Do too many cooks spoil the broth?

There's the definitive scientific study for you.

You see, Atkins isn't really a diet at all. It's a cult. And political professionals all over Washington, D.C. have drunk the Kool-Aid, sweetened with

I have to say, speaking as a chef, that the Atkins diet is bad for humanity.
It's anti human, anti joy.
It perverts all that is good about food every bit as much as the VEGAN movment.
In fact, I find vegetarians easier to deal with.
Have one item on the menu, just one, just for them, and they are happy.
Atkins dieters want exceptions and substitutes for everything on the menu. They are a royal pain in the ass. They screw up my entire rythem with their stupid special requests. For example, a recent request for "no starch extra veg" came up on my rail. The entree'?
Pan fried catfish. BREADED pan fried catfish.

Take a frikkin break dude.

This guy is a two star asshole.
Too bad the Michelin guide doen't deduct points for it.
If someone pulled this shit on me, they'd be asked to step aside. Once.
Then it's knuckle sandwich time:

Roe said she had just settled the 536-pound (780-euro, 960-dollar) bill and
was preparing to leave when Aikens stormed out of the kitchen and blocked her
exit with his hand.
"He then announced in front of all the other diners: 'A
silver spoon is missing from your table -- what do you know about this?'" she
was quoted as saying by The Tim
The chef in question is Tom Aikens, 34, whose eponymous restaurant in west
London holds two Michelin stars and is one of the capital's most lauded new
eating places.
Aikens, however, has a reputation as a hothead -- four years
ago he was sacked in disgrace from another restaurant after allegedly branding a
sous chef with a palette knife

Hiya

I'll commence posting here with this lil' tidbit:
Although culinary school was useful, and I DID learn how to function in a commercial kitchen there, most of what I do now is bred out of pure effort.

Hard work, bravado, overconfidence.
I've been going at it at full speed, holding back nothing. It's been maximum effort every day for over six months now.

I cooked for 23 days straight without a day off, and I'm now off one day a week till the end of this month.

I'm tired as hell. But there will be a payoff someday.