BUILT BY A CHEF. FOR ALL CHEFS.

Your career has years left. Let's keep it that way.

Career-extension gear and resources for chefs. Built by Jon Sargent — dishwasher to executive chef. Then his back gave out.

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  • 20 Years on the line
  • 100% of profits fund the mission
  • 2,400 chefs in the community
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NOW LIVE · EXPEDITION 001

The Search for Coffee

A field record from the hills of Peru — and the coffee we carried home.

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THE FLAGSHIP

The Backbone

The cross-back that pulls the weight off your neck.

Twelve hours on the line and your traps are doing the work your spine should. The Backbone redistributes weight off your neck and across your shoulders — vertically aligning your spine through service.

Stand taller at midnight than you did at noon.

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THE FOUNDER

Jon Sargent. Nearly two decades on the line. Then his back gave out.

From sixteen years old washing dishes to executive chef — nearly two decades on the line, every station in the brigade. Worked through doubles, through service from hell, through nights where the line broke and only the bodies on it held it together.

The back went first. Then sciatica. Then the surgeries that didn't quite hold.

KHK is what came next — career-extension engineering built by someone who lived the consequence of going without it.

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FIELD NOTES — UPDATED WEEKLY

The Body & Mind

The prep that protects every shift. Long-form essays on recovery, mental health, posture, and the mission.

  • A head chef briefs the kitchen crew before service.

    Manager Break Plan

    Jonathan Sargent

    A practical coverage worksheet for breaks that happen without dumping the load on someone else.

    Manager Break Plan

    Jonathan Sargent

    A practical coverage worksheet for breaks that happen without dumping the load on someone else.

  • A cook takes a breath and drinks water during a break on the line.

    Career and Boundary Audit

    Jonathan Sargent

    Find the line between a demanding career and a life being consumed by one.

    Career and Boundary Audit

    Jonathan Sargent

    Find the line between a demanding career and a life being consumed by one.

  • A chef pauses at the pass, looking out toward the city at the end of service.

    Seven-Day Micro-Habit Tracker

    Jonathan Sargent

    Choose one action small enough to survive a hard shift. Run the experiment for seven days.

    Seven-Day Micro-Habit Tracker

    Jonathan Sargent

    Choose one action small enough to survive a hard shift. Run the experiment for seven days.

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THE DESTINATION

Your body is your career. Your mind keeps it.

Physical recovery. Mental health. Posture. The resources KHK built so no chef has to break for this work alone. Funded by every order.

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