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🔥 BRUTAL RELATIONSHIP TRUTHS! Chef Antonio Caruana and KC break down the REAL challenges of dating someone in the restaurant industry!

5 ESSENTIAL Things to Know:
✅ #1: There's NO Schedule - Tuesday at 2 pm might be date night, not Friday
✅ #2: Holidays Don't Exist - Christmas Eve, Valentine's Day, New Year's = WORK
✅ #3: Kitchen Aggression is REAL - We argue fast, and it carries over
✅ #4: Money Isn't Everything - Long hours, hard work, but not always big paychecks
✅ #5: We Want to be Cooked FOR - Stop saying you won't cook for us!

HARSH REALITIES:
🔪 12+ hour shifts are normal, not the exception
💔 Many relationships don't survive the industry demands
🍽️ We eat off milk crates, not fancy tables
📱 Don't just show up at work - we might be in the weeds
💰 Moving cities for opportunities is part of the game

From 30+ years in kitchens - this is the unfiltered truth about chef life and relationships.

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🔥 GAME-CHANGING Interview Advice! Chef Antonio Caruana drops TRUTH BOMBS about what it REALLY takes to get hired in a professional kitchen!

5 ESSENTIAL Tips:
✅ #1: DON'T BE LATE - "On time is late, 5 minutes early is on time!"
✅ #2: DRESS FOR THE ROLE - Show up looking like the chef you want to be
✅ #3: BRING YOUR KNIFE ROLL - Be ready to start RIGHT NOW
✅ #4: KNOW YOUR WORTH - Research salary ranges and have a number ready
✅ #5: DO YOUR RESEARCH - Know the restaurant, chef, and style of food

BRUTAL TRUTHS:
🔪 Why showing up without your tools is an instant NO
💰 How to negotiate salary without looking like a fool
📱 Why your social media WILL be stalked (clean it up!)
🚫 What NOT to say about previous employers
⚡ The magic words: "I can start right now"

From someone who's hired HUNDREDS of kitchen staff - this isn't theory, this is REAL advice from the trenches!

Whether you're fresh out of culinary school or a seasoned cook looking to level up, these tips will give you the edge you need to land that dream kitchen position.

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🇮🇹 Food History Time Boys and Girls! Episode 66 is LIVE!

Chef Antonio Caruana + KC break down the REAL story behind Italian American cuisine!

5 Things You NEED to Know:
✅ Why pepperoni pizza doesn't exist in Italy (and what you'll get instead!)
✅ The REAL story behind spaghetti and meatballs
✅ How mortadella became "baloney" in America
✅ Why Italians eat differently than Italian Americans
✅ The truth about portion sizes and dining culture

Some Revelations:
🍕 Pepperoni = peppers in Italy (you'll get bell peppers on your pizza!)
🥩 Bologna comes from trying to recreate mortadella in America
🍝 Spaghetti and meatballs isn't even a real Italian dish
🧀 Why Italians don't dump cheese on everything
⏰ How Italians actually eat throughout the day

This isn't about right vs wrong - it's about understanding the beautiful evolution of food culture! Italian American cuisine came from necessity, creativity, and immigrants doing their best with what they had.

From Chef Antonio's restaurant LUCE - where authentic regional Italian meets modern technique, this is a great discussion on the Italian American culture and what needs to be done to save it!

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