Google selection procedure for the chief Chef involves as much of an “Iron Chef battle” as any other top post at Google.


Google feeds its employees well and the selection procedure for choosing the chief chef for Mountain View office is as elaborate as any other important post in Google.

A handful of chefs from around the country are interviewed by phone and those who are selected are brought to corporate headquarters to cook a full menu for a panel of 35 “Googlers”. Then the top three chefs compete in an “Iron Chef battle” for the position.

Steve Petusevsky narrates his experience at Google in Sun Sentinel:

“There is a huge walk-in just for condiments. There are four varieties of Thai chili paste, Indian curries, hot chili pastes from India and Indonesia. I am led to a storage room for just organic grains, nuts and seeds. I gently caress the bottle of 12-year-old balsamic vinegar and pop a fresh macadamia nut into my mouth.

The ingredients are as diverse as the people who work here. With thousands of young, hip and health-conscious employees to feed, I was in my element”.

Steve Petusevsky is the author of The Whole Foods Market Cookbook (Clarkson Potter, 2002).

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