What's your job ?

[formula400]

Dont they call you patisserie chef's no more? .

Chef Patissier if your in France, Pastry chef as its england., Patisserie is the shop or place or pastry products.

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Ah. One of my first jobs was washing pots in another Edinburgh hotel in 81 ish. They called the pastry corner the Patisserie corner so the girls got called Patisserie Chief's. Presumably that is why its stuck in my head.

I think its quite old school as well, My exc chef loves the word "Patisserie"

[formula400]

I think its quite old school as well, My exc chef loves the word "Patisserie"

Im only 57

so is he

[Trinity765]

I left school and home in 1986 and only turned up for my English and Math exams as at the time I thought "well at least I can prove that I can read and write". I now work in IT Infrastructure, Cloud Based Telephony and I still don't have any qualifications other than an IAM First. I've never had any drive for working my way up a corporate ladder, preferring a life of raucous hedonism and childish fun Now I'm in bed by 9pm, up by 5am and have to warm my joints up before I can move with any grace and I have rejected an offer of bifocals from my optician which I may have to go back on soon.

I've not been to the office since March.

[MingtheMerciless]

I am a pastry chef, left school after my GCSE's straight into a working apprenticeship, loved it, went from not having much fun at school or doing great to being in a kitchen full of older (18-25 year olds apart from the head and sous chef) and had loads if fun, was hard, but loved it. I started in the hot kitchen and spent around 5 years on that side, then went to work in Lyon for 7 months and sort of fell in love with the pastry side, did a few restaurants back in London then got a job at The Ritz Hotel in 2007, started as a Demi chef de partie (2nd lowest position) and I am now currently the head pastry chef, be so for around 7 years I think.

I get paid to play with chocolate and sugar.

Amedei Chocolate mousse, almond praline by lewis wilson, on Flickr

Please stop showing these wonderful cake pictures, as a gluten and lactose intolerance sufferer they should be classed as a “cruel and unusual punishment”. Either looking at them or the results a few hours later after eating them!

[porter_jamie]

I'm a development engineer for a well known racing and automotive engine manufacturer. I'm working on a marine project which means I spend the day messing around with boats and looking at weather forecasts.
I previously worked for paxman engines who make (made, they are shutting at xmas) 5500bhp marine diesels, and also perkins/Caterpillar, Ford, JLR, tom walkinshaw and had a machine shop on the side with my brother as well. started working for a local company that overhauled engines for ford and jlr, and in my dads machine shop when I was at school.

[Nordboy]

I am a pastry chef, left school after my GCSE's straight into a working apprenticeship, loved it, went from not having much fun at school or doing great to being in a kitchen full of older (18-25 year olds apart from the head and sous chef) and had loads if fun, was hard, but loved it. I started in the hot kitchen and spent around 5 years on that side, then went to work in Lyon for 7 months and sort of fell in love with the pastry side, did a few restaurants back in London then got a job at The Ritz Hotel in 2007, started as a Demi chef de partie (2nd lowest position) and I am now currently the head pastry chef, be so for around 7 years I think.

I get paid to play with chocolate and sugar.

Amedei Chocolate mousse, almond praline by lewis wilson, on Flickr

That’s great, even though I decided catering wasn’t the industry I wanted my career to be, I worked in hotels and restaurants for years before mycurrent job, so have a great affinity with the industry. I was mainly front of house though as I realised my kitchen skills were somewhat lacking early on. I gave it a few tries but mostly failed dismally. Did a stint front of house at The Lygon Arms many years ago when it was owned by the Savoy group, so totally understand the effort and standards that go into working in a top hotel.

[Fruity]

Re-recording mixer. mixing soundtracks for film and television

Please can you have a word, so that we don't have to keep turning the volume down on the tv when there's music on and back up again when there's dialogue? It's making tv a regrettable experience. Thanks!

