Working four shifts per week (7.5 hour minimum duration) and four days of classes per week are taking a toll on my blog as well as my feet. I haven’t updated in ages and my feet are a disaster area.
They ached so much that I went to a podiatrist. Sparing the gooey details, I need to have very expensive, $300, orthonic (sp?) shoe inserts made that will enable me to stand for an entire shift. And stand I do.
I get a lot of advice on how to handle the physical aspects of kitchen work.
1) Get three pairs of shoes and rotate them.
2) Good support socks. I want socks that will wick away moisture and buttress my gams.
3) Warm up stretches and stretching breaks (HA like that’s going to happen) at work. Maybe I’ll take a stretch break when the line cooks take their smoke breaks.
Even though my feet (and back) hurt, working at Nana is everything I thought a kitchen job could be. The other cooks are fantastic, we have a great pastry department, and chef (David McMillan) is brilliant. Unfortunately, chef is leaving to open his own place. He’ll be missed.
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