Recipes are, in fact, tough things to maintain exclusive rights to, as they are, often, sourced from cultural and familial provinces. The thing that actually protects the domain of a signature dish is the skill and techniques of the master chefs who prepare it for consumption. So, the question whether Australia’s best chefs should be protecting the IP of their recipes is a misguided one. TV writers, as in the case of the Seinfeld episode, where Elaine Benes found the Soup Nazi’s recipe in an old wardrobe and vengefully destroyed his business by making the recipe available to the world make enjoyable entertainment. Shredding your hard copy recipes is a must: Ask the soup Nazi- in real life is a different kettle of fish altogether.
High End Restaurant Empires Fleecing Their Staff
Our world class Australian chefs much prefer to monetise their recipes by publishing them in cookbooks for their adoring followers to buy. Neil Perry and the like want you to try their recipes at home in your kitchen, safe in the knowledge that you probably lack the skill and equipment to pull it off. I cannot see the need, in this instance, for a professional high security Sydney shredding company. However, there are secrets which do require protection in the high stake’s world of fine dining. Things like not paying $2 million worth of wages to staff working in the restaurant empire of George Calombaris. Neil Perry has faced similar multimillion dollar claims and has paid back $1.6 million to staff at the time of this post’s publication.
Fine Dining Fiends, Soup Nazis & a Wet Dead Fish
Are all successful chefs and restaurateurs really soup Nazis at heart? Do they believe that they are entitled to lord it over their hard-working minions for their own benefit? Questions such as these are hard not to ask on the basis of the available evidence. Perhaps, getting your hospitality secrets exposed on social media is the only way for the little guys and gals to have their voices heard in this day and age. In this celebrity obsessed time, where Australians love to read about their gastronomic heroes online it is, perhaps, a wake-up call akin to being slapped in the face with a wet dead fish.
Shredding lettuce and shredded chicken breast are all practices and staples of sandwich bars around Sydney. Shredding your hard copy recipes is a must: Ask the soup Nazi, as we have seen it may make good TV but ripping off restaurant staff is more the main game in reality.
