How many years do you have to go to college to be a chef?

Answer 1

In your college or foundation years (2-4), you go from being a rank novice to being a professional cook. Then, when you step out into your first professional kitchen, that's when you begin all over again, to cut your teeth on the real world discipline of learning the hard way what it means to be a chef, up through the ranks, from station to station. deepening your craft all the way. And eventually, and there's luck and opportunity involved here too, you can find yourself being asked to assume the responsibilities and pressures of Chef, and then the graft *really* starts...

But there are more ways than one to skin a rabbit. I did the 'college years' through self-study, then worked my way through the stations in the kitchen of hard knocks under my first Chef, until he recommended me to the Chef & Maitre Patissier whom he trained with, with whom I worked for another two years or so, when he offered me my first toque to deputise for him (as he started to consider retirement), and eventually to step (shaking like a leaf!) into his shoes. :-/

And then there's the *extremely* hard way: two absolutely top-flight chefs I know well are *completely* self-taught in their own kitchens of (very, very) hard knocks...

There are many routes to any worthwhile goal: taste of all of them and then pick the one that sets you on fire and knuckle down. Become a good craftsman, the best you can possibly be: the rest will come with time and darned hard work. Enjoy it!

Hope this helps a bit at least.

Answer 2

Depends on what college. The Chef I worked for had 4 years of school and was still on his way to his Master Chef designation.

Answer 3

I went for two years. Going to culinary school doesn't necessarily qualify you as a Chef, however. If you have the initiative, desire, and talent, then you will eventually move up through the ranks and become a Chef, but whoever hires you will ultimately make that decision.

Answer 4

well i started going to culinary school. and for pastry chef only it was 2 yrs. for the complete culinary arts chef degree it was 4 yrs.

Answer 5

Im not going to college to be a chef, im going to be a nurse.
And i have not that far to go but a year. Thats all i have left. But i graduate next year and i am planning on taking about a year off and then go into college. But before all that im gonna go apply and then go in when im done with my break.

Answer 6

2 yrs for community college and 2 and a half for university depends how you take the class

Answer 7

I am in a 3 year program right now...thats for my BA.

Answer 8

The answer to that is in the Yellow Pages.