Day In The Life Of A Line Cook in Vancouver 

This must have taken a ton of work! Never an easy "a life in a day ____" while vlogging, but thanks for bringing us along :)

I've been away from kitchen for a month now and miss it so much, ended up here. thank you.

My daughter is a chef in Alberta now. Her current workplace relies on her 100%, she’s the only one in the kitchen and needs to prepare a menu 8 weeks in advance! She left a chain restaurant job as manager of kitchen for her current employer! I used to be a soul chef when I was a teenager, hard work busting balls daily! Your work doesn’t go unnoticed! Good job! ❤️🇨🇦❤️ from Ontario. My son is in the health care field in Vancouver and daughter is in Fort McMurray!

Your whole day is literally work, but you seem to enjoy it! I worked at a higher end restaurant and would often work 12 hour shifts and it just wasn't for me so I quit after 4 months. I ended up finding a cooking job that's more my style and pays more, with 40 hour work weeks :D

Don’t miss it at all. Cheers to all you guys out there grinding a job that doesn’t get the respect it deserves

As someone starting out I really appreciate the good cinematography displaying your technique. Subscribed!

Impressive calm under pressure and dedication. Thank you for a bit of perspective.

So love these bts perspectives to the inner workings of a restaurant, especially the backend! To be in the culinary world, you have to show grit and passion for the art at the same time! Have to be in tuned to all your senses: sight, smell, taste, feel and sound! Dang, the discipline and steadfastness of a military soldier with the finesse and timing of any genre of artists. Filmed and edited so well. Great flow, great feel. And a greater appreciation to the service industry for feeding everyone’s craving ass ass*ss! Thanks, Ryan!

it makes me so happy that a good person like ryan is in our world.

Seeing this makes me reminisce about my first time as line pastry cook in a small restaurant. I was the only girl in the kitchen and had to share (or in my case fight for) ovens with the commis and line cooks. I would normally bake in their break hours and have this super small station in the side of the kitchen, out of their line. That small station is my world and I make everything in it. I appreciate how you are doing breads, desserts, trimming octopus and doing culinary prep. Kudos! More power!

This is the most soothing thing that's happened to me all year.

God how I miss working in the restaurant, especially loved coming in getting everything ready and working through the day and evening just getting shit done and helping along the way with lunch service dinner service then the bit@hing lol then clean up, and prepping for the morning to start all over again with a different menu.

I know how chaotic a kitchen can be but my God how calm he is. It shows how much passion he has in his craft. Food prep, service and clean up after is a ton of work.

the stacking of deli's is too real. love it!

Great video. It has to be in your blood. I was a Chef for many years doing the long hours to serve guests. There’s a lot of self satisfaction when you’re able to complete multiple days without any mistakes. When the guests love your food, that’s a great feeling of pride.

Great vibes. I'd love to visit one day!

I love your energy and how passionate you are about cooking. Please keep up the good work!

Maaaan, this is REAL cooking right here! I'd gladly pay $100 for a meal of this level of talent & skill. Keep doing your thing dude, can't wait till you open your own spot!

I find it amusing and entertaining to watch your job at kitchen 👍

Great video of an honest days work. Didn't realize line cooks had some much room for creativity. Thought it was just cooking the same thing again and again. Learned something!

Love it! This open my eyes how hard work as a chef is, I’m studying in a culinary school right now and your videos make me feel more passionate about this cuz I love cook I love cook for someone else it will be hard but will be a pleasure

It’s such hard work. I am at awe. Keep up the great work

Im amazed how chefs can do this day in and day out. Im tired for cooking for me and my partner for dinner but imagine doing it as your line of work and cooking multiple dishes for other people and prepping for the next day. Thats a lot of work and pretty awesome!

I worked my first job as a line cook in Vancouver at Commercial broadway, this brings back so many memories.

Love it when you do this type of vid, actually find it very relaxing to watch after a long day at work.👍

Man you are a chef…..hard for me to see you list this as a line cook. Amazing talent.

I really liked this. I work a breakfast buffet at a hotel. This really put in perspective of what's it like to have to prep more complicated things. Maybe I should challenge myself and go to a restaurant like this.

