, three sweet dishes, and [-] small fried dishes. There are not so many troublesome dishes, and the serving speed should be guaranteed."

Everyone nodded in approval.

Lao Tan set his eyes on the four chefs, and the four looked at him pitifully.

"Looking at how dejected you are, to be honest, I really should find four chefs to replace you. I, Lao Tan, look down on cooks who don't have confidence in themselves, so don't follow me." Lao Tan said.

The four brothers are very smart, and their eyes lit up immediately.

"The four of you have thought it over carefully, and if you want to continue working on the stove, then treat yourself as a chef. If you think it's not good, speak up quickly, and we guarantee that we won't be a chef in the future." Old Tan said seriously.

The four hesitated a little, obviously lacking in confidence.

Li Xu slapped Cui Kai with his hand and said, "What are you thinking about? The chef doesn't know what he means by saying that? From now on, you're not just chefs, you're chefs, don't you know?"

"The four of you are stupid, happiness came a bit suddenly." Li Zhongqing laughed.

Everyone also laughed.

"We do it because we are afraid that we won't do well." Cui Kai spoke first as a representative.

"If you can't do well, learn and practice hard. People like the sous chef and Master Li are trained. I tell you that there is no shortcut to being a chef. I'm afraid of suffering. I know."

Brother four nodded.

"Now I will share the rapeseed, and I will also talk about the dishes that the four of you need to be responsible for." Old Tan said.

"Cui Kai and Cui Xuan are still in charge of the previous dishes, but now you have to make all the dishes yourself. The dishes of the two of you include snowy bean paste, country river shrimp, spicy shrimp in bamboo cage, sweet potato toast, sweet potato balls, etc. In the past, four dishes were missing, so I was able to get busy."

Cui Kai and Cui Xuan said: "Yes."

"Find a chef for the two of you." Lao Tan said to Li Zhongqing: "Zhongqing, you are in charge of them, and you must check the quality of their dishes. Is it okay?"

"No problem, don't worry, leave it to me." Li Zhongqing said.

Lao Tan said to Wang Liang and Dong Zhichao: "You two used to be responsible for frying the six dishes of pot-packed meat, tender meat section, ancient pineapple meat, candied sweet potato, candied three kinds, and soft fried tenderloin. Now you are only responsible for the meat section and Make shredded vegetables, and transfer the pot of meat to Niu Hongtai, Niu Hongtai, is it okay?"

Niu Hongtai immediately said: "No problem, leave it to me."

Old Tan said to Li Xu: "Li Xu, you are in charge of Wang Liang and Dong Zhichao, and improve their silk-drawing and juicing skills as soon as possible."

Li Xu said, "Okay, no problem."

"The four of you are chefs from today. You must be responsible for your own dishes, study hard, study hard, and make the dishes well. If something goes wrong, you must dare to take responsibility. A chef can only be good after signing ten times and eight times, otherwise I didn't know the pot was made of iron." Lao Tan said to the four new chefs.

The four brothers had excited expressions on their faces and nodded with a smile.

The rest of the dishes were divided among the six chefs, and everyone was very cooperative and very happy.They had hoped for this for a long time, and it was much better to contract the production to the household than to stir the thick and thin in a pot.

"To improve the quality of dishes, we need to start with the raw materials, and implement the 'three-day' principle from today: purchase on the same day, process on the same day, and sell on the same day." Lao Tan said.

Everyone listened carefully.

"I'll repeat it again, everyone remember."

Everyone took out a pen and paper to write down the three-day principle.

Lao Tan said: "This is the basic principle of our family. The boss of the chopping board, the boss of cold dishes, and the boss of pastry, you three have great responsibilities. The quality of raw materials is in your hands. Those who are unqualified will never enter the kitchen. They would rather eat this dish." Today, the trading is suspended, it will not be sold, and I can’t use unqualified raw materials to make up for it. If I find out, I promise to deal with it seriously, and it is possible to be laid off. If you dare to make fun of your job, I dare to tell you that you have no job!”

Everyone became serious, feeling that Lao Tan was not joking.

"Also, from now on, our production standard is to do four things and not to do eight things. I say everyone remember it." Old Tan said.

Everyone started to pick up their pens.

"Four don'ts: don't do things that have deteriorated in quality and taste; don't do things with substandard knife skills; don't do things that don't meet the quality and quantity; don't do things with incomplete ingredients. Eight out: don't do if the temperature of the fire is not enough; don't do if the color is not correct, not standard If the taste is not correct, it will not come out; if the shape is not standard, it will not come out; if the tableware is dirty or damaged, it will not come out; if the dishes and small ingredients are not complete; if the front desk service staff does not order the food, it will not come out; if there are foreign objects in the dishes, it will not come out.”

Seeing that everyone has memorized it, Lao Tan said: "This is our family's production standard. After you go back, you will explain it to the employees, learn from it, and let everyone understand that it must be implemented according to this. Did I make it clear?"

"Clear!" Everyone answered in unison.

"There are three more things to say."

As soon as the words fell, everyone quickly picked up the pens and waited to write down.

"First, strengthen sanitation and cleaning, and develop the habit of checking hygiene at the end of the market. Starting today, I will check it myself after get off work. If I find it unqualified, I will issue a ticket directly. The person in charge will sign it the next day and pay the fine at the sous chef. Whoever saves It’s a fluke that I forgot, and the consequences are at your own risk.”

"Secondly, there are ten stove masters, plus Xu Jun, the stewed fish master, pastry boss, cold dish boss, chopping board boss and stew chef, a total of 15 people. Including sanitation, the operation status of kitchen equipment, the shutdown of coal, water and electricity, and whether the fire exits are unblocked, and records are made after inspection. It will be implemented from today, and Li Xu will be responsible for scheduling."

"Third, Yuan Hua, Zhou Hongyou, and Wang Shulan, you three, listen carefully, count the fresh-keeping boxes that need to be purchased, write down the specifications, and at the same time count the names of all raw materials, including semi-finished products. It will be finished within a day. Also, Li Xu and Zhongqing, you two are in charge of the cabbage room, write down the names of all the cabbage, and at the same time gather the cabbage room, clean and orderly."

Several people nodded and took notes.

Lao Tan finally said: "I am very happy to work with everyone. I can see that everyone is a person who does things. Let's work together. I believe that within a year, our family will become the best farmhouse in the provincial capital. By then Everyone can pat their chests and brag, I am from the Kanto family."

After the meeting, Lao Tan left Zhou Hongyou and Wang Shulan alone, and told Zhou Hongyou about preparing farm handmade products and building a small kitchen behind.Zhou Hongyou was very happy that the fire source problem was finally solved.

Tell Wang Shulan that the pimple soup needs to be improved, and ask her to prepare the ingredients and start trial production tomorrow.Wang Shulan was very happy. The pimple soup was always complained by customers, and she was also troubled. This time, the head chef solved it himself, which was tantamount to helping her solve a big problem.

(End of this chapter)