Head Cook

I hired a cook. Staff training begins in 6 days, so I’m cutting it close. It’s not that I wasn’t trying- but no one was interested in the job. I finally emailed the camp director across the lake and asked if his cook knew anyone. He suggested a woman who would be a good assistant cook, but not a head cook. When I called her, she was really enthusiastic. She also said she’d prefer the assistant position, but I still didn’t have anyone for the head cook position and so she agreed to try it out.

The other camp routinely cooks for 400 people. If she can assist cooking for 400, she should be able to head cook for 100. I created a menu and while she and I are both nervous about the ordering and portions, I think we will figure it out. We don’t really have a choice at this point- camp is going to be here soon.

She is a character. She said, “oh girl, yeah, let’s do it!” a few times and she’s a little rough around the edges, but I liked her spirit and her willingness to try, so I’m crossing my fingers that it works out.

We’ll see….