Having been in restaurants my entire life, the realness in this video transported me instantly to every kitchen I've worked in. The commaraderie, the dinner staff arriving, pre-service meetings, everyone moving with purpose and the underlying rush to get things done all gave me goosebumps. It looks like everyone wants and loves to be there! Amazing stuff Chef!

@hughkirk3946

Жыл бұрын

You nailed it here. My sentiments exactly. It took me back to the 20 years that I spent in the restaurant business. I think this is the model restaurant that we would have always wanted, but wasn't necessarily the case in every environment. That being said and regardless, the flame and the love still exists for the business for the reasons we saw so expertly played out here!

@jackguitierrez5125

Жыл бұрын

the love of being there, but also hearing the cook somewhat jokingly say '"I just wanna get outta here man" haha thats what its all about

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Love that!

this is great. no crappy music, nor unnecessary choppy edits. good content is like good produce: the less you do the better. keep it up.

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate that!

Worked 7 years in fine dining Michelin kitchens in NYC. Worst years of my professional life. Yes, I learned things and discipline, but was it worth it? Would never go back to that lifestyle. I think of all the things I missed, family reunions, holidays, relationships, etc. Just an endless grind to barely make it. While everyone is out enjoying themselves is when you are in the deep of your work shift. Now working corporate dining, Mon-Fri 7am-3pm. Completely different life-work balance.

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

yeah. not for everyone. tough lifestyle.

@jdelorenzod2725

Жыл бұрын

I did fine dining too. I agree it’s terrible for family life. But I do miss working with good ingredients and making quality food. I’m in college dining now and the food is absolute ass lmao. It’s all frozen shit from Sysco. But hey the pay is great so I can’t complain.

@faubusmingus5982

8 ай бұрын

Should have stayed for only a year, unless you are the sous chef or chef, staying there for more than that is not worth it. You don’t need to prove yourself at that point.

@jackwagon4313

6 ай бұрын

That sounds like a life of a truck driver. Like me, but I've been driving for 23 years. I love cooking and always wanted to be a chef.

Thoroughly enjoyed this day in the life! Thank you

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

That was beautiful to watch

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Not sure why I was recommended this but I loved it!

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Haha. Well, thanks for watching!

Thank you so much, this is amazing!

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Glad you like it!

I do miss workong in high end kitchens. It never felt like work. Just going to meet a bunch of family members at my second home to make some good food and learn with eachother.

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Exactly!

Trust me man this channel gonna be big someday, the vibes amazing and calm somehow.

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

just need to figure out the next one 🤔

So cool/impressive how efficient yall are in your restaurant. Food looks epic Chef! I want to eat here so bad lol

@CheeseCakeJakeTV

Жыл бұрын

Hey nice to see you here! I’m a big fan!

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Senpai!

You should make more of these videos, i watched the whole entire thing and didnt even blink 😄

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

I’ll try!

Appreciate the insights into the kitchen.

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Our pleasure!

This is like the best ASMR I've ever witnessed

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

thanks!

Subscribed! Great video, reminds me of a few kitchens I've worked in, no stars for me though.

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the sub!

Beautiful video, thanks for sharing! love the push!

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Greaaaat video man 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼. I wanna go to work thereeee ❤️

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

"Joel Rebuchon would be proud"... and one of his sous chefs furious about the amount of puree, that was left on the whisk :D

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

:D Joel Rebuchon would have been proud.

Wow, 12 hour shift.

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Time flies when having fun.

I’m going to culinary school at ICE and I’ve been looking for videos like this! Thank you!!! 🎉

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

You're so welcome!

This was super dope. Never have I subscribed faster. I will be coming to your restaurant. Also.. The fact that you mentioned Zev Love X... Much respect.

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

the best!

I guess I am country Folk seeing you drive through that City give me some of the worst anxiety I've had in a while😜

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

I am sorry! A cramped work place and long busy commute must be the worst for you. :P

I'm impressed Nick. Connie must be so proud, your Aunt Jackie too! Very interesting to watch your day.

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Only me thinking that The Sopranos opening music should be here in the beginning.

Now this is one SMOOTH working kitchen! Awesome upload 👏🏽

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate it

We need more like this!!!

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Going to try Andres! Need to figure out what to shoot next...

Favourite restaurant and favourite chef in NY. Simple, no no nonsense approach to food and the place is just banging.

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

thank you! appreciate that.

@bossman674

Жыл бұрын

@@nickcurtola you’re welcome bro! I’m waiting for that cookbook 🤙🏾❤️

Woah you did a great job chef showing the back of house operations in your kitchen. Would you guys accept a day staigiere?

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

maybe. dm me on instagram.

I hope you do more of this!

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

I’ll try!

I got exhausted just watching u work damn hard. Rock on brother!

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, much appreciated.

As a professional chef myself still in the game, love seeing this raw take in the day to day. Good stuff chef

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@ko-kf2nu

Жыл бұрын

Is the money still as bad as before?Minimum wage?

thank you for making this content. please make more... i really like seeing chef cooking.

