20+ Food service employees who made giant mistakes at work: 'Closed the restaurant for 9 days and the plumbing bill alone was $89,000'

I bet you've made big mistakes, but you've never spilled 22 quarts of syrup during a restaurant's breakfast rush!

Everything's bigger in a restaurant kitchen: when you're cooking for dozens or hundreds of customers every day, you're going to need a giant fridge and plenty of hands on deck. Though many chefs enjoy their work, it's a notoriously stressful business model. These workers are rushing constantly while also working around hot stoves, oil fryers, and sharp tools. It can be a recipe for disaster if they're not careful!

These kitchen workers made some awfully big mistakes, like one person who dropped 30 ham and cheese croissants in front of a gasping audience. Others had their mistakes happen in the back of house away from customers' eyes, like one person who left a ton of meat in a cooker for a week. The head chefs of these kitchens must have an incredible amount of patience to avoid getting upset at their employees for ruining hundreds of dollars worth of food.

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