Why Back of House Workers Are The Backbone of Restaurants | Hungry For More
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2022
- The food industry would not exist without immigrant Back of House restaurant workers. From line cooks to dishwashers - they play a crucial role in any satisfying restaurant experience. However, even though they are considered essential, they are often excluded and ineligible to receive any government aid or support due to their citizenship status.
In this episode of Hungry for More, we highlight the Los Angeles organization No Us Without You. Started by founders Damian Diaz and Othón Nolasco, their mission is to provide aid and food security to the undocumented workers fulfilling thankless roles in the hospitality community. We hear first hand from the back of house workers working to support their families, and restaurants like Casa Vega, cultivating a positive work environment for generations of their hard-working immigrant staff.
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Like to show love to our back of house workers!
Cringe af 😂
@@Lamiishere who you? Gtfoh. If you think that's cringe stay home. You don't deserve to eat at restaurants.
@@Lamiishere thots and players
Yeah, because advocating for donating of food instead of fair pay is the right way to go. You just didn't make it your mission to expose the people doing wrong and brushed it under the rug with charity and ask for likes and engagement.
Hot ones Coolio is DEAD. What have you done:(
The irony of restaurant workers not having enough food to put on their tables is wild.
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Is that like hospital personnel not getting sickdays off?
It's not wild, it's a wakeup call. Grocery store workers struggle to afford their own groceries. Manufacturing workers struggle to make ends meet. Time to start thinking about and supporting all the people behind the scenes that keep things going.
To be honest, most of them waste it on drugs and or alcohol.
@@toobsteak You don't think that might actually be a symptom of the stress and subsequent anxiety they experience?
As kitchen manager of a local bar I love this, the pandemic made food service tough but we pulled through and seeing people giving back to those of us who give our all to others every night to make sure they eat well....truly inspiring thank yall from the other side of the country in NC
also here in NC, and i moved here in the middle of the pandemic (worked at a seafood restaurant in florida before that, and our head chef was more verbally abusive than gordon ramsay).
there’s so much satisfaction that comes from knowing that someone had a good meal, it’s a satisfaction that you’re familiar with, but anyone who hasn’t worked on the line and been 30+ tickets deep, they don’t know. the way that all of the food comes together, and especially if you get to see the customer’s face when they react to your food, the level of satisfaction we get from that is inexplicable
I worked maintenance for Popeyes chicken for a bit. I still have pictures: they'd throw away AT LEAST forty pounds of food a day. Couple of trash bags half full of chicken, chicken tenders, shrimp. Boy and don't let them see you taking any of it ... FIRED!
Seeing what these amazing people are doing to feed their workers' family's is beautiful. Straight up beautiful, man. Little Guys vs Corporations : Night / Day.
in France we are getting laws against food wasting, they are trying to reduce wasting by 50% in a few years. Supermarket and restaurants have to donate their spare food to associations who collect and give it to people in needs instead of throwing it away. Hope they do it everywhere :)
My first job was a dishwasher. Back of house IS THE BACKBONE
these restaurant owners should be paying them a live-able wage instead of needing a food drive like this
Food industry workers are all subsidized by food stamps. It forces the government to pay the wages restaurant’s know they can get away with skimping on. The owners seem to get a new car yearly though (paid for indirectly by food stamps!)…
Agreed
@@brianchancellor9710 this is a fundamental flaw of our country that we have to abuse loopholes to get government assistance it’s so backwards
but then the food industry would collapse.. I argue if that's the case.. it should, why?
because nature abhors a vacuum, what would come next is a food industry that is organic and balanced, fair and equitable.. Less capable but too bad.
No, theyre illegals and are already getting benefits of our education system and medical system on the backs of our middle class.
Donated! Thank you, No Us Without You LA for leading the way and thanks First We Feast for giving the spotlight to this amazing organization.
We need more videos like this!!! Show us all the amazing organizations that we don't know about so we can replicate them across the country or help these guys with donations and support!
NO! We need to stop going to restaurants that don't pay their workers enough. That pay so little that workers NEED this kind of stuff. We need to advocate for better salaries and conditions for everyone, not more donations and charity.
That's really cool. Seeing them actually help out those people that gives me hope that humanity does have an innate will to help people even a little bit.
This is incredible. Proof that humanity still exists out there. Huge respect to these guys.
Your welcome. I LOVE being back of house, I don't make enough money but I LOVE cooking yelling dancing and showing love for the team even if we don't speak the same language.
They work so hard and dont get nearly enough credit as they should. Thank you for brining attention to this ❤
Super positive vibes here. Love what these guys are doing.
I don't have a car, so it's not practical for me to try feeding the homeless in my city.
But I have a bike and a backpack that will hold many brand new socks.
One of the main things urban campers need is socks.
Give 'em food and such, but for real give 'em socks, too!
Thank you for making this video! I’m so happy you guys are shedding a light on this issue. The amount of Americans that I’ve worked for that didn’t know that because I wasn’t a citizen I wouldn’t get my taxes returned to me but it was always taken.