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

You got it!

Awesome I really enjoyed watching this. You travel far to get to work!

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Yeah. It's a trek. I've found tons of new music and podacsts since moving at least! Haha

The end of the video is the biggest flex - just wanted to note lol 😆

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Glad someone noticed. =D

Excellent video.

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Love this look into a professional chefs world. Would love to see a more detailed look at the design/layout in more detail and how you work with your limitations

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Noted!

This took me back to 1973 when I was on broiler station during dinner service at a place in a hotel in Stone Harbor, N.J. We served French Provencal cuisine. We were an island of relief in a sea of seafood joints. Being on broiler finishing the onion soup gratin was mine along with steak on a sizzling platter or a classic steak au poive.. I LOVE FRENCH FOOD! Gimme some escargot or frog legs sautéed in butter, garlic and white wine. Follow that up with a main course of roast duck Lagrange, wild rice and Brussels sprouts with hollandaise sauce. Finish with an espresso and Grand Marnier and a chocolate mousse.

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing! Food gives life. Good food elevates it.

That kitchen reminds me of my line cook days wow! . Good vid Chef looks like a bunch of great guys and gals doing their thing . 👏

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much.

THIS WAS FIRE

This brings back memories from my restaurant days. The bonds are what I miss the most. Great video.

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

yeah. so fun! you meet so many amazing ppl.

Looooved the video so much! Please make more! I spam sent this video to all my friends and we’re rewatching together over the weekend. Thank youuuu so much, you’ve made me/us so happy!

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Will do!

Super fresh content !! Awesome looking atmoshpere. Love the attention to detail/professionalism, chef well executed, need more !!

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Much appreciated!

You could hear a pin drop in that kitchen. Hats off to the staff for their calm, cool, collected professionalism during service.

@KitaKatt1988

Жыл бұрын

Managing that level of peace and teamwork is amazing !

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Silence. The sound of focus. When you hear no joking, that is when you know work is getting done. =D

I loved this so much. I’ve never worked in a restaurant but sometimes dream of doing it. Really enjoyed the insight.

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Really loved seeing how happy everyone is at the restaurant and the comradery. Truly inspiring to watch this and I'm ready to get back in the kitchen tomorrow!

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Awesome video. Soon as I saw the lime green tape and the cut corners for taping the menus, I thought “The French Laundry”. The level of attention to detail and the mindset required to maintain that standard across the board whether it be cutting tape, cleaning fish or finishing pastry, is almost superhuman. Because it’s so easy to just cut one corner, just relax, just today.. and then you’re just like everyone else. 2 thumbs up brother 👍🤙

What an epic video, thanks for sharing Nick! I’ve been at Four Horsemen many many times (at least 30...) - it is by far my favorite restaurant on this planet. With that it’s so insightful and heartwarming to see the hustle and comradeship behind the craft. Please keep posting more! can’t wait for the book to come out ❤

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Love this, I would love to come work with you one day!

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

This type of videos make me wanna work in the kitchen again, great video chef

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Appreciate that.

That food looks amazingly delicious

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

brilliant Chef! love your work and your team looks totally dedicated to the good cause.

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

6:11 I’m so bummed you cut out before the junior sous explained his egg yolk preparation. 😭 I must know what he did to that yolk now. 😂

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

The mystery! We may never know. ;)

What a great video! I love how professional and detailed staff members are! They seem to care about their food!!!

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Yes they do!

you have some great stills to export and use for a cookbook if ever one is produced.

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

one is on the way…

Beautiful. Just, beautiful.

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Glad you like it!

Hey Nick, Ian from Wild Child Wines in Lafayette LA. Absolutely loved having this popup on my feed. I’ve heard a lot about your place, can’t wait to be there one day. Cheers!

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

This was great, as European its always amazing to see the incredible size a city can have, both in altitude but also area wise! Thank you for sharing this day with us.

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

this is so cool. love this video

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Fantastic! Loved watching this. So organised, calm, efficient & professional. I want to eat everything!

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Wow this is awesome Nick. Very cool experience. Unique perspective on an extremely dedicated crew it looks like. You seem like a wonderful leader ❤ would love more content. Your team all seem so friendly.

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Love this team. They're great!

What a nice video!

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

the kitchen ambience feels so nice! Looking foward to see more content like this. Also loved the contrast when you showed the noisy inside of the restaurant and then the silence outside, really amazing.

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Yeah. I love walking out that door when the restaurant is really bustling. Especially on a snowy and quiet night. It's so nice. Going to try to put out some more videos soon.

absolutely incredible chef. Thanks for taking the time and effort to do this, i know its not easy especially with the daily grind. Bravo..well done👏

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate that!

Man I loved this. I want to work there so bad! Great job chefs.

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Cheers!

What impressed me was doing that long commute to get to the restaurant in the morning and back at the end of the day. The other thing was how much great food came out of such a small kitchen!

