Bon Appétit clocks in for Lindsey Hubbard's first meat-station shift
Four months into her career, the One White Street cook handles ribeyes and a dinner rush with guidance from Chef AG.
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- 0:16Lindsey arrives for her first meat-roast shift after four months at One White Street.
- 3:20Kitchen and floor staff gather on the sidewalk to review the evening's reservations.
- 4:21Potatoes go through a ricer and tamis as Lindsey works against the prep deadline.
- 12:35Chef AG guides Lindsey through chicken roulade and ribeye as the first dinner rush arrives.
- 15:33Lindsey carves her first ribeye, concerned about getting its internal temperature right.
- 17:34The second seating brings another rush and a growing stack of orders.
How much responsibility comes with moving onto the meat station? For Lindsey Hubbard, it means expensive ingredients, exact temperatures and several ribeyes needing attention at once. "I'm feeling lost. I have a lot of ribeyes happening," she says during Bon Appétit's new workplace documentary.
At One White Street in Tribeca, Hubbard is four months into her cooking career. Chef de cuisine Adrian Capellan, known as Chef AG, sets her prep assignments and guides her through service. Before the rush, there are potatoes to pass through a ricer and tamis, a sidewalk staff meeting and a brief coffee break. Then the orders arrive, and the careful preparation has to become quick execution.
The episode is the most watched of Bon Appétit's nine uploads this week, reaching roughly 344,000 views. In the comments, viewers discuss the unusual choice to film someone's first night on a station, the questions Hubbard asks and the patient instruction around her. Several people with restaurant experience recognize the pressure of keeping service moving.
There is a more measured kitchen lesson alongside it. Alexia Duchêne's French onion soup tutorial starts with beef bones and slowly caramelized onions, then finishes with bone marrow, baguette, Gruyère and Comté. It and Hubbard's shift carry the strongest daily momentum, with a new look at pork-bun filling also drawing attention.
Bon Appétit's daily viewing is running well above its usual pace, while its subscriber count is unchanged over the week. Among nearby food channels, Nick's Kitchen is having a substantial growth week; Epicurious has a quieter daily viewing pace than usual. Here, the week's distinctive detail is Hubbard comparing a particularly good knife to driving a Porsche 911, a small pleasure amid a demanding first shift.
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This is a refreshing take, she's like real new. Glad to see how she's always asking questions and trying to learn
@khanhhuynh7497See it on YouTubeThis is crazy. I'm surprised that she and the chef would agree to letting her first night on the meat station be filmed. The anxiety and fear of running a busy station like that as a newbie is well captured here.
@Lariat76See it on YouTubeThe stress of that job is permeating thru the screen and overflowing into the comments section! **timer goes off**
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Kudos to Lindsay for the great attitude and well done on the CDC for being supportive
@bk20291See it on YouTubeAn apprentice with her attitude and willingness to learn is an asset.
@GOREDO5See it on YouTubeI appreciate the rawness and seeing someone in that position at the beginning. I love this take.
@ITSGEMENIISSee it on YouTubeAs someone who has experience in the industry, I will say this, she held it together and still talk while performing her duties that’s a skill in sit self that can’t be taught.
@Kamakea-w4xSee it on YouTubeI can definitely see her going places. She is a stickler for detail and the chefs here are patient in their instruction it would seem.
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