Star-Crossed Kitchen Crisis
You're the head chef of Le Crépuscule, minutes away from your first Michelin inspection. Your sous chef just discovered that someone deliberately tainted your signature dishes with excessive salt and rancid ingredients. With 18 minutes until the inspector arrives, you must identify the saboteur, salvage what you can, and save your restaurant's reputation.
Challenges
0
Survivors
0
Popularity
0
Difficulty
B1-B2
Scenario Overview
Your Role
Executive Chef de Cuisine
Conversation Partner
Marcel Laurent, Restaurant Owner & Financial Stakeholder
Setting
High-end restaurant kitchen during pre-service, stainless steel surfaces gleaming under harsh overhead lights, steam rising from pots, tension thick in the air
Location
Le Crépuscule Restaurant, Downtown Financial District
Learning Objectives
Identify which dishes have been contaminated without alerting front-of-house staff
Develop and execute an alternative menu using salvageable ingredients
Find evidence of sabotage while maintaining kitchen operations
Present a convincing explanation to the Michelin inspector
About This Scenario
You're the head chef of Le Crépuscule, minutes away from your first Michelin inspection. Your sous chef just discovered that someone deliberately tainted your signature dishes with excessive salt and rancid ingredients. With 18 minutes until the inspector arrives, you must identify the saboteur, salvage what you can, and save your restaurant's reputation.
How It Starts
“Chef, c'est une catastrophe! The inspector is parking his car, and our signature dishes are ruined. Your entire brigade has failed me. Tell me RIGHT NOW how you plan to save my restaurant's future!”
This is how Marcel Laurent, Restaurant Owner & Financial Stakeholder's greeting will start.
Practice Details
Scenario ID
#1457
Category
General
Location Tag
Le Crépuscule Restaurant, Downtown Financial District
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