{"id":6200,"date":"2020-01-22T08:40:26","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T13:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snapchef.com\/?p=6200"},"modified":"2020-01-22T08:41:13","modified_gmt":"2020-01-22T13:41:13","slug":"employee-spotlight-cristine-rose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snapchef.com\/spotlight\/employee-spotlight-cristine-rose\/","title":{"rendered":"Employee Spotlight: Cristine Rose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Name: Cristine Rose<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Snapchef Location: Worcester<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Position: Grill Cook<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What experience in your life led to your interest in food and cooking?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I would have to say my parents influenced and inspired me to cook. They always encouraged me to be creative, and I have always enjoyed cooking. I am happy to say that I can make a living off something I enjoy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Describe the moment when you decided that you wanted to pursue a career in the culinary field.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I started working in kitchens to make extra cash growing up. I had an employer that saw potential in me, and I slowly transition from utility to grill cook. It made me feel good to feed others.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What challenges have you faced, and what obstacles have you had to overcome, to pursue your career in the culinary field?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I would have to say that being a female in a male dominated field has inspired me to work harder than most. I always felt the need to push myself to learn more and grow.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How have friends and family reacted to your career choice?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My family and friends are happy for me. My mother was happy that I found something that I loved and that I excel at.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you like most about working in a professional kitchen?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I enjoy learning different cooking techniques and about different cuisines. I am never bored, and am always moving.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s your favorite comfort food?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This one is easy, I like steak and potatoes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is your favorite thing about working at Snapchef?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I like the flexible schedule. I am a full-time student and I can manage my time with Snapchef while I still attend class.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is your advice to those interested in pursuing a career in the culinary field?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My advice is nothing worth having comes easily. The culinary field takes practice and hard work. You really must push for what you want. I started washing dishes and waiting tables andnow I view myself as a strong cook.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are some of your other hobbies outside of cooking?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I enjoy knitting, reading, crochet, hiking and mountain biking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Name: Cristine Rose Snapchef Location: Worcester Position: Grill Cook What experience in your life led to your interest in food and cooking? I would have to say my parents influenced and inspired me to cook. They always encouraged me to be creative, and I have always enjoyed cooking. I am happy to say that I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6201,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spotlight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/snapchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6200"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/snapchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/snapchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snapchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snapchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/snapchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snapchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/snapchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snapchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snapchef.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}