While we sit back, relax and enjoy the slow-passing time at a restaurant table, slowly devouring a savory appetizer, impatiently dreaming of the meal we’re about to be served fresh straight from the kitchen, things can go wrong on the other side of the curtain. Although we’d like to think we are 100 percent sure of the restaurant’s quality, freshness, and hygiene—after all, it’s buzzing with people and you couldn’t trick them, right?—this is not always the case.
In fact, the restaurant industry and especially the very core of it—the holy kitchen—is notorious for keeping its secrets tight shut. The good and the bad ones. From reheated shrimp cocktail to restaurant staff having nicknames for regular customers, to a chef that cooks expensive meals 11 hours a day only to have dino nuggies at home.
Thanks to the subreddit “Kitchen Confidential,” there are a lot of stories to discover about the daily bread and butter of food industry professionals, so we selected the most interesting ones below. Scroll down and after you’re done, be sure to check out more kitchen confidential posts right here!
#1 Heard
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#2 Seems Accurate
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#3 So Many Orders, So Few Tips
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#4 I Don't Want That Ham If It's Been Processed, I'm Trying To Eat Healthier
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#5 One Of My Employees Keeps This So Clean, He Did This After A 26k Saturday Night. Show My Guy Darian Some Love He Deserves It And Doesn’t Get Enough
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#6 I’m On My Last Few Days At The Industrial Bakery I Manage. Our 160qt Mixer, Pete, Broke Down So We Won’t Be Able To Use It. I Did The One Thing I’ve Been Dying To Do For Years Since He Arrived
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#7 They’re Not Wrong
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#8 I Don't Disagree With This
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#9 Flipping Burgers
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#10 Makes Me Sick
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#11 Just A Friendly Reminder That It's Ok To Quit Your Job
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#12 Cook Expensive Meals For 10-11 Hours A Day, Come Home And Eat Dino Nuggies
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#13 This One Stung A Little
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#14 Saw This
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#15 I’m With The Boomers On This
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#16 Accurate
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#17 Found On The Facebook
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#18 Line Cooks - This Is Probably Old But It’s New To Me. A Friend Just Sent This My Way
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#19 Soup Du Jour
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#20 Important Notice From My Friends Restaurant
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#21 Does My Supplier Hate Me? We Ordered 150 Lbs Of Halibut For The Weekend, We Got One 152lb. Fish. I Wanted A Few Collars Man!
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#22 The Exact Moment I Realized This Is My Kitchen And My Menu! After Years Of Being Told To, I Pulled The Trigger And Dived All In
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#23 Who Else ?
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#24 Story Of The Year.. Every Year
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#25 Good Work, Tyler!
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#26 Strip Club Food Gets Hate But I Took Pride In Everything I Would Do. I Made The Brioche Bread, No Frozen Patties Either. Everything Was Fresh
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#27 She's Been With Me Ten Years, Through Four Head Chefs. Today, She Clicked Her Last Clack
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#28 I Need Cut Gloves Made Of Tomato Skin
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#29 I Feel This
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#30 I Have Gone From Being Drunk In Kitchens, To Recovering Through Them. It’s Been A Wild Journey But I’m Extremely Proud Of Myself. To Anyone Struggling With Addiction, Just Know There Is Hope
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#31 Please Tell Us In Your Own Words
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#32 May This Person Find Their Special Pickle
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#33 The Drain At My Job Has Been Clogged For A Week And We've Been Using The Bars Tiny Sink Plus Filling The Sink With Water And Then Emptying It To The Toilet With Buckets,for Full Freaking Week
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#34 $16/Hr
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#35 Day 1 Of Our New Dishie, Bless His Innocent Soul
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#36 Found On Instagram. I Love This Note Though And Thought You All Would Appreciate
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#37 Our Sous Just Walked In
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#38 I Want To Know, Who Was That Client And What Their Nickname?
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#39 Was Handed This Allergy List By A Customer. Things Went Downhill From There
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#40 Talk About A Trial By Fire
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#41 Insane Plating
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#42 A Local Bar In A Small Beach Tourist Town I Live At Made Merch Out Of Some Bad Reviews
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#43 Taco Bell™ Manager: Serve Spoiled Food Or Be Fired
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#44 Head Chef Cutting Bread On The Same Spot. Finally Getting Through The Board
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#45 How’s Your Day Going?
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#46 How My Chef Plates The Cheesecakes At One The Most Expensive Wedding Venues In My City. 'Crème Anglaise' With Smuckers Strawberry And Chocolate Sunday Sauce, Oh And If The Crème Anglais Looks Foamy To You It's Because Its Just Ice Cream He Left Out
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#47 20 Minutes Past Morning Arrival. Only Cook In The Building. Same 3 Have Called Out The Entire Week. Still Gonna Make Killer Food
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#48 Damn
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#49 My Chef Sent Me This. He's Taking Care Of Himself On His Day Off
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#50 Guy Last Night Ordered Flank Extra Extra Extra Well Done … And Burnt. He Said This Was Perfect
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#51 Ex-Coworker Gave Us A Cake Today
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#52 I Wanna Meet The Guy Who Wrote This Recipe
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#53 Chef Said He Needed 100 Lb Pomegranate Seeds For Thanksgiving Salads. Four Hours Later We Delivered
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#54 Gm Harassing Me Over Being Late For 2 Minutes After Doing 63 Hours In Last 7 Days
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#55 Nfckff
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#56 You Know When The Burger Will Be Way Too Expensive
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#57 Not As Good As Some I've Seen, But It's Mine And I'm Proud
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#58 Schucking 28,000 Oysters For An Event!!!
