One Canadian’s Comments On Life Lucien W. Dupont’s weblog

The Restaurant

So, I have to admit, I’m really liking “The Restaurant“. It might be because I’m really into cooking, and have a secret desire to work at a restaurant.

I have a feeling Mark Burnett is kinda playing me though. Maybe things are different when you are there, but Rocco DiSpirito is just making all the classic management mistakes. Like one of bartenders quits - she comes back the next day to talk to Rocco. What does he do? Offers her a management job, and gives her the ‘red Vespa’.

Surprise surprise, everybody else gets pissed.. geezz.. I told Jennifer, that’s a bad idea, the other employees are going to get really mad.

But then I think to myself, maybe it’s because I’ve just seen the past few episodes, and I know how mad everybody his, how much they are hating working there. Maybe Rocco doesn’t see it? Maybe he thinks everything is fine? If he does, he’s out of touch with his employees.

It was good to see him get into the kitchen, where he should be. Sure, he could walk around and greet people, but not all the time. You need to make sure your product (aka food) is good, hot, and tasty.

Anyway, that’s just my opinion.

I think rocco is really on an ego trip he cares more about flirting than, cooking. If he were a real chef he would be in the kitchen do what a chef loves to do most as well as teaching the cooks how to do things.