There's a reason cook is the career of choice behind the old adage, if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

Indeed, working as a cook is hot figuratively from the high stress of meeting patrons' demands quickly, and literally. Of course, it can also be cool -- trips to the icy storage freezer are sometimes the only break a cook gets from the sweltering heat of the kitchen.

No wonder Gordon Ramsay is so high-strung.