Lack of Leadership - Chef Instructor Sur La Table Employee Review

2.0
Jan 8, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Great Concept and business model incorporating mostly high-end kitchen products and providing hands-on scratch cooking classes.

Cons

For the quality of the Chef required to execute these classes with excellence catering to a more sophisticated clientele the pay scale is woefully lacking. Lack of leadership, vision and creative strategies to increase store sales. No follow-up with customers who take the classes, missing significant opportunities to gain feedback, repeat customers, selling them on upcoming classes. Management was unwilling to listen to suggestions when offering ways to improve operations and profitability.

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5.0
Jun 12, 2026
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Pros

- Very fun work - Get to work with professional chefs - You will actually learn more about cooking in this position than you will taking the classes - Employee discounts

Cons

- Low pay with no opportunity for advancement, not a career path - Sometimes kitchen is understaffed, putting a lot of pressure on you

1.0
Jun 8, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

I gained lots of knowledge & was inspired to cook.

Cons

What was once a fun job, became chaotic & sad!

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