My name is Jennifer and I have been married to a chef for 25 years.

I blog about my life as a chef wife and how we combine restaurant and family life each day.

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Infertility – A Chef, A Wife and a Child

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While my chef/husband and I have struggled with miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy, we have never dealt with infertility. Knowing how much I struggle with loneliness because of the hours my chef/husband works, I can’t even begin to imagine how hard this must be for many chefs and their wives. I often wonder if I’m hurting someone when I write posts about my children and the struggles of raising children with a chef. I know that my struggles could be someone else’s dream.

I could write a post on a subject I really know nothing about, or I could ask someone for help . . . someone who has lived it. I’ve asked my sweet cousin Leanne if she would let me ask her a few questions about her and her husband’s struggle with infertility. While her husband is not a chef, she knows me well enough and has been to enough family functions over the years that my husband has missed because of work, that she has a pretty good idea of what our lives are like as chef wives. I am so grateful for her willingness to share with us today!

The Chef’s Wife and her Love for Chef Coats

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I just love washing chef coats. It is absolutely, without a doubt, my favorite part about having a chef for a husband.

(Obviously I’m kidding!)

I really don’t like it at all. They are a pain to clean and stains stick to them like super glue!

Also, have you ever wondered why chef coats are white? The other day I was actually thinking, “What brilliant person thought white would be a good idea for a chef coat?? Why in the world would you put a cloth buttons on a chef coat?”

So I did what everyone else does when they have a question. I Googled it.

Turns out, there are actually a few good reasons. Who knew? (OK, maybe you did. But I didn’t.) read more…

Miscarriage and Ectopic Pregnancy – A Chef, A Wife and a Child

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Have you ever noticed that many people have gone through the same struggles as you have, but you never knew it until you started to talk about it? This happens to me all the time.

I had no idea how many women had miscarriages until I had one.

After the initial excitement of finding out that my chef/husband and I were going to have our first child, my thoughts and fears headed straight toward miscarriage.

I know now that many women have miscarriages, but my Mom had 14. Yes you read that right. 14. I am an only child and she was on bed rest the majority of her pregnancy with me. I am like my Mom in many ways, but would this be one way I was like her as well? I of course had no way of knowing. So as we started to pray for our unborn child, we prayed that if it was God’s will, I would carry him/her full term. read more…

Is the Restaurant Killing the Chef?

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Before I begin, please remember that I love that my husband is a chef. I truly believe this is the perfect job for him.

But with that being said, I often wonder if the restaurant is physically killing the chef.

(You should probably also know that my husband has been home very sick for the past 2 days as I write this.)

There are many nights I see my chef/husband walk in the door so exhausted, he falls asleep the second his head hits the pillow.

Other nights he comes home starving because he’s only tasted things all day and hasn’t really had a meal all day long. read more…

What concerns you the most about having a child with a chef?

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I’d love to follow up on Tuesday night’s blog post about pregnancy and the chef’s wife. read more…

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