So ur an illegal huh
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This channel just gets better and better. Such a nice and important show. Congrats to the whole First We Feast team!
This is what true heroics looks like. Helping your community, helping people, no judgement, just humanity. Thank you for the example you set.
Are there any locations that pay these people what they're actually worth though? Most places I know of pay them barely minimum wage....
Most companies isn't willing to share this with no homage to their company name.
On the real, thank you so much to sharing this. It's beautiful to spread word on hearts like this
Now this brought a happy tear to my eye. Love your work guys. I know restaurant owners here in my city of Perth Western Australia that lost everything during COVID19 and here we had it better than most places in the world. Thanks for such a great piece. Donating tonight and looking for local places as well. Cheers team.
During the Covid 19 lockdowns was watching a ton of kitchen nightmares some restaurants needed to be closed.
Videos like this are so inspiring....but also make me realize that I need to do more in my community.
Salute to the BOH workers in the food biz!
one of the best videos I've seen in ages!! Thank you for the content & its impact
Thanks for being the wonderful, caring people you are
So glad I saw this vid. It's touching and inspiring to see everyone involved doing what they can to help others.
Thank you for posting this, they need more recognition. ❤
Love this video and message.
I've worked in a restaurant before and it's the hardest work I've ever done. Like physically and mentally. You have to feed your family and sometimes you have to lose some of your dignity. You shouldn't have to sacrifice your divinity to put food on the table.
Back of house workers are incredible
The fact that people don’t know how hard this job is(me being a back of house worker) is so sad and shows why chefs get no respect. It takes a special person to withstand those conditions and people think it’s such a low class job when i know most people can’t do what i do.
Chefs are the hardest mfs i know (coming from a chef)
Keep doing what you doing No Us Without You. you guys are lifesavers. And if there was a multi-state wide effort like this I feel like America could be at a much better place
Once again, thank you for telling these stories 💚❤️🔥
Wonderful spotlight on these people!
Powerful. Keep up the good work folks.
Real communities are hard to find, this is so heartening to watch.
Keep on shining, you lovely humans
love this series so much!!!
Beautiful..yall made a grown men emptional
I spent more than two decades in the restaurant biz; all of it in the state of Florida!! I have worked FOH, BOH, Mgmt. and corporate training roles throughout the years. Nobody works harder than the people behind the scenes!!! In So. Fla. these people are predominately immigrants, mostly Haitians!!
Awesome, well done all of you.
Good work. Kudos 👍
This might be an unpopular opinion, but the best thing restaurants can do is pay their workers what they're worth. That means a base rate of $15/hr for the dishwashers, maybe $18-$20/hr in certain gentrified cities. If your business can't financially support that basic level of income for workers, you deserve to close.
As a boh employee this is nice to see/hear
One of my first jobs dishwasher
I worked at a restaurant where the owner would over work undocumented workers, under pay them and never pay them on time. It was upsetting... The alternative was to report the restaurant but then they be out of a job. I ended up quitting that job.
The alternative is them going back across the border. They wont though because they get welfare and other benefits from being here. The owners know that as well.
@@borrago fixed it? What do you get out of putting people down? Does it help your ego? May the universe make you whole some day.
Do you mean to say that illegal aliens will be mistreated? Stop the presses. They are lucky to not be on a bus back home.
It’s nice to see people doing good things for other people.
Good video keep up your good work
Wait at 2:14 that guy says they get taxed on their paycheck but don't get benefits since they're undocumented. How do their employers withhold taxes for someone without a social security number?
Saying they dont get benefits is laughable
Those not eligible to receive SSN can apply for ITIN (Individual Taxpayer Identification Number). This lets them work above the table and file tax returns annually but doesn't make them eligible for Social Security or other benefits. It's still a really compelling avenue for undocumented workers, however, with many immigration attorneys recommending that non-residents apply as early as possible because documentation of having filed past taxes bolsters the case for being awarded a green card and eventually citizenship.
@@krisersn3092
They don't get benefits. You're just stuck in your nonsensical MAGAt rabbit hole: "Hordes of illegals bleeding us dry! The world is ending!"
@@MMallon425 does this not immediately out the employee as an undocumented immigrant, who in the eyes of the government is here illegally? No judegement, just trying to wrap my head around how americans do this stuff.
@@ConnorDZG No, strictly speaking, but that's a great question. Technically, all having an ITIN tells employers or the IRS is that you don't have a Social Security Number. But it's not just undocumented workers who can't get SSN - the US government makes a distinguish between "resident" and "non-resident aliens," and resident aliens are among those who may be expected to document their work with an ITIN to record the number of days they're working on US soil.
These two guys are doing actual good deeds and are kind, unlike a lot of religious people who like to call themselves “good people” while doing zero good deeds.
Thank you guys so much for creating this video about an issue that I had no idea about. This is America. It’s a sad state of affairs of those in the gray area, for those who seek refuge and freedom from their country of origin. There’s always the back of house to remember.
at a buffet, i personally sneak corndogs into the buffet so others can enjoy them. I hide 6 corndogs in my jacket pockets. it then, is a joy for me to see other patrons of the establishment eat my corndogs thinking they were part of the buffet.
