Fans even started a. Change.org petition.

In their own way, servers are pandemic heroes.We went to work even though we were never deemed "essential."

Some states put servers at the bottom of the list for vaccine eligibility, but expected them to go to work with a smile underneath their mask.And we did it because it's what we do.. READ:.Please Don't Make Cooks Work While We're Sick.

I'm a waiter and always will be.When you've done it for as long as I have, it becomes a part of your identity and even if I ever find myself between restaurant jobs, it will forever remain a piece of me.

Did you ever get stabbed by a pencil in elementary school and you were left with a teeny, tiny pencil tattoo on your skin that you can still see today?

That's what waiting tables is like.Ben’s stellar cooking there put him on the map, and got him noticed by F&W — he’s a member of the 1993 class of.

.. Ben Barker's Pork Chops on Creamy Hominy.Magnolia Grill was also one of the first places where I saw an open kitchen.

This baffled me since it meant that you had to watch your language and couldn’t put ice down the back of each other’s pants while you worked.But I was behind the times.