Hotel Chef Hits Intern, Forces Her to Eat Raw Rice
A Patong hotel chef assaulted a 20-year-old intern, hitting her with a ladle and slapping her face after she failed to respond quickly to an order, while previously forcing her to eat raw rice as punishment for overcooking.
A hotel chef in Patong, Phuket, has been accused of striking and humiliating a 20-year-old intern from Nakhon Si Thammarat. The student, who began her internship on July 1st alongside three classmates, was working in the hotel kitchen when the chef became angry that she had not immediately responded to his order to scoop rice. He hit her arm with a ladle and slapped her face twice, causing her to suffer dizziness and severe pain.
In a separate earlier incident, the same chef forced the intern to eat an entire plate of raw rice after she had overcooked a batch. Following this incident, she lived in constant fear of making mistakes and being criticized. When her instructor learned of the abuse, she immediately withdrew the student and her three classmates from the internship due to safety concerns.
The intern has filed a complaint at Patong Police Station. Authorities are investigating charges of assault and are considering additional charges related to coercion and mistreatment of a minor.
