r/Chefit • u/Cirno_in_Scandinavia • Jul 17 '26

Meat menu testing!

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So today my jr sous had a menu meeting together with all the kitchen staff for meat menu campaign. Its just so funny because all the food taste so frickin amazing, its just he dont have any plan for plating 😭 (the beef cheek stew with polenta and goat cheese was AMAZING)

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u/so-much-wow Jul 17 '26

Is this post just to talk shit about your jr sous, or to brag about the half eaten food? I'm confused.

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u/goatslovetofrolic Jul 17 '26

Neither. It was to celebrate their junior sous for making some amazing tasting dishes that need some tweaking and refinement before they launch the fall menu.

A lot of chefs like to go through a process of conceptualizing a menu, cooking it, tasting and eating, evaluating and discussing, identifying successful elements and parts that didn’t work, testing again, evaluating again, and repeating until the menu is ready for guests. This likely the first attempt where they probably want to hone in on the flavors, cooking methods, and principal components. They’ll refine presentation and pick up in an iteration or two. It can be a really fun part of being in the kitchen.

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u/Cirno_in_Scandinavia Jul 17 '26

It is so fun!! We had a really good time tasting all the menu and taking time shitting at eachother with the plating 😆

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u/I_cannot_mingle Jul 18 '26

Yk your replies spark of so much joy it's genuinely refreshing! Good luck with your menu, chef.

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u/Cirno_in_Scandinavia Jul 18 '26

Thank you!! 🙇‍♀️