๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐:
๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ง๐ผ๐ฝ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐ป ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ป.
Let’s spill the beans?
Chefs-turned-GMs arenโt just leadersโtheyโre gladiators.
They donโt dodge the heat, they walk into the arena and own it.
They fight not with swords but armed with industry smarts, bold precision, and fireproof resilience.
They’re the ones who wonโt sugarcoat reality for the Power Table: the owners, boardroom players, and ultimate shot-callers.
Theyโll tell them whatโs actually cooking, not just what they want to hear.
They donโt fold under pressure; they donโt chicken out.
They refine, intensify, and serve results.
Hereโs why these battle-tested champions dominate in top leadership roles:
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ๐
Theyโve felt the sweat, the grind, the 16-hour shifts. They donโt forget the people who make the dream workโand they sure as hell donโt let them be overlooked.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ต ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ต ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ต
In the kitchen, no one had time for pointless meetings or corporate fluff. That carries into leadership: decisive, sharp, and straight to the point.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ข๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ปโ๐
A chef knows when somethingโs offโbefore anyone else notices. That sixth sense? It translates to business, reading a room, spotting red flags, and making the right call fast.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐
Cost control, razor-thin margins, profit balancing? Itโs second nature. They donโt just understand numbersโthey respect them.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐โ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒโ๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ
A kitchen without order is a disaster. Chefs balance chaos with precision, creativity with execution. Thatโs why they turn vision into reality better than anyone else.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ
Tough conversations? No problem. Taking risks? All day. When somethingโs broken, they donโt dance around itโthey fix it.
At the end of the day, we could all use a bit more spice in leadership:
More heat,
More flow
No fearโjust go.
And no one brings that fire better than a chef whoโs climbed the ranks.
They take the burn, own the pressure, and dish out victory.
P.S. Thatโs me in the kitchen arena in 2008, working alongside chefs at the Ritz Madrid, Spain, where I sharpened more than just knives