by Jennifer | Being Married to a Chef, Blog, Chef Life, Children, Cooking, Friends and Family, Restaurant |
Has your chef ever thought about opening their own restaurant?
As I’m sitting here working on this post, my husband reads the title and immediately says, “No way!”
It’s definitely not for everyone. But I know many chefs who would like to one day have their own place and many chef girlfriends and wives (or husbands and boyfriends) who wonder what it would really be like.
There are a few chef wives who have written books about opening a restaurant with their chefs. You can read about Delancey and Wife of the Chef in a few posts I wrote last year after I read the books.
But today, I’d like to introduce you to my friend Dhanny. I met her through this blog and have LOVED getting to know her this past year! She has such a great perspective on restaurant ownership and I’m thankful she’s willing to share her story with us today!
Dhanny and her chef/husband Joe own My Kitchen Restaurant in New York. If you live near by or travel there, I’m sure they’d love for you to stop by. 🙂 (more…)
by Jennifer | Being Married to a Chef, Blog, Children |
Listen.
Can you hear it?
It’s silence.
Quiet.
Peace.
Do you know why?
Today was the first day of school – lol! All three of our girls started school today. (more…)
by Jennifer | Being Married to a Chef, Blog, Children |
As the family of a chef, have you ever thought about homeschooling your children?
As the family of a chef with 3 school aged children, there are days that go by where our kids do not see Daddy at all. The traditional school schedule and the schedule of a chef don’t seem to mesh together very well, if at all.
So have you ever thought about homeschooling so your kids can be off of school when your chef if off of work?
My husband and I have talked about it briefly, but at this time, don’t feel it’s what’s best for our family. But I know many chef families have chosen this route (or plan to in the future) and it’s been a great option for them.
Now before you stop reading because this post is about homeschooling, let me tell you I’m not trying to tell you what to do with your kids. How you choose to school your children is your decision as parents.
I know there are homeschooling families out there that really push other families to school the way they do. Unfortunately, I think this gives the idea of homeschooling a bad rap (along with all the other myths out there about it). Believe it or not, I have more friends that homeschool than send their kids to school. They respect our decision to send our kids to public school and I respect theirs. We share the joys and trials of education with each other as friends and that’s that.
Today, I’d like to introduce you to a chef’s family who has chosen to homeschool their kids. I always love hearing what like is like for other chef families and hope you will enjoy it as well.
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by Jennifer | Blog, Children |
In case you haven’t noticed, the traditional school schedule TOTALLY CLASHES with the schedule of a chef. Many chefs have only week days off, leaving no day open for family time, since the kids are in school.
The transition from having preschoolers at home to having elementary aged kids who go to school from 9-3 every day was a tough one for our family (as I’m sure it has been for many of your families as well).
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by Jennifer | Blog, Children |
I always knew the day would come when I would write about this (or make a video about it).
This is by far the hardest post and most personal topic I’ve ever blogged about.
You see, our home was a pretty miserable place to be for a few years. My chef/husband and I had many conversations about it, but never really knew the exact problem and because of that, didn’t know how to fix it.
Then one day I figured it out. It was of course during one of the hardest weeks I’ve ever had as a parent. But sometimes it takes a really difficult situation to get me to wake up and figure things out.
I wish there was a way to go back in time and tell my younger self what I learned. I would have been a different parent early on.
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