[Fruity]

I have what turned out to be a useless degree in zoology, and a variety of jobs, most of which I've left when made redundant

At various times I've been or worked in: fabrication - making aircraft underground support equipment which is now buried under runways across the UK and Europe, for the European branch of a massive US firm. I've done non-destructive testing in power stations and rig yards and on ships - nearly took a plunge into the Tyne one night at Swan Hunters yard, due to their lousy "safety" checking on scaffolding. Me and my mate were overlooked one night there when they evacuated everybody else due to a bomb threat, we just thought it had gone quiet

I've also been a landscape gardener, a brickies mate, an accounts clerk, a procurement officer for a local authority and (hopefully finally) a member of the police, where I've done some years on the pandas, been on a beat team and then settled on a joint roads policing/firearms unit, which I enjoy immensely (and mostly managed to avoid appearing on Police Interceptors ). That said I'm in a temporary post elsewhere within that specialist world at present, working largely days with the odd shift thrown in. Not sure I like the hours tbh, I've always preferred nights

[Druid]

a member of the police, where I've done some years on the pandas, been on a beat team and then settled on a joint roads policing/firearms unit, which I enjoy immensely (and mostly managed to avoid appearing on Police Interceptors ). That said I'm in a temporary post elsewhere within that specialist world at present, working largely days with the odd shift thrown in. Not sure I like the hours tbh, I've always preferred nights

You'll be working next door to me at Wynyard then

[Fruity]

You'll be working next door to me at Wynyard then

I drop in there from time to time, yes. That belongs to the other half of our unit.

[Horse]

don't have any qualifications other than an IAM First. I've never had any drive

[rodbargee]

Re-recording mixer. mixing soundtracks for film and television

Please can you have a word, so that we don't have to keep turning the volume down on the tv when there's music on and back up again when there's dialogue? It's making tv a regrettable experience. Thanks!

Believe it or not they've put noise regs in place R128 which we all have to adhere to and if you fail the test the programme cant be transmitted. Unfortunately the regs mean you are allowed to make the music really loud the dial has to be perceived to be uncompressed and of constant volume , consequently some directors (who fall in love with their commissioned music exploit this loophole. Abad mix is still a bad mix despite noise regs. legislation not always a benefit
https://tech.ebu.ch/docs/r/r128.pdf yawn

[Mr. Dazzle]

Its the suddenly loud adverts which really grate. I know nominally they're not allowed to do that either, but they clearly do.

[rodbargee]

Its the suddenly loud adverts which really grate. I know nominally they're not allowed to do that either, but they clearly do.

They also have to adhere to regs though there are ways to beat the system i generally make the programme louder towards the commercial break heading off a barrage of commercial noise. for those struggling with sleep. https://tech.ebu.ch/docs/r/r128.pdf

[Horse]

Its the suddenly loud adverts which really grate. I know nominally they're not allowed to do that either, but they clearly do.

I kno nurting, but isn't this the compression of what Rod speaks?

[Taipan]

Re-recording mixer. mixing soundtracks for film and television

Please can you have a word, so that we don't have to keep turning the volume down on the tv when there's music on and back up again when there's dialogue? It's making tv a regrettable experience. Thanks!

What he said! Its so annoying having to keep changing the volume!

[Mussels]

I have a telly with sound level control and another without, it's one of the few features I'd look for in a new one. It doesn't always work but is much better than without.

[Whysub]

Part of my job was as conducting surveillance, mostly on bikes.

I was trained by some of the best riders I have met, was supplied with the riding kit I wanted to wear, and rode some great, and not so great bikes. Although most of the time I spent on the bike was parked up away from the rest of the team for the majority of a deployment, waiting for the target to move. No fun in the sun or in the rain when finding shade/cover proved impossible.

[Bigyin]

Part of my job was as conducting surveillance, mostly on bikes.

I was trained by some of the best riders I have met, was supplied with the riding kit I wanted to wear, and rode some great, and not so great bikes. Although most of the time I spent on the bike was parked up away from the rest of the team for the majority of a deployment, waiting for the target to move. No fun in the sun or in the rain when finding shade/cover proved impossible.

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