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

This is hilarious because I was thinking the head chef gives me james murphy vibes with the tats and grey beard then I looked up the restaraunt

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Whoa!

I thoroughly enjoyed watching a well oiled machine work it's magic. Great chef, staff and incredible looking and tasting (no doubt) food. A real winner here!

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

You're going to need a raise soon to get over the GWB, so many "congestion" taxes being bandied about, along with all the other hurdles of parking in NYC.

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

ok

Been following the four horseman for years now chef and this was a wonderful video of the day-to-day operations! Cheers Chef, keep it up!!

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Cool video, hope you end up posting more like this and get a lot more followers!

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, will do!

Nice cinematography bro! And very informative

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

so sick man! love from australia

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Very enjoyable chef ! can't wait for the next one 👏🏻

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! 😃

Inspiring stuff. Cool kitchen, much love!

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Jack!

Awesome! I love this. The talent, the teamwork, the friendly faces!

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

I was honestly hooked with the driving sequence. I moved away from NYC after living there for 15 years in Brooklyn and it was so nice to see those familiar roads again.

@jenniferkirkland1002

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I drive the GWB everyday for 10 years… iconic

@chadheydt8221

Жыл бұрын

Barf

love your restaurant chef! I can only make it out to NY a couple times a year but I make sure to drop in by myself once every trip - great to see what's going on behind the scenes

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

this is fantastic, being a chef this really touched the soul this video!

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you!

Ha, the Gordon Ramsey locker room scene. Hope their cameraman gets paid.

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Glad someone got that!

That commute! How long does it take you??

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

8 hours

Thank you for sharing !

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

No problem 😊

great video!

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Why the cake testers in the sausage instead of a Thermapen?

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

they’re already poached, we’re just warming through at that point. so don’t need an exact temp. although we can get pretty close with cake testers for that, too! 😉

Great to see you’re doing well Nick. Miss our days at Glady’s

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Max!!! Thanks. Hope you're doing well yourself. :)

What a fantastic team!

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Robbie!

Amazing video head to toe! Love the still shots of all aspects of the restaurant. Keep it up.

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yeah, I love just the sounds of a restaurant and stills of its inner-workings. Glad you liked it.

Thanks, Nick. This was surprisingly exciting to watch. You can feel the build-up and anticipation. Does four horsemen offer a vegetarian prix fixe?

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

we try to accommodate all dietary needs. but we’re not a tasting menu restaurant. it’s a la carte. unless you come in with a party of 6 or more, then it’s a set menu family style.

I used to work at a five star Michelin restaurant called Weekapaug Inn in Westerly, RI dishwashing and prep cooking and my Chef was almost like Gordon Ramsay although he never flipped out on me personally but he was very good at his job and every plate of food that was to be expedited was always thoroughly inspected by him to make sure there was no imperfections. I like your style and attitude Nick very much calm and the kitchen looks clean and nice 👍🏻🙂👍🏻 I subbed your channel and liked your video 😊

@sebastiancurd4620

Жыл бұрын

Just one problem there: 5 Michelin star restaurants don't exist... It goes 1, 2 & 3.

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

tis true. Still, appreciate it!

TFL green tape, dispenser and all👍🏾👍🏾

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Of course!

Well oiled machine. Really shows how hard your team works. Would like to see more.

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Tom!

Much respect

Your Green tape looks like baby Yoda 😆

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Heh! Never noticed little Grogu before...

Good job on this. What dish did you guys use the boneless chicken legs for?

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! We get the chickens in whole, split them, then de-bone them. Then we serve a half-chicken with a jus from the bones and leeks vinaigrette.

Did you watch Croatia vs Brazil in the background?😆 I heard you said " i think Croatia..." 🤣 Im from croatia and work in restaurant and we also watched game in kitchen 🤣. We were lucky coz we did not had guests coz here whole country was watching game haha Its so nice to see similar customs acros kitchens. And video is great. Love the team. Its actually my dream to live and work in NY. And this video puts it in a nice perspective for me. Love the travel to work part. I have to drive to work also here in Cro, and this 20 min drive is like a short pre work meditation for new ideas and so on.. Very good job chef! Greetings from Croatia🇭🇷 ! Btw..do you hire? We have great beach stones here 😁😆😇

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Exactly! Such a great time to focus and map out the day or think about new ideas. Glad you're thinking that way, too. Thanks for watching :)

YES CHEF! Rip DOOM. If you ever need hands I’m here. Cheers from PDX.

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Adam!

Fantastic ❤

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Very nice vid!!

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

R.I.P. Doom indeed, guess it makes sense a michelin chef would have a michelin level taste in music as well...

Damn, that is quite the commute

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Beautiful as well as long.

always time for a Guinness :D

@nickcurtola

Жыл бұрын

Or at least a hot brew in a Guinness cup.

For a min I thought the tattoo on his left forearm was Vladimir Lenin. Looks like it's something else