Married to a chef

The number one question I get asked EVERY time that someone finds out that my husband is a chef is ‘ohhh, does he cook great food at home’? To get the answer out there right away, NO he doesn’t. I mean, not that he can’t. He’s a fabulous chef who gets written about in magazines and newspapers all the time. He serves excellent cuisine almost every night of the week. But no, he almost never cooks at home. I suppose most people probably think it’s strange when I laugh and say no, I cook at home. I mean, what’s the point of your husband attending a very expensive culinary school if you don’t at least get to eat his food every night, right?! But I guess people don’t realize that 1. It’s very expensive to eat at home what he creates for people in the restaurant, and 2. He would have to be HOME to make that food. A chef is gone at least 5-6 nights a week. His work involves almost all evenings and late nights and if he runs the restaurant as well as cooks, most of the days too. Now that our sons have started school, he drops them off at 9am and then goes straight to work and doesn’t come home until 10 or 11 at night. Sigh. It’s just not as glamorous as it sounds.
On the other hand, he brings home the most wonderful flourless chocolate tart sometimes and when we have people over, I know they’re going to get a great meal - and I don’t have to cook it! He even cleans everything up after himself. Ahhh. Life is good.