Staff Meals

[LaNiña]

Do you prepare a special staff meal (or meals) each day? Does the staff for each shift eat together? Do you make sure the staff tries each of the dishes on the menu, including the specials?

[bluehill]

Hi Nina,

Staff meal takes place every day at 4:30 pm. Everyone eats together at tables in our garden room. The meal is immediately followed by a staff meeting for both front and back of the house. We look at the reservation book together as a group ( $10 to anyone who recognizes a name from eGullet.com), talk about menu changes and daily tasting menus and taste dishes and cheese being offered in the restaurant. Our front of the house staff at Blue Hill is as passionate about food as we are in the kitchen and they are encouraged to ask questions and taste the dishes and ingredients that go into them in order to better understand the menu.

All of the stations in the kitchen share in the duties of cooking staff meal but our roundsman, Adam, an experienced and excellent cook takes a special amount of pride in keeping us well-fed. He also happens to have worked at Chanterelle for some time. For those of you who are familiar with David Waltuck's book, there is a strong tradition being carried on.

Thanks Nina.

Mike

[Bux]

Does that mean you encourage the staff to log on here often?

[cabrales]

Staff meal takes place every day at 4:30 pm.  Everyone eats together at tables in our garden room.

Mike -- What might a staff meal consist of?

[bluehill]

cabrales --

Staff meals this week will go something like this:

Monday

Grilled Flank Steak ( actually grilled out back!)

with corn on the cob and cole slaw

green salad

Tuesday

Baked Salmon with soysauce and lime juice

rice and zucchini

green salad

Wednesday

Smoked Turkey sandwhiches

rice salad with raisins and curry

green salad

Thursday

Roasted chicken legs with lemon and herbs

pasta with tomato and cauliflower

green salad

Friday

Duck legs moo shoo style

egg noodles

green salad

We try to use extras as much as possible but we do buy ingredients specifically for staff meal. For many of the staff it will be their only meal of the day.

Thanks for showing interest!

Mike