Pastry Codex

Europeans go nuts over it, you can make your own staying away from particularly seed (palm kernel oils) bad, bad BAD!

Ingredients

2 cups hazelnuts (240g)

1/4 tsp pure vanilla extract

1/4 cup cocoa powder

1/3 cup sweetener of choice (see above for options that work here)

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 cup milk of choice or 2 tbsp oil, optional

Instructions

Homemade Nutella Recipe: If hazelnuts are not already roasted, preheat the oven to 400 F and bake for 6-8 minutes or just until they begin to brown. Rub them together in a paper towel to get the skins off. It’s okay if a few stubborn skins won’t come off. In a Vitamix or food processor, blend the nuts until they’ve turned to butter. (This could take up to twenty minutes in a food processor.) Then add all other ingredients except milk or oil and blend a long time until it’s smooth like Nutella! If desired, add in the milk or oil.

Fairly significant.
A Chef should be treated with a certain level of respect, remember he is like an orchestra conductor.
Can an operation run without one?,
It could, but things can go whirly, with kids that rather be on social media or chatting up a storm.
A Chef creates parameters, structure, disciplines and navigates the ship. A Chef also fosters loyalty, and is a good politician getting people to follow their lead.

There is an expression though, "no one person is an Island" in other words what that means is you can do your job the way you know how you're the best at your abilities but if everyone else around you is not leveling up and meeting your efforts then it is if everyone's not their job.
Management has to be siding with and supporting the Chef 100%, if that's not the case and if you have somebody that says oh I'm watching that guy I'm watching him on the camera I'm I'm watching it very carefully but it doesn't do anything about that key individual that just doesn't care or doesn't really have any ability to be able to be a team player and chime in with other people for responsibilities, you will have an inefficient operation affecting morale.

A Chef is concerned about reviews because you have to be. There's another expression that goes you're only as good as your last eclair, constantly striving to outdo and better your last performance. Mistakes can be made we are only human, but they should be an exception and not a rule
If management disregards their stuff especially their Chef, over manages them,micro manages them, I can assuredly guarantee you are going to be without a conductor after a while.

Bottom line take away, treat your Chef with a level of respect, appreciate & value them, they can make you and they can also break you.

As an owner of a company don't get stuck in a situation where you have to wind up doing everything yourself because your staff has abandoned you.
They may not need you as much as you need them.

Two new desserts.
A honey Almond bun cake & a cookies and cream Oreo Tres leches cake.
Sometimes, right out of gates these things become successful and entrenched in regular operations.
The honey almond bundt cake is unbelievable.
Exclusively at Bread and Water Bakery.