Liberal Mormon

Hello people,

This is Matthew, Liberal Mormon Chef, I am on the road at the moment staying in a hotel in Salisbury, North Carolina. I am part of an 18 person team, opening the new Olive Garden in Salisbury, North Carolina. It is opening right next to the Longhorn Steakhouse. For anyone that don't know where that is, it here:


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It has been a very long week, and today I finally have a day off to relax and see my family. As a requirement by the opening director, all team members have to stay in a hotel near the new restaurant so we're all easily accessible and under "one roof" so to speak. So I'm staying in hotel even though I only live about an hour away. It has it's advantages, I don't have to make the 65 mile trip home each night, and I don't have to wake up at the crack of dawn to drive back.

So what have a I been doing? Training, training and more training. I am training 5 men on the Appetizer/Grill section of the new Olive Garden kitchen line. What does that mean? Well, the appetizer grill section has about HALF the Olive Garden menu, so I have to demonstrate, how to properly cook each menu item, picture perfect, Olive Garden food. It's not hard work, it's just very long hours, on my feet.

The only other hard thing about the opening, is that hours. I clocked out Wednesday night with 33 hours, after 3 days of work! that's quite a bit considering I work about 35 hours average a week, during a regular week.

The other hard part is not being able to go to church. There is a LDS Chapel very nearby,


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but I will be working Sunday very early and won't be able to attend Sacrament Meeting this week. I will miss going to Church with my family, but our home ward is having Stake Conference anyway, so I'll be missing Sacrament meeting anyway.

I hope all who read this are doing well, their families safe and blessed, and your faith in God strong,

Much love,

Liberal Mormon (aka Matthew).