Line Cook: Chapters 9-12 Summary and Analysis

In Chapter 9, Bill was promoted to the grill station. This station required the worker to prepare the steak, chicken, or fish and its appropriate accompaniments while the rest of the meal was prepare elsewhere. There was a set way to grill the food so that the food would bare the appropriate marks from the grill. However, Bill had trouble turning over the branzino, a stuffed fish that was delicate and difficult to handle. On his first night, Bill dropped or burned nearly half the branzino. After two months on the grill, Bill was hammered for the first time, given more orders than he could keep up with. However, Bill was able to keep up and was proud of his skills until Batali came in one night and criticized some of his work. Bill was pushed...