You're doing God's work.
That explains why I always see corn dogs at Chinese buffets.
Very Nice Bro! Get Good People!
Great vid.
That’s awesome!!
I'm not a immigrant but I am a back of house worker and this hit hard.
How can an illegal, legaly working ? Is that possible in the USA ?
ITIN. They receive an "Individual Taxpayer Identification Number," from the IRS. Still not strictly legal but, don't let the scummy Marjorie Taylor Greens of the world fool you-- these people are doing everything in their power to become citizens. Including paying taxes.
No, it is not.
These people need to be deported asap they do nothin but take jobs from Americans and legal immigrants and then want more handouts , it does nothing but destroy our economy and country . Sad that this channel is supporting this .
impressive
needs more views
Treating humans like humans. beautiful.
God bless these guys and everyone who is a part of this organization. ❤️❤️
Ayo Dave grohl gets involved with this oh wow love him this is why I love this dude what a bro!
2 solid young men!
So you're telling me that the people that actually handle and prepare the food are important to restaurants... you don't say
Hot take. I stopped going to restaurants because of the mix of underpaid workers and poor quality food. You can absolutely make better tasting cheaper food from a cardboard box fire than what you will get at 90% of these places. Just stop giving them your money the odds that its flash frozen or microwaved food is almost 100%
Maybe at a place like redlobster but anything that isnt chain i hope isnt using a microwave or flash freezing, its much harder than that were i work i wish it were so easy
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My partner is leaving her Executive chef job cuz she can’t afford to feed her fam. Just wild out there. The rich is getting richer y’all.
It takes a village, and nowhere is that more obvious and necessary than in the restaurant and food service industry. Whatch say about that, Food Network and Bravo? Enough with celebrity chefs and competition programs. Enough. All hail back of house workers.
Dishwasher is the most important job in a kitchen.
Your day without, is very hard.
Hey, I know it's a small thing but I'd really appreciate a donation link for No Us Without You in the description box or even in the comment section.
People like Damien make me want to be a better man
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I dont understand how you can recognize a person enough to tax their earnings but not recognize them enough to give them citizenship. Makes no sense.
This is wrong to treat back of the house workers as less than worthy than the other employees. I was apprenticed to a chef once, and these were the kindest and hardest working people on staff. We need these people, and hey, how about a decent wage for them as well?
You guys should get Steven wolfe "Johnny sins" on hot ones
Even though they are functioning members of our society these workers receive no support. What a shame. Regardless of their immigration status, they are our neighbors and should be taken care of!
Certified Gold!!!!!
I delivered a 600$ order and got no tip what is up with people !!
Pete wentz is the savior we all need! Por la gente!
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They probably weren't labeled as essential because anyone can do their job. It isn't a specialty to scrub a dish.
Shout out DMo's, who hates getting stabbed by knives?
Hey everyone I hope you're having an amazing day
I feel like I have to point out that the food industry exists world wide without illegal immigrants to prop it up. So..... why doesn't the US look after its labour force or whoever better?
You already answered your own question. If the US cared about it's citizens they wouldn't have manufactured a major influx of immigrants for cheaper labor at the expense of it's lower class citizens. Now you're wondering why the new citizens aren't being respected by the same government that already turned it's back on the previous people?
Thirst!
...for spicy new videos!
Wow, I'm going blind from all the virtue-signaling here.
Not all back of house workers are immigrants give me a break!!
Just the ones our government and media care about and are willing to acknowledge
It's sad that help has to come from individuals at the street level, yet we have billions of dollars every year to help everyone else in the world. But not our own citizens.
Yet they get paid peanuts....
Yeah. But 100% the downfall of a restaurant. If you don’t have a good crew. Which is very rare
Food is a language all its own. Be fluent.
por la raza ✊🏼
Cooks are always the last to eat.
Hello
Okay so.. you admit they are the backbone of an industry but glorify food drives rather than chastising and calling out individual restaurants that dont pay these people living wages? Seems like someone has a vested interest.. this is why I dont support food drives or food banks or charities like this.. because it continues to enable the abuse. You need to remove the option. no matter how mean or brutal it seems.
@@borrago Nah, not anymore. They're falling fast.
@@borrago theyre Cali liberals, what do you expect
Removing charity to force owners to pay more? How does that make sense?
@@bretling Going the BuzzFeed meat grinder route.
this is anti-Front of House discrimination
Heloy
pretty cool, but whats with the masks/bandanas over the mouth? please tell me this is from 2020, not 2022
Coolio is DEAD. Shame on you hot ones:/
10th
So a bunch of business owners found a way to pass the buck
As a LEGAL immigrant, I say, don’t take short cuts. Do the footwork to get your citizenship. And as someone who has worked in the service industry for 38 years in the back of the house. Learn English we shouldn’t have to speak Espanol for you. We don’t hire those people at my place of work. Thank God!!
Respect
Yeah well back of house workers don’t have to deal with their mistakes, front of house does. Everything is the server’s fault.