Chefs in comfortable shoes !

Working as a Chef often means being on your feet for very long periods of times. 10 to 14 hours is not uncommon.
Sometimes when I get home at night I wish I could employ a Thai foot massage girl to bring the feeling and the sweet perfume smell back to them instead of their usual state of smelling like I have been walking in the cheese fridge barefooted for 2 days !
When it comes to chefs shoes I have found over the years that they tend to tell you quite a bit about that chef and how they approach their job.
The three main types of footwear that are wore are boots, crocs and trainers.
The chef who wears the Boot tends to be very regimented in the kitchen. Solid, reliable but not particularly passionate about his subject its a job to him and he probably dreams of being a nightclub bouncer !
The trainer wearing chef tends to be a Young lad training to be a chef. He had the money to buy a pair of chef shoes but unfortunately he used it to buy the super woofer speakers for his green Citroen Saxo so  you could hear him on the way home after his shift !
The trainer wearer tends to talk a good game sometimes but tends to drift in and out of catering and will end up mixing plaster for his Uncles building business. Its a shame because if you start catering when your 17 you have the energy to put in the long hours you need to absorb the many techniques and skills you need to become a good cook. The rewards are their and by the time you are 23 you can be earning in the £20k's anywhere in the world. When you consider most students are coming out of university at that age with lots of debt and a degree which does not guarantee them a career anymore.
The Croc wearing chef tends to be a bit more passionate about food, cooking and the kitchen he works in. He wanders light footed around his kitchen sprinkling a little bit of this and a little bit of that in his cauldrons of culinary magic producing pure food alchemy to bewitch and spellbind you with its magical delicious taste !
You can guess which ones I wear ! Ha ha !
So next time you try out a new eating place don't bother with the menu just ask if you can see the shoes the chefs wearing if a pair of Air balance super pump trainers with a red slash down the side comes out I would put them on and run out the place as fast as you can ! Ha ha !
If mine come out I hope to feed you well but they will probably put you off the cheese board though ! ha ha !

Looking sharp chaps !