Cook smoking at takeaway?

[girlfriend44]

The person who owns and runs a takeaway near me is always smoking!
He smokes outside before starting the Cooking and sometimes in the evening between customers?
Would this give you the Ick and is it allowed?
Can you smoke and Cook for the Public?

I think its a takeaway bashing thread

How do you know they are the owner OP?

Maybe it's cos I'm a smoker that I've got a "chip" on my shoulder 🤣🤣🤣🤣

😂😂

Brilliant use of the name change function

Nicely done

I mean, that’s a novel way to prepare food. I wonder if Heston has thought about doing this.

I've literally never met a chef who didn't smoke.

the Ick 🙄

He isn't really doing anything wrong and assuming it's a decent restaurant, I'd assume he's washing his hands every time he has a smoke and before/after he preps something. I don't think I've met a single chef that didn't smoke, you may be horrified to know that many of the chefs I'd met are quite fond of cocaine too 😶

I don’t think it is a ‘decent restaurant’ - I think it’s a dirty takeaway, of which the OP appears to have quite the obsession.

@girlfriend44 - you realise it’s possible to go through life unaffected by takeaways, and without them impinging on your every waking moment?

I worked in a 5 star hotel in London in the late 70s and the head chef did this continuously, letting the ash drop into whatever dish he was making at the time...!

So it isn't a hygiene issue if he does it around the back of the shop, as opposed to around the front... where it will?

You're unhinged. Have a day off. x

😂😂😂

It does sound like she's curtain twitching and watching him from her window 😐

The law states if you work as a cook anywhere, you must live in a bubble at all other times.

Ahhh maybe she wants to shut it down

I've worked with a fair few chefs, they all smoked (outside) during their shift, they all cared about their food and regularly washed their hands.
It won't cause any issue with the food and tbh there's probably more sweat in food rather than fag ash, ever worked in a hot kitchen?

I second this opinion

What do you all do all day if this is the sort of thing that worries you

Kinda unrelated but can someone tell me how to do the search please, I tried and it didn't work v well, I want to see other batshit takeaway threads

Please*

I thought that was teachers 😂

OP YABVVU. All the chefs I have ever known have smoked. I used to work in a hospital, and a lot of staff smoked too... including theatre staff. I saw staff go out in their scrubs (with one of those flimsy jacket things on), have a ciggy then cover themselves in body spray before going back in to operating theatres.

I'd prefer a smoker cooking my food rather than a non hand washing,after using the toilet , cook.

I thought this was a joke thread….

Yuck
Has he got orange stained fingers he's making your food with?