Respect dude! Kitchen work is so much fun but I know from experience what a pain in the ass it is to keep these kind of kitchens clean. All the table legs and stuff, that can be a hassle.

Very nice! Love the presentation the process from prep to service. Cool vibe as well.

This was so relaxing to watch

Very cool bts video. I have a lot of respect for the amount of hard work and craft required in the culinary industry.

I need more of those videos they are perfect. Keep up the good work bro

I love your vlog inside out like this. I work in the restaurant industry too. Wanna see more about it. Even it’s a working thing but your vlog still look so cozy. I don’t know why.

This is so relaxing and asmr-ish. You work so hard. Kudos.

Love your work. Reminds me of my time in kitchen. Just gotta put those tea towels/chux below chopping boards for steady cutting. Gotta be chef 102, after seasoning everything. Also white board for breads.

Master at work...amazing stuff Ryan

Love the "fly on the wall" style of video, this is cool af

LOVED this, Ryan!

Hey man love this one. Super fucking cool that you’re doing the bread too. I’m a baker’s assistant in ATL and that was one of my favorite parts. Beautiful crust. Sourdough? Much love

Beautiful food. The final dishes are amazing.

for those of us working behind the scenes deserve gratitude even though we are not seen!

This was really fun to watch! Love to see how kitchens function. Thanks for sharing Ryan :)

_THIS WAS SOOOO RELAXING TO WATCH. PLEASE MAKE MORE. I ABSOLUTELY LOVED THIS VLOG._ 🔥🧡💛♥️

Dude you actually gave me a bit of insight on how to properly cut an octopus to weight. I struggled with that a little, thanks!

Great job man! That's the thankless passion that is needed to be in this industry! You are showing what the love of the job means along with the pride put into every dish and the sense of accomplishment is the best feeling in the world!

Bravo you are truly talented! I look forward to eating whatever you dished up next time I visit Love ❤️ from Edmonton

Wonderful video Ryan! Thank you for sharing.

I love being a cook. I hope one day I can have my own restaurant

geeeez such a hard work keep going ryan we are rooting for you

Love this, everyone watching hells kitchen should see...just too see how a cooks life really is!

excellent job, your skill in filming and editing have come a long way.

Great job long days not too many young guys like you can do this type of work

That was my life many years ago, I miss it and is so rewarding BUT I got tired of it and took a different path within the industry and another industry

me watching this even though im a line cook and know exactly how a day in the life goes: wow very interesting

I really enjoyed this, Ryan. Now I'm hungry.

Love this video.. this is how working in a kitchen should be. Not this chaotic back lash of employees constantly fighting each other over who is going to run the line that day. I am a line cook btw 😅😅

I love vlogs like these!!

I love the fact this video title says "line cook" and I see you do so much prep-prod. Where I work, it's a two restaurant, one business. We have two teams for each kitchens(each restaurants, one line kitchen, and a central-production kitchen) and I'm responsible for prep-prod, pretty much as a one man army, relying on the initiative and time of the rest of kitchen's staff to contribute whenever they can. It is very difficult to make some of the line cooks understand that we are all one big team. Everyone must contribute whenever they can, be it, cutting veggies, making pico, helping organise the storage area, communicating what is low, what is plenty ... etc. Basically : "Doing nothing? find something to help with". For me it goes without saying, but I see a lot of "line cooks" just going to the line, doing the minimal possible job of refilling station (For their shifts) and waiting for tickets, meanwhile being on their phone or wasting time in so many ways. The last 15 months, I've put a lot of pressure on the administration and it is starting to pay off. But there will always be ungrateful, lazy workers who can't see the big picture. Thank you for your video, I really enjoyed it!

Please continue doing these type of vedio 🙏🤙

I am moving out to canmore for line cook/Dishwasher I am so excited for this winter season! 19$ an hour

Wow, that kitchen is actually beautiful. Top nitch equipment. Also coming from a chef who works with 2 broken ovens and 2 broken stove tops 😅

Loved it but a voice over discussing the dishes & ingredients would’ve been next level.

Finally got to see your new place. What's the specialty of this restaurant?

