2007-09-06 17:40:36 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Pick 5 of your favorite holidays.......I will give you a few seconds to think about them. OK, times up....your working on all of those five holidays and the rest of them. Its a full time 14 hour a day gig and you will not get a minute of peace. And, I loved every minute of it. Great career choice. The pay is good and you will never go hungry. I dont know where you live, but you need to look for a Culinary School in your area. Many schools have financing or grants....you would be surprised at how easy it is to get into this field.
2007-09-06 17:51:43 · answer #1 · answered by BudLt 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're still in high school, start with Home Economics, or whatever they call it now. That will start you off with the basics. Then look into a nearby Culinary Academy and see what they require for entrance. If you want to, try getting a job at a decent restaurant working in the kitchen. Even if you're doing dishes or prep work you'll get an idea what a busy commercial kitchen is like. And take every opportunity to learn from the cooks and chefs on staff.
2007-09-07 00:51:02 · answer #2 · answered by rohak1212 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Be careful, that's what. Check with your local vocational schools, and no farther. There are lots of new, high-priced cooking schools out there that are leaving their graduates with a huge amount of debt that a low-paying restaurant job can't pay off. Trust me, you won't be a celebrity chef, and it doesn't pay all that much, though it can certainly be something that's fun to do if you want to.
But don't fall for the celebrity-chef hype. It's victimizing a lot of kids right now. Your local vocational college will do just fine.
2007-09-07 00:50:24 · answer #3 · answered by 2n2222 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not just all cooking. It's a lot of math, business, marketing, language, history, and even design. The chef I knew barely even cooked, he delegated it to the rest of us while he designed menus and dealt with vendors and ordered, and crunched numbers. He was a cool guy, but rarely cooked because he was so busy behind the scenes.
2007-09-07 01:07:38 · answer #4 · answered by chefgrille 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well first of all it's spelled CHEF. Go to a culinary arts school or maybe find a vocational trade school.
2007-09-07 00:48:42 · answer #5 · answered by Carrie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