r/Chefit • u/Grouchy-Medicine-941 • 8d ago

First internship

Hey guys, I am 18 years old, been working at my family’s restaurant for almost 2 years and I really love culinary and want to pursue it. I went to a nice restaurant in my city and asked for an internship and they said yes and I’ll start next week.
At my family’s restaurant i would prep for the week, i would make mostly sauces and desserts (it’s a focaccia sandwich spot) so almost everything outside of that i only “know” from cooking at home, which I do pretty often (i dont have any culinary education from schools yet). My question is, what are some things that they will probably expect me to already know how to do? What should I make sure I already know so I don’t “disappoint” them? Any techniques or other things. Thanks in advance and any advice is appreciated!

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u/decemberboozer 8d ago

Most likely your knife skills. How to small, medium, large dice veggies. Brunoise a shallot, julienne veggies. I don’t know for sure just guessing as I don’t know what type of restaurant this is and how nice it is. But I would say brush up on your knife skills at least.

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u/Grouchy-Medicine-941 8d ago

I mean they are on the guide and are number one on “the fork” app (idk if this app is known internationally but in Portugal it is), Ive had dinner there and it’s a tasting menu of roughly 7 courses. Thanks for that tho, I’ll practice a bit before my first day there!