These Chefs Left Prestigious Culinary Jobs To Cook At Nursing Homes: 'We Want To Make This Industry Better'

These Chefs Left Prestigious Culinary Jobs To Cook At Nursing Homes: 'We Want To Make This Industry Better'

These Chefs Left Prestigious Culinary Jobs To Cook At Nursing Homes: 'We Want To Make This Industry Better' Facing burnout from his time as a fine dining chef, David Martin’s parents suggested he pivot to working in the kitchen of a nursing home.  To this, he replied, “'Why would I want to go to aged care? That's where people retire. My skills will go to waste,'" per an interview with Business Insider. But now, as the executive chef manager at St. Vincent’s Care, a nursing home facility in Melbourne, Australia, he is eating his words.  Teaming up with another chef with a similar background, Harry Shen, the pair have a vision to elevate the standard of food in these facilities. David Martin (left) and Harry Shen (right). Photo courtesy of David Martin/LinkedIn “We want to break the stereotype that aged care food is just a lump of food on a plate,” Shen said. The chefs provide a continental breakfast, a hearty lunch with an entree, starch, and two vegetables, a generou…