Colin Fassnidge takes another shot at millenials for drugs, partying and watching Netflix
MKR’S Colin Fassnidge has turned up the heat on his war against Gen Y, slamming them for partying too hard and popping pills.
RUN Johnny, Run!
Celebrity chef Colin Fassnidge has turned up the heat, and taken another shot at Gen Y in an expletive-ridden post on Facebook overnight.
In response to his views on Gen Y adding to the chef shortage dilemma in Australia, Fassnidge wrote in detail about young chefs partying too hard and turning up to work hungover.
“I know ur little Johnny works hard and is a great kid !!!!! But his mate Larry pops 10 pingers on the sat and 4 bongs on the Sunday ....... Then he’s at work .......and cooks the the f**king bejesus out of the broccoli til it resembles a brown soup,” his rant starts.
“Which gets sent back and I have to write a sorry email ... now the 2 little f**kers want Tuesday off (eccky Tuesday) and I’m paying for them.
“I should have just gone to double bay w them on sat.”
Addressing the comments left by angry mums who were upset by his comments about Gen Y, the My Kitchen Rule’s judge went on to say “Thanks to all the johnnys mums for their comments today ... now make sure he’s brushed his teeth and nothing under the bed !!! Oh sh*t tomorrow’s Tuesday, he’s off sick !!! Get well soon Johnny.”
Earlier this week, Mr Fassnidge blamed the chef shortages in Australia as a “generational thing”.
“A lot of young people don’t want to work hard,” he told the Daily Telegraph.
“It’s now all about kids with tweezers wanting to put dots on plates. So when they start out, they’re like ‘oh this is hard’. Being a chef is like being in the army. You have to get stuff done, and it has to be good.”
His Facebook post has since received more than 750 likes, and was mostly met with praise and support from his followers.
“Never, in the history of sweet ever, has a nail been hit so sweetly on its head. Don’t you ever stop speaking your mind Mr Fassnidge. Here’s to you,” one commenter said.
“If they choose to come to work stoned or stoned effected then they don’t deserve a respectful job or the respect of any employer/employees,” another added.
But some of his fans jumped to the support of Gen Y, like “Larry and Johnny”.
“U have had a bad night colin,” when user posted.
“You’re just jealous cause you never had Netflix on a Tuesday. #grumpyoldman.”
Another added: “It’s all the fault of those darn cooking shows on TV that set unrealistic expectations of kitchen life.”
Apprentices working in the culinary industry disagreed with Mr Fassnidge’s views about Gen Y not wanting to work hard.
Head chef of Bluebonnet Barbecue in Melbourne, Zane Heemi, said the lack of chefs in Australia wasn’t a “generational problem” and that “there’s more depth to the problem”.
“Saying an entire generation is by nature lazy from a chef’s standard isn’t right,” the 25-year-old told news.com.au
“It’s a multifaceted problem, and a problem that is happening in lots of countries around the world. London and the US all have a lack of chefs, it’s been happening for a long time.”
Brigid Mallet, who is a third year apprentice chef and spokeswoman for the Australian Culinary Federation Young Chef’s Club, said that while the “militant-style kitchen” doesn’t really exist in the industry any more, the big problem was the lack of mentoring and guidance from superior chefs.
“The problem is filtering down from the top,” the 21-year-old said.
“I am surrounded by qualified chefs, but the problem is a shortage of good, hard working chefs who are willing to mentor, teach and keep apprentices interested.
“There’s a lack of chefs who are willing to take time out and teach the young ones new things. It’s a seriously hard job, and we need that support.”
But Mr Fassnidge told the Daily Telegraph that he completely supports up and coming young people in the industry, by running free classes for TAFE students, accepting high school work experience students, and even involved with the Week of Tastes program at Malabar High School.