The document outlines 11 rules for chefs, establishing that chefs are always right, do not engage in typical human activities like sleeping or eating for pleasure but rather to fulfill their duties, and that their role and authority as chef extends even outside the kitchen and must always be respected, as criticizing the chef is tantamount to criticizing a higher power. Chefs are to be fully committed to their role without distractions from things like children or personal opinions.

1. RRuulleess ooff tthhee cchheeff
F The Chef is always right.
F The Chef does not sleep, he rests.
F The Chef does not eat, he nourishes himself.
F The Chef does not drink, he tastes.
F The Chef is never late, he is delayed.
F The Chef never leaves the service, he is called away.
F If you enter the Chef’s office with your own ideas, leave with his.
F It is forbidden for Chef’s to have children, in order that their numbers
should not increase.
F The Chef is always the Chef, even in his swimming costume.
F If you criticize the Chef, you criticize the Almighty.
F Chef is always spelled with a capital ‘C’.
- Chef Iyer, IHMCTAN, Mumbai