I know that it's not the point but... My cousin is working in the kitchen, or rather she is learning to be a waitress. She's in a really good school and during her scolarity, she had to do some training in some high-class french restaurants. Since she is really good at what she's doing, one of her teacher managed to get her the best restaurant they had partnership with, a three stars restaurant (3 stars out of 3). It was meant as a reward. She had to work there for 4 months. It took her almost a year to tell me that it has been an absolute hell for 4 months. I don't know how it is elsewhere, but in France, working in the kitchen is really hard. You get yelled at every minute, insulted, humiliated. Everyone knows that, but that's how it has been for ages so no one really cares. But on top of that, as a woman, my cousin (as well as all the women working there) has been sexually harrassed for 4 month. She was 19 years old, she was working in a three-stars restaurant, she was kind of a representative of her school, she had no idea how to react. And she was so ashamed that she couldn't talk.
Now, when I read mangas taking place in kitchen, when one of the character has been trained in France and when the mangaka describes that as something to be really proud of, as a French, I'm deeply ashamed. It should be like that, it should be something to be proud of because we do have a deep culinary tradition, and we do have some really good chefs. But the reality is disgusting, it's just a few men with a little bit of power abusing all the people working for them just because they can. And that sucks.
I know that it's not the point but... My cousin is working in the kitchen, or rather she is learning to be a waitress. She's in a really good school and during her scolarity, she had to do some training in some high-class french restaurants. Since she is really good at what she's doing, one of her teacher managed to get her the best restaurant they had partnership with, a three stars restaurant (3 stars out of 3). It was meant as a reward.
She had to work there for 4 months.
It took her almost a year to tell me that it has been an absolute hell for 4 months.
I don't know how it is elsewhere, but in France, working in the kitchen is really hard. You get yelled at every minute, insulted, humiliated. Everyone knows that, but that's how it has been for ages so no one really cares. But on top of that, as a woman, my cousin (as well as all the women working there) has been sexually harrassed for 4 month. She was 19 years old, she was working in a three-stars restaurant, she was kind of a representative of her school, she had no idea how to react. And she was so ashamed that she couldn't talk.
Now, when I read mangas taking place in kitchen, when one of the character has been trained in France and when the mangaka describes that as something to be really proud of, as a French, I'm deeply ashamed. It should be like that, it should be something to be proud of because we do have a deep culinary tradition, and we do have some really good chefs. But the reality is disgusting, it's just a few men with a little bit of power abusing all the people working for them just because they can.
And that sucks.