Chapter 58 Saving A Kitten And Hiring New Cooks
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Theo saw a little black and white kitten shivering and hurt.
'Oh gosh…' Theo's heart was pained.
"Who did this to you? Where's your mommy?" Theo said as he got close to the kitty.
The kitty only gave a weak meow as a reply.
"You must be hungry and cold. Aren't you?" Theo said as he extended his hand to pat the kitty.
The kitty couldn't even answer Theo's caress.
'I can take him/her to the veterinarian and check on it…'
"Why don't you come with me? I will take you somewhere warm and safe." Theo said as he tried to lift the kitty.
But the kitty seemed to be wary of him and dodged his hand.
Theo then spent 10 minutes trying to convince the kitty to come with him.
When he finally took hold of the kitty, Theo smiled brilliantly.
'I will take care of you.' Theo thought as he walked back to his car.
And like that, Theo went to the veterinarian clinic and they said they would take care of the little cat.
They would call him, if something happened or if the kitty was ready to be charged out.
'It isn't so bad adopting a cat, right? Our family wouldn't be just me and Aurora anymore' Theo thought as he went towards the restaurant.
Today was Saturday, the day he finished his inspection of the property and the day he would interview the candidates for assistant cooks.
The cooks were starting to become too tired during the service because of the heavy workload. Theo needed new cooks to take of the demand.
He arrived at the restaurant and entered by the back door.
His employees were already there.
Ayia, Kimiko, Lauren, Shoko, and Max were talking, when they heard the door opening.
They saw a silver-ash-haired man entering the kitchen, wearing casual clothes but that made him look even more handsome.
"Hey, guys, good afternoon. I said you didn't have to come. It is going to be a hassle this interview." Theo smiled at them.
They all smiled too, for the last three weeks Theo became more familiar with them and treated them more like a friend.
Ayia smiled too, she had a surprise candidate for the job, and she wanted to test that person.
'It is going to be fun!' Ayia giggled inwardly.
"So, how are you going to test them, boss?" Max asked.
"Basically, the same exam you guys went through." Theo replied.
"Oh boy, it is going to be fun to watch." Lauren laughed.
They started talking while waiting for the candidates to arrive.
After half an hour, they started arriving.
Theo observed them, and it was then that he saw a familiar face.
His eyes went wide as he looked at the person.
Arai Shizuka was standing there with the rest of the candidates.
Her black hair, fair skin, and glass-clad red eyes made her look the most beautiful and professional of the candidates.
These last weeks, Theo and Ayia became even more familiar with each other. Especially after Theo discovered she was the daughter and granddaughter of his friends.
And the thing that Ayia was afraid of, Theo and Aurora becoming strange after they discover about her family, did not happen.
She became relaxed after her parents talked with her on the night; they discovered she was working for Theo.
It seemed that they thought highly of Theo after he saved her grandpa's life.
Imagine the surprise she became after knowing that.
She hugged Theo and thanked him profusely the next day after knowing that.
Theo now considered Ayia a close friend and they became more familiar. And with that, he learned that Shizuka was adopted and that she had tons of jobs to do.
And because of that, he was surprised to see her here.
Shizuka didn't move to talk with them, Ayia said she wanted to pass the interview with her own efforts and didn't want people to think she passed because she knew the staff.
At the combined hour of the interview, all the candidates arrived and waited for instructions.
"Good afternoon, let me introduce myself..." Theo commenced the exam with cooks the same way he did Kimiko and the rest.
There were 10 candidates, and the interview took some time.
Theo was thankful that Ayia and the others came to help him, or the interview would take a much longer time.
At the end of the interview, Shizuka was, without a doubt, the best cook of the candidates and passed the interview.
Theo, Ayia, Kimiko, and the rest were amazed by her skill.
She was almost on par with Ayia!
Theo wanted to hire 4 assistant cooks but because Shizuka was too good, he only needed to hire 3 cooks now.
And with Shizuka taking one of the vacancies, there were only two vacancies for nine candidates.
Theo, Ayia, Kimiko, and the rest discussed which cooks they liked more.
They had an intense discussion for at least ten minutes when Theo left them with a decision made.
He hired one guy and one girl.
They were not the best candidates, but they weren't the worst, either.
His name was Masuda Kin, he was 26 years old, he had some experience of working in some medium restaurants.
Her name was Gwen Tulip, she was also 26 years old, and she used to work in a famous restaurant in town, but the restaurant closed and now she was unemployed.
They were not the best candidates, but Theo and the others noticed that they were the most respectful to them.
All the others were older and with much more experienced, and after seeing the Chef and the cooks of the kitchen were so young. They became less respectful.
There was hierarchy necessary inside a professional kitchen, if it didn't exist respect, the kitchen couldn't be successful.
Kin and Gwen were ecstatic when they heard they passed. They never thought they would be working inside such a famous kitchen.
That night, Shizuka, Kin, and Gwen did not cook.
They only observed how the service went. Tomorrow they would start cooking, and because of that, they paid extra attention to how Theo and the others cooked.
After arriving home from the restaurant that night, Theo started studying.
These days, Theo also started studying how to project houses.
He signed for Architecture and Engineering online classes to learn how to project his house.
He only had an Arts and Design skill; the skill didn't show how to project houses. It only gave him the knowledge of artistic designs.
When he designed his restaurant, he only gave some sketches and specified how it wanted to look. And the construction company saw that and projected the building from my scratches.
And the decorations of the restaurant did not need architectural and engineering knowledge to design.
But now Theo had to project the building from the scratch, and he needed specified knowledge to do that.
He wanted to project some machines that would be vital to his house.
He studied multiple subjects of engineering.