Yo, good stuff, bread looks great. You should try inverting your lids and bake with the deep one on top. You can lay it down gently, score easier and it’s better for watching the bake/color.

Joe is the luckiest, he has a chief at home. 🙇🏻‍♂️👨🏻‍🍳

Oh the prep is always the thing I don't enjoy ,but its part of the process

to have and be able to do something like this is a dream and goal of mine one day. it may look lonely from the outside and it definitely is, but those are the territories and grounds you have to accept when you want to be in the food industry. wishing you continued success

The sear on the ballotine is 🔥

Ryan...you work so hard!!! Joe & Jasper must be proud of you. Do not loosen up, you are my H E R O E !!!! SUCCESSES😊

Cooked for 10 years, liked it but eventually burnt out, to thankless and the pay isnt good enough but more power to ya guys!

The thing missed in this is that he woke up in a tiny apartment he can barely afford or lives with his parent, or both. Vancouver is a great city, thought I might wanna live there someday. Then housing became an investment and suddenly I wouldn't move there if a job offered me 100k+ to move there. Nice work!

God bless the work of your hands.

It looks a whole lot more satisfying than your previous job

mad love and respect. wow brother

there is nothing hotter than a guy who knows how to cook. the tattoos and veiny hands/defined arms make it even better. it was fun to watch a behind the scenes especially in the service food industry. people really underestimate the time effort and energy that goes into making the food taste good/be presentable. being a server was a humbling experience that I recommend everyone have at least once. it makes you consider others more and more empathetic to people in general.

This made me hungrier than literally any cooking or recipe video I’ve ever watched. This all looks so amazing!!

Ryan New suscriber. The film 🎥 and editing 🎞, superb, I enjoy it a lot smooth to watch. How much time took you, to conceptualice, film, edit and upload the video, I used to work with and owner of 4 restaurant, and your video describe perfectly the work, you just made me remember all of that. Wish you the best in your career, and on this channel, hope you can reach whatever you are looking for on the creation of this vlogs. 💪 Grettings from Mexico. 🇲🇽

well, you are a smart man to have a little youtube side hustle going! all this food looks amazing dude. Also as a friendly suggestion, I would recommend to silence the scenes when you only hear the overhead fans and just put a little music that you like. I love the cooking sounds but the fan cuts deep into my soul 😂

Learnt how to dry stacks of plastic containers without filling up the drying rack

I love these videos , keeps me motivated as a cook. What happened to your sous chef position? Just curious.

This was somehow very mesmerizing

Long days! You should get a back brace for under your shit to help with posture, it will help a ton!

this made me want to learn how to cook

props to man i could never work in a restaurant or retail, oil and gas industry is where im staying,

very nice ,miss my old day at restaurant

Damn yeat is a talented cook in the studio and in the kitchen 👨‍🍳

I love your tattoos!

Great video man.

Aye man shout out to you, I know how them long hrs on ur feet are. Burning cutting yourself. The stress of the ticket machine sound. Respect

That bread dough!!! Do you use your phone camera or a DSLR for this? Very nice quality.

Is this the same resto as before?

Man food all looks amazing and really unique would kill to try this or work here haha

love it chef~

Enough of the gloomy, Disney world in Orlando is offering up to $6000.00 sign on bonus for Sous Chef's, its a no brainer, you guys are too young to live your lives in rain, cold and gloom everyday. obviously Joe just leased an office so he's not going anywhere, so maybe it's time to rethink about the future.

i love kitchen work....love from sri lanka..👊

The service was sooooo smooth man i wish i can work in smthin like this hot fed up with high potency service seems like a good vacation to be workin here Sry for the bad english i hope it makes sence

Is it worth it to make your own bread? It seems very time consuming.

@ryandeandexton 2:27 men you work very well ,, look I would like to ask you if you can tell me that cooking time, temperature, humidity and speed of the fan you use to bake bread with rational, would help me a lot!! Much success friend

Does anyone know how I can apply for a restaurant like this where they are hiring employees from overseas ???? Because ,I'm also a male cook from Sri Lanka and so glad to watch this video. So beautiful !

Food looks great man!