{"id":18407,"date":"2025-02-12T08:08:55","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T14:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partstown.com\/about-us\/?p=18407"},"modified":"2025-02-12T08:08:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T14:08:55","slug":"what-is-a-corporate-chef","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partstown.com\/about-us\/what-is-a-corporate-chef","title":{"rendered":"What is a Corporate Chef?"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_14515\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KR7AplynIYQ?enablejsapi=1&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&rel=1&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The foodservice industry is full of more careers and positions than you can imagine. So whether you\u2019re fresh out of school or have been in the game and are seeking a change, you need to know what all your options are. If you live for cooking but don\u2019t see being a restaurant chef as your dream job, you have other opportunities. On the equipment side, manufacturers hire chef\u2019s too. This raises the question of what is a corporate chef?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chef Frank Barrett-Mills has the answers. After an exclusive interview with Parts Town, he gave us the scoop on what a corporate chef does, why he loves it and what he\u2019ll miss most when embarking on his retirement after years in the game.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Frank was the executive chef for a number of Middleby brands at the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.middleby.com\/middleby-innovation-kitchens-mik\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Middleby Innovation Kitchen<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> before his retirement. He entered the world of cooking as a young boy when he would help his grandmother in the kitchen. His Irish roots helped play an influence into his love for food. From there it evolved to catering the Boston marathon to private meals and that\u2019s when he knew he found his game.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is a Corporate Chef?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A corporate chef can work for an equipment manufacturer to help test units, create menus and more.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Operations is very different from the world of a corporate chef. You\u2019re typically at the same restaurant every day doing the same menu for prolonged periods of time. Whereas a corporate chef can often get to travel to new places, see new food styles, cook new meals every day. It provides that thrill of day-to-day change to keep the job interesting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There also isn\u2019t a front of house or back of house in a corporate chef\u2019s kitchen. This means the group touring for the day can see everything while you cook. It isn\u2019t just chefs coming to see what you do. Everyone in the restaurant game can come gather round and learn more about the work that goes into creating each dish with the different pieces of equipment you use.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some tips from Frank for someone looking to become a corporate chef include picking a company that believes that producing food on their equipment is important. You don\u2019t want the brand that\u2019s only selling you bells and whistles. The end result should always be the greatest value. Then you can work it backwards on the unit for how to make the equipment create that for you with programs and more.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The foodservice industry is full of more careers and positions than you can imagine. So whether you\u2019re fresh out of school or have been in the game and are seeking a change, you need to know what all your options are. 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