@chefthomson: I just spent my first full month on earth being closer to 30 than I am to 20. For the last 5.9 years I’ve been living in denial saying I’m never going to get old. Of course there’s still time, I’m only a little over half way to fifty. I’m a chef. I’m not a cook. I’m not a dishwasher. I’m not a lunch lady. I’m not a tool. I’m a chef. In Canada we have red seal programs. This trade program was created in 1952. When it began, there were only 2 trades, automotive and electrical. In 1964 Cooking was added as a designated trade under the red seal program. You do not require a Cooking Red Seal, to be a chef. There is no “red seal chef. It’s a myth. We have chefs, and we have not chefs. Some of them have more experience, different accomplishments, better techniques, more money, but ultimately we are chefs. We are capable of something that not everyone can master. As a now official old person, I have updated by Skype LinkedIn bio to reflect my intentions moving forward – and what I believe to have been my intentions all along. I would like to be a chef (and makes tiktoks). I’m serious about it. I always have been. I want to reduce waste across the country, and the world. I want to promote sustainability for our food, and better service for our guests. But working in kitchens alone, seldom gets you to the top. I’ve been able to use my business studies and marketing experience to be profitable doing what I love. This is a gift, and I’ve been given an opportunity that I don’t believe should be taken for granted. I want to gain experience, I want to work hard, I need to learn, but eventually, I want to teach. Along the way I may mentor, but I want to instruct. I want to share in the fire I see in our chefs eyes when the brigades we made ourselves come together to perform an incredible service. And none of it would be possible without you. Watching, sharing, experiencing in my story as I share it with you. You are also a gift, and I hope one day to return the favour. Hopefully, by changing the world. I am a chef (am not “the chef”). If you don’t agree, then I will just fake it til I make it. Mind theatre. 🎭

Chef Thomson

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Friday 16 October 2026 06:05:09 GMT