How to hire a chef

By Amit Kumar on November 5, 2014 10 Comments / 1651 views

Pasta is generally thought to be made of maida and hence unhealthy, however we at “The Pasta Kitchen” want to change this!

A friend and I, both of us techies, are working on educating and being the single source of Amazing lip smacking pasta delicacies – healthy salads as well as yummy white/red sauce pasta!

We are looking for a chef who can make amazing pasta! Trouble is we don’t know where to get started!

There are a lot of “recruiters” who are asking for a months salary, with a 2-3 months replacement guarantee, however, I am a bit sceptic about this so called guarantee.

I was hoping someone here would be able to drop a liner or two about what we could do! Or if you have any other pointers for us, please do share!

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Amit Kumar

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asha chaudhry November 7, 2014, 4:49 am

amit, where are you based? and where will the pasta kitchen be located?

i shall ping divyesh for you since he is into healthy foods – his salads contain pasta, etc

i shall also ping other foodpreneurs like hitesh bhatia and karan pandhi who might be able to help you.
Amit Kumar November 7, 2014, 6:27 am

Hi Asha
Karan Pandhi November 7, 2014, 6:45 am

Hi Amit,

See hiring a chef will not solve your problem.

Hire a chef and a trainer also both of you should learn how to make the pastas.

Are you’ll located in Mumbai? Since my own startup is in the closing phase.

I would be glad to help you both in giving you my expertise.

Regards,
Karan Pandhi
T: +91-9699-246-444
Darshan Bhambiru November 8, 2014, 10:31 am

Congratulations!!! on the SUCCESSFUL EXIT Amit 🙂
asha chaudhry November 8, 2014, 10:48 am

congrats amit! awesome job darshan – i was gonna ask him how’s eashmart doing!

amit you MUST share the story and learnings with us!!
Puneet Nirogam Aggarwal November 9, 2014, 1:14 pm

Amit, you can try pinging on some food groups and Chef groups on Facebook.
Regards, Puneet
Amit Kumar November 10, 2014, 7:42 pm

Hi Karan,

We are based in Delhi. Chef and trainer is what we wanted, however trainer is costing us about a lakh for a month, and we aren’t sure if that is a very good idea to invest that much amount upfront, without knowing if we are going in the right direction(market fit wise).
Amit Kumar November 10, 2014, 7:48 pm

Asha, the story is already being written. I plan to post it this week itself!
Karan Pandhi November 12, 2014, 4:53 am

Hi Amit,

Well I would suggest you try to speak to any catering college in Delhi, and get freshers to start-up, learn the skills also from them, and try to hold to those freshers.

IF they leave you should be able to keep the store running.
asha chaudhry November 20, 2014, 5:53 am

eagerly awaiting amit!!!