Chef's Cooking TOO Good - Gets Fired For Too Many Customers

[matcom]

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STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- A Swedish chef said Thursday he was shocked to find out he will lose his job because his cooking is too good.

An engineering company in central Sweden said they won't renew chef Richard Norberg's contract because he attracts too many people to the company's cafeteria.

"Some feel that the staff has had to stand in line for too long and that they can't choose where they want to sit," a disappointed Norberg said Thursday.

The ABE engineering company in Oernskoeldsvik, 235 miles north of Stockholm, leased the cafeteria to Norberg six years ago. Since then, his traditional Swedish pancakes, pea soup and pork chops have attracted an ever growing stream of visitors.

"The number of guests has increased by many hundred per cent," ABE staff manager Curt Lundqvist said. "We simply do not have enough room."

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2004/01/29/chef_fired_for_attracting_too_many_diners/

[GOPisEvil]

1. I'm glad he found work after "The Muppets"

Sorry he got canned, though. I'm sure he'll land another job soon.

[noonwitch]

2. I wish "The Mupet Show" was on one of my 300 digital cable channels

How I loved that show, and I was a teenager when it was on, not a little kid.

[baldguy]

3. BORK! BORK! BORK!