This sounds like something you love to do....the cooking. You have nothing to loose in giving it a try if the owner comes up with the dollars.
It could be a happy thing for you. Something that brings joy to you and others.

working under the rader is still a lie....but I have done it before too....be careful...if it works out ok if not give it the heave ho

Remember to be honest first and foremost. If u arent suppose to work while receiving housing support and disability benefits then DO NOT work.

If you are filing a disability claim, that means that you and you doctors say you can't work. I am confused.

I agree on honesty. Maybe you could work a barter system where gou got so many meals for the hours you work. That would be legal since no money exchanged hands and it would ligbten your budget for food expense.

My doctors do say that... That's why I'm wondering if I shouldn't do it. I can barely cook for myself at home... But I miss having a job. Long story short, I want my life back.

that is a common thing to want your life back but to take a job that you cannot even perform at home is prob going to raise the pain levels to unbearable which is why your on disability or attempting to get that disability....just finding a nice internet based way to make more income might be something to do but is it legal is what I would wonder...?? because disabled people can earn set amounts of money and remain disabled....going over that level is never good as you would get the boot from the disability income....not sure on housing situations....

i spent almost half of my life cooking in every sort of capacity you can imagine, mom and pop to opening an 800 room hotel and recipe writing and testing. fine dining on a very busy line as lead sautee to catering on site for weddings of up to 200 ppl, purchasing, purveying, hiring, firing, food costing, make or buy analysis, butchery, demonstrations and public chef service of buffets. i've washed dishes all the way up to being the boss and i can tell you this about cooking..

it is probably almost as stressful as surgery.

i guess it depends on how much you expect to earn from disability. since i started working at 15, i expect to be doing pretty fine if i get it. if you don't have a lot of credits, can afford to risk not getting it, or don't care if you get caught then go for it.

cooking at home is totally different than cooking ala carte in a restaurant. it's all about a sense of urgency, your own speed and skills, understanding time tables and trying to beat the clock. heavy lifting and more standing than i'll even bother to tell you about are required at most places.

see my avi. that's me cooking paella in a giant pan from from spain over a fire pit i dug in the ground. takes two strong men to lift it off fire when it's done. i know that's not what you're going to be up to, but cooking is not an easy way to make a living.

just wanted you to know honestly what you could be getting into.

that said, ask if you can try a shift there for free, that's what a lot of chefs do to find out if they really would enjoy a certain job.
you'll know at the end of one shift if you can do it or if you want to.

the disability thing seems kinda foolish to mess with, but you get to make that decision. with your income, can you get food stamps. i just did and they're helping a ton.

good luck!

i'm sorry if that wasn't what you wanted to hear.

my bad.

working under the table and getting money your not supposed to be getting is not the best idea....the constant worry about getting caught will cause stress. Cooking for many people in a restaraunt setting is a lot different that cooking at home and can be extremely stressful. This doesn't sound like the "calmest" situation.

If your on disability for either CP or BP have you checked into the ability of being able to get grants or scholarships legally to go to school?

Shlay,

Sorry I didn't see your 2nd post...if you can't cook at home because of pain how do you think you'll be able to cook in a restaraunt setting? That's just setting yourself up to fail, and that's never a good thing.

I realize that you want more than anything to get your life back, perhaps you can think of some type of volunteer job that you could do, that would make you feel more "out in the world"?

Kat

I agree with kat - I know you need the money but the stress alone may be too much and then add in the pain.

Try a free shift every once in awhile (or a paid one) You need to go really slowly and ease back into working. FOr both the mind and the body. I have been there, I get it.

Hugs honey, sorry if that is not what you wanted to hear, I needed to be honest about this. I was there.

Kallie.