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#59 "Your Employees Won't F**k Me 1/5 Stars"
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#60 No More Broken Wrap Boxes!
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#61 Walked In After A Day Closed And The Freezer Was At 50 Degrees. Thanks Sysco. Love Throwing Away $1000 Of Inventory
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#62 I've Had This Saved For Over A Year. Finally A Sub That Will Appreciate It
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#63 Pastry Chefs Are At War So One Labels Everything In French To Flex
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#64 This Review Has Me Rolling. Also, So True Bestie
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#65 Got A Vac Sealer At Work. My Boss Goes Overboard So I Decided To One Up Him
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#66 I Guess My Serving Job Thinks They Own Us?
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#67 Canceled My Holidays Due To Covid And Every Plan Falling Apart. Decided To Prepare Myself Some Nice Christmas Dinner At Home By Myself. Dropped The Knife While Doing The Dishes. F**k Me. Never Seen A Knife Like That
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#68 Heres A Little Laugh For You All. I Accidentally Ordered 5 Cases Of Buttermilk Instead Of 5 Litres
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#69 Never Realized Something You See Everyday Is Mind Blowing To Thousands Of People
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#70 Just Turned 17, 2 Months At This New Kitchen And I Can Run This F**kin Grill Like Nobody’s Business. I Love Cooking Been Doing It Sense I Was 14
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#71 Right!?
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#72 I Dont Even Know Where To Start With This One
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#73 Sure, Let’s Just Stack 220 Pounds Of Flour On Top Of Spring Mix, It Should Be Fine
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#74 If Another Newbie Throws Sharps In The Soak Sink Again Imma Pop, Thanks For Coming To My Ted Talk
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#75 I Thought I Was Unworthy But Today I Was Given A Sign From The Great Cube
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#76 The Fryers Are Dropped But The Tickets Don't Stop (Certified Osha Moment)
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#77 Line Cooks Be All Like "Just Scrape It Off"
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#78 Any Other People Have Compost Buckets At Their Restaurant? Ours Is For A Coworker With Chickens, They Eat Everything We Put In The Buckets Except Onions
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#79 Costumer Request Of The Night: Provolone On Prime Rib
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#80 All The Other Food Cubes Can Sit The F Down. That's Veal Demi
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#81 Show Me Your Ticket Stab Etiquette
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#82 My Ravioli Special This Weekend
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#83 I Cook Catering Style Food For Fraternities, And My Big Boss Likes Garnishes On Everything, From Chicken Strips To Garlic Bread. Heard
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#84 Oh Boy, Have I Got News For You
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#85 Im A Private School Chef And I Love It
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#86 Two Of My Chefs Quit Tonight In The Middle Of A Theater Rush And I Dont Even Blame Them. Heres Some Meat I Made While Drinking Tequila Straight Out Of The Bottle. Cheers
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#87 Yes! Follow Suit
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#88 If You’re Opening A Restaurant Please For The Love Of God Don’t Use Tiles
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#89 No
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#90 Thoughts?
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#91 I Don’t Think Anyone Has Cleaned Under Our Can Opener In A While
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#92 Would’ve Walked Out Long Time Ago If It Wasn’t For Music
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#93 Coconut Cube, Round Bucket. Cannabis Chef Not Amused
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#94 Catastrophic Failure At Work Tonight
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#95 They Really Asked For A Raw Steak Huh
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#96 When Was A Time Your Chef Went Too Far?
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#97 Behold, Chicken Cube
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#98 Honestly, F**k This Guy
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#99 Every Kitchen Has Atleast One
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#100 Anyone Else Slightly Impressed By This?
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#101 From Dishie, To “Prep B**ch” And Now I’m Officially On The Line! Can I Get A Heard For The New Promotion?
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#102 Foh Didn't Turn Off Online Ordering While We Were Closed For The Holidays
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#103 See, It's Funny... Because It's Bigger Than A Normal Hat
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#104 Game Day Wing Bar. Getting Ready
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#105 I Work In An Australian Roadhouse Mainly Serving Tradesmen. This Is A Burger With 'The Lot'
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#106 Happy Holidays Guys
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#107 Apparently The Other Chefs And I Drink So Much Espresso That The Foh Decided To Keep A Tally. Not Sure When They Started Counting, But I'm Willing To Bet It Was Only A Few Hours Ago
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#108 Havent Seen A Green Cube Yet
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#109 Alright, Which One Of You Troglodytes Did This?
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#110 Jojo Pdx
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#111 All My Line Cooks Get Paid $20/Hr And I Still Find Things Like This All The Time On The Open
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