SF cooks vs NY cooks -- guess who wins, hippie

Hey, hippie San Francisco cook dude, put down the ganja reefer weed for a second and try to focus on something other than your own navel!

Danny Myers apprentice Sarah Schafer has come to San Francisco from New York, and she brought some opinions with her about YOU! So wake up and sober up and detox or whatever!

"I don't want to sound like I'm putting any West Coast chefs down," said Frisson Executive Chef Sarah Schafer, 10 minutes into a discourse on the virtues of New York cooks. "I just don't think they are as disciplined as East Coast chefs."

Oh yes, she did!

She totally just did that!

That might sound rough, but Sarah has some constructive, practical advice to go with her criticism:

• Try not to be a total flake, especially if you have an interview scheduled!
• It's called discipline. Have you heard of it?
• Did you know there are other cuisines other than California Cuisine!? Hard to believe, I know!
• You are not a television star so please just stop.
• Work in New York and, if possible, make sure your schooling and childhood were in New York
• Try to do something other than smoke ganja weed and sleep all the time!

It turns out there are a lot of other chefs around town who favor cooks from East Coast kitchen culture, which is basically "Shut up and get yelled at and do as you are told," very military except even meaner.

And it turns out that if you want to work in certain top kitchens and have a problem with this, go eat some tofu or to yoga class or surfing or just drop some ecstasy and sleep for 16 hours on your stupid futon or whatever, you dirty hippie, and deal with it The End.

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Business Times: S.F. chefs seek cooks with N.Y. state of mind / They're used to higher pressure, work load (free link)