Canadian Armed Forces - Cook

[buckwheatsghettoghost]

I was a US Marine who trained with the Canadians in NC and the food their cooks made was excellent 👍

[kristov]

Canadian forces have historically taken on the toughest assignments, which resulted in the heaviest casualties. Much respect from one of your southern neighbors.

[nitaroberts]

I am a cook in the royal canadian navy and its one of the best experience in life. Morale is certainly important as she said and im super happy to do it everyday !

[arneltapay]

Now I'm happy knowing that my 2 boys (eldest in the army and the youngest in the airforce) are well taken cared of.

[tazman]

I served 35 years in the RCAF, 1981-2016. Anywhere mess hall that I ate at served excellent food.
CFB Cornwallis: Mar. - May 1981,
CFB Borden: May 1981 - Nov 1981,
CFB Bagotville: Nov. 1981 - July 1987,
CFB Lahr: Aug. 1987 - May 1988,
CFB Baden-Söllingen: Aug. 1989,
And anywhere else that I was deployed or on exercise at.
Note: Missing timeframes, I lived outside the bases.
Kudos to all the cooks in the CAF that keep the men/women going.

[KS-slji]

She’s right especially about that last line. You can taste of love has been put in that food verses the bare minimum effort to get the job done

[garykeefer]

While in the US Air Force, I deployed to Cold Lake AB Alberta for a big air exercise that's held there every couple of year called Maple Flag. But to us in the Air Force that were lucky enough to participate, it was referred to as Food Flag. Their chow halls were awesome.

[glenndouglas]

Canadian's seem the NICEST people in the world. Respect from England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🤗👍

[xitwoundcal]

Was in US Army back in the 80`s . Trained with Canadian troops in Chillawack the messhall and food was great . Was told the food there was not as good as other bases but was better than any i ever saw in US .

[markmorris]

20 years in the RCN as an Etech and I can say that there isn't a harder working group of people in the Navy than cooks. You can't be a bad cook and go to sea, it just doesn't happen. Thank you guys for your service it was top notch.

[paydenladeroute]

Not gonna lie, when I was in I always looked forward to meals at the mess. Without a doubt, one of the most important jobs in the forces.

[energyasylum]

Props to our Canadian next door neighbors! Practically family!(many are!) Much love Canada, from Los Angeles USA.

🇺🇸🤝🇨🇦 🫶☝️💪

[jamesfrommanitoba.]

I am so proud of all branches of our Canadian armed forces, I truly wish we had a government that would take care and support our troops.
God bless all our service members across North America.

[DinHarvey]

Canadian armed forces The are the best cooks of the world. Cooking for 500 ppl. Everyday thats alot. Each men and women cook on the top ranks of different kinds of food.

[low-keyrighteous]

I love watching people cooking . Don't know why but I love the entire process and all that goes into it :)

[sladelerch]

An underrecognized trade, for sure. They do amazing work! Thanks very much!

[davidmunro]

Canadas military food is world famous for
Taste and quality.

[carlhicksjr]

So...
I'm a US Army veteran. I'm also a Civil War reenactor [see pic]. And I spent much of my life in kitchens after the Army. Because of that, I was also my Civil War unit's company cook for a couple years.
Cooking is one of the toughest jobs in ANY army. A good cook can boost a unit's morale like nothing you've ever seen. A bad one can make an entire unit sick as a dog. But no matter how well they do, they get almost ZERO respect.
Some things that a lot of folks don't understand about military cooking:
- Being in the military is generally physically demanding and tiring job. 12 hour days are EVERY day, from PT to Retreat and usually after. Cooks get up before everyone in order to have breakfast ready on time and oftentimes go to bed late in order to have the kitchen cleaned enough for tomorrow's work.
- Troops [generic term for all services] gripe about the quality of the food constantly, and God help you if the mess is out of their favorite condiment. You know why that is? In the first case the cooks are preparing from a military cookbook that is specifically designed to be average. Instead of trying to appeal to tastes from all over the place, they make whatever recipe an average of what the country as a whole likes... think of it as 'Betty Crocker' cooking rather than regional specialty dishes. As for the condiments, troops are cheap assed bastards and every bottle they steal from the mess hall is another beer they can swill. Totally not kidding.
- Troops are surly when given KP and bitchy when the cooks are trying to get them too clean the pots and pans so their own food won't make them sick. Honest to God, troops will sit and watch a fire go out and then bitch about the coffee being cold rather than getting up and putting another log on it.

[w.s.]

Hats off to the CF Cooks, they are top notch👍🇨🇦

[davidmcrae]

I honestly cherish those moments where I can sit with my kit and eat a hot meal