Any Ranch Hands here?

[Vette40th]

Just curious if anyone here has lived that lifestyle. My youngest is seriously thinking of moving to Texas, and living as a cook on a ranch. She knows it isnt easy at all. She is a Pastry Chef now in downtown Charleston,SC, so long days are normal to her.

[DAB]

long days, low pay....sounds great.

[Vette40th]

She is not a money person. She is a person that just enjoys something different.
Personal Pilot license, pastry Chef, and just turned 22. All on her own

[TheHammer]

she should make some new guy friends easily...

[Louie Detroit]

She is not a money person. She is a person that just enjoys something different.
Personal Pilot license, pastry Chef, and just turned 22. All on her own

Well since she is a hard worker and can handle long days hopefully she can leverage this experience into someday owning her own restaurant or bakery chain. :seasix:

[Frankie the Fink]

She is not a money person. She is a person that just enjoys something different.
Personal Pilot license, pastry Chef, and just turned 22. All on her own

Sounds great at 22, then you wake up one morning and find out you're 50 and they pay wasn't enough to fund a decent retirement - or the ranch is sold to a developer and you're suddenly on the street with your hat in your hand looking for work as a cook. Maybe she tries it for a year, while taking some online courses in something to keep or changer her skillset...

[Vette40th]

Sounds great at 22, then you wake up one morning and find out you're 50 and they pay wasn't enough to fund a decent retirement - or the ranch is sold to a developer and you're suddenly on the street with your hat in your hand looking for work as a cook. Maybe she tries it for a year, while taking some online courses in something to keep or changer her skillset...

Life is ever changing. If its a thing she wants to try, experience, then I can support her decisions.
But you are right, you dont always know the future..
Hell, our country is being sold out right now via the big guy and his handlers..

[Anjdog2003]

I say go for it. She's young enough to make mistakes. Too bad they don't do cattle drives anymore.

[Black94lt1]

I say go for it. She's young enough to make mistakes. Too bad they don't do cattle drives anymore.

Agreed, I wish I would have done stuff like this while I was younger

[Yadkin]

A kid I know is a ranch hand out west during the summer, and during the winter is a ski coach. I say go for it when you're young, but have a plan B.

[GTOguy]

She is not a money person. She is a person that just enjoys something different.
Personal Pilot license, pastry Chef, and just turned 22. All on her own

You can't teach 'character' and your daughter has it. She'll do fine no matter what she's doing with that attitude.:seasix:

[Burro (He/Haw)]

She is not a money person.

Y’all hear that? That’s DAB’s head exploding.

[LATB]

She should do it. I wanted to be a farmer or forester when I was a kid but followed my dad into the building business.

I also would have enjoyed a career in dog training.

Some jobs/professions that don’t pay much are very fulfilling.

[Anjdog2003]

A kid I know is a ranch hand out west during the summer, and during the winter is a ski coach. I say go for it when you're young, but have a plan B.





Plan B Marry a rich cattleman.

[MEANZ06]

I grew up on a ranch in the 70's, my father was the foreman of it. He did everything there everything from mechanic work on the vehicles to doing cattle roundups, branding (the smell of burning flesh made me sick), guilding ( the boss, Keeny thought it was funny to throw them at me), cuting horns etc, it's hard work. Went to county fairs with the draft horses to compete in pulls We lived in a small 1B 1B cabin on the property until i was 6. Lots of good memories from then. I could go on and on about this. Couple pics of the place and a YT vid (not mine) of what it once was. This thread brought up a lot of good memories :cert:

A brief history of Buckeye Ranch in Lafayette - YouTube

Pictured is my Father on the right my Mom, Louie the horse trainer and my Grandmother on the left next to one of pulling draft horses

Another is the pulls they competed in

One of the cabin

My father on the top unloading Hay

and the hay wagon they would take visiters on to see the property

[Vette40th]

Old thread I know. Daughter is now a Sous Chef, and she is really wanting to learn the business aspect of being a Chef, and leave to cook on a Ranch..
She is really wanting Texas..
If anyone has any direct links or suggestions now, as many have already given great stuff already, it will be appreciated.

[LATB]

https://www.6666ranch.com/

https://king-ranch.com/

Both are in Texas.

[Torqaholic]

... long days are normal to her.

Her long days may be over. I grew up on a farm, not being tied to a clock makes time fly. It's a whole different mindset. Worst thing to me about working was watching a clock tick down so I could go home.

[Vette40th]

https://www.6666ranch.com/

https://king-ranch.com/

Both are in Texas.

Those are well known ranches and large companies. Thnx

[LATB]

Those are well known ranches and large companies. Thnx

Indeed. I’d think either on a resume would be good. :seasix:

[DAB]

i have a friend who spent a summer a few years as a chef at some resort in Taos (i think), he now runs his own bakery in Santa Fe.

she may want to find a retreat type resort where fine dining is normal, and not just tasty food to fill up the working men.

if you want details of his resort place, i can reach out and get that.

[Vette40th]

She is currently doing fine dining at Tempest in downtown Charleston. She has a pretty good back ground in this business.
She has a Chef she works with that has been in the business for about 30 years, starting out as a dish washer. He was offered a hotel in VT, and wanted her to go be the pastry Chef there..
Right now, she is looking at all opportunities, but really wants TX.

[Vette40th]

WTF does a pastry chef know about making cowboy beef stew?

She better start watching some Kent Rollins videos on YouTube
LOL, Rights now she is a pastry Chef.
She has cooked at a few places and is very much a beast in the kitchen..
As a teenager she worked in Waffle House for fast paced cooking, then moved into fancy restaurants..
And she knows how to make family meals, using whatever you have in the kitchen to feed the crew. She is pretty darn good. But, I will definitely send her videos of this person to her..

[Vette40th]

Cooking on a ranch means cooking outdoors over a fire in a Dutch oven, not in some fancy kitchen with all the fancy stainless steel gear. Meat and potatoes is what’s on the menu not gourmet food served with wine.
Good luck to her its a man’s game.
Its not blazing saddles anymore, but I get ya..

[The_Dude]

Have him watch Yellowstone

[Vette40th]

Have him watch Yellowstone
My Daughter is who is interested.
She works too many hrs a day to watch tv.

[LATB]

Have him watch Yellowstone
Gator is a cool dood in my book. :yesnod:

They ran a marathon this weekend on Paramount. If someone hadn't seen it was a great time to record all 5 seasons. :seasix:

[DAB]

if she wants are real adventure, apply to be a cook or baker in Antarctica. :willy:

[Vette40th]

if she wants are real adventure, apply to be a cook or baker in Antarctica. :willy:
She has actually looked into that.
I think the look I gave her was enough to rethink that

[DAB]

She has actually looked into that.
I think the look I gave her was enough to rethink that

I still remember fondly Trina who made all of us some wonderful chocolate truffles in the dead of winter....

[Vette40th]

Here are 2 deserts she made last week.

[LATB]

He husband is going to be fat.

[Vette40th]

He husband is going to be fat.
Right now, I am getting fat when I eat at her resturaunt.
She makes the pastrys for Tempest and resturaunt next door, 300 plis a day

[MadInNc]

She will have to learn two words to survive

Tex - Mex:yesnod:

[Vette40th]

She will have to learn two words to survive

Tex - Mex:yesnod:
Yex Mex is good, but nothing compared to San Diego Mexican food.