This article was first printed on August 9 2023. It has been republished (November 22) to add context to an interview with Thomas Straker published on the same day, which you can read here.
Last week, an anonymous hospitality worker shared a tongue-in-cheek Instagram post about a fictitious trial shift at a restaurant. “They told me it was the first time they’d even seen a woman in a professional kitchen,” the post read. “And to that I replied: ‘Wow, thank you guys, for being so open minded and welcoming me with such massive muscley open arms’.” It got ruder — and funnier — from there. More than 8,500 people liked the post and suddenly @sluttycheff became the hottest name on the restaurant scene.
