Dating chefs

A Recipe for Romance: Finding Your Culinary Soulmate

Before I was with my boyfriend and as a teenage waitress I had a very stereotypical view of chefs: they're angry in the kitchen, swear a lot, drink a lot and have a general bee in their bonnet. They get pissed when a waitress tells them a customer is complaining, moan about being behind a hot stove and work ridiculous hours. Now I know I was slightly wrong. In fact, the first romantic gesture my boyfriend made was putting a rose made out of a tomato skin on a tuna sandwich I'd ordered for lunch. When you tell someone your boyfriend is a chef, you will pretty much always get the same reaction - oh yes of course because he cooks for a living I get showered with lush dinners every single night. Aside from the reaction from others, here's a few other things I've experienced thanks to my boyfriend's chosen career. On your lunch break, he's at his busiest making other people lunch.

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Follow us. So, naturally, those who cook for a living have a certain kind of romantic appeal. The appetite for dating chefs seems to be growing, with some seeing an increase in dating app approaches and thirsty DMs. And, even though Carmy White does have a love interest this time around, his obsession with the restaurant will ultimately always come first.

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I was recently interviewed by a local publication and the interviewer asked me what kind of guy I usually date. During this past Lenten season, most of my friends gave up the usual—profanity, chocolate, alcohol. I gave up dating chefs.

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The truth about dating as a female chef

Dating a chef can be a wonderful thing. But as is the case a lot of the time in hospitality, with the perks comes a handful of challenges. Going out together on the weekends can be quite the challenge when dating a chef. It might just take a more tactical approach to scheduling a date when the roster is released to find windows of romantic opportunity. Planning ahead can be a tough ask as so much can change in the matter of a few days.

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