Is culinary a good field to enter?

[MHasegawa]

It's the only field I'm interested in getting a career in.  I
don't wanna end up working at Stop n Shop my whole life.  I just
want to know if this career brings in enough income to live on my own.<br />


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[Tall_James]

Chicks dig cooks.&nbsp; If you're good at it you should always be able to find work.

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[JamMaster]

<p>Are you looking to apply to any culinary schools?&nbsp; I just had a conversation with a friend of mine who just got accepted to The Art Institute of NYC - Culinary Arts.&nbsp; </p><p>If it is something you love, then it is definately worth it. If you are looking to make good&nbsp;money from it...you will have to pay your dues before you get anywhere in the business.</p><p>Best of Luck to you</p>

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[NickyL0885]

Its def a good area to get into.Girls do dig guys who can cook. I start
at Johnson and Wales in March 2006 to study Culinary Arts. And hey, if
ur good,&nbsp; u could be on tv and/or write cookbooks and make great
money.<br />


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[Doctor Manhattan]

<p><strong><img src="http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/597/cpsorvinop3kz.jpg" border="0" /></strong></p><p><strong><font size="3">&quot;What do I know about the restaurant business? </font></strong><strong><font size="3">I know how to order a meal.&quot;</font></strong></p><p><font color="#990000" size="2">Just be careful who you go into buisness with:</font></p><p><img src="http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/3904/rt45ge.jpg" border="0" /></p><p><font size="3"><strong>&quot;You got no business? Fuck you, pay me. You had a fire? Fuck you, pay me. The place got hit by lightning? Fuck you, pay me.&quot;</strong></font></p><a href="http://www.xmradio.com/programming/channel_page.jsp?ch=202" target="_blank"><img src="http://scripts.cgispy.com/image.cgi?u=skw" border="0" /></a>

<font color=black>This message was edited by SKW on 11-8-05 @ 10:27 AM</font>

[torker]

<p><font size="1">And hey, if ur good,&nbsp; u could be on tv and/or write cookbooks and make great money.</font><br /></p><p>If not, there's always Denny's.</p><p><img height="250" src="http://jalanjalan.com/beeflogarc/beef-041215.6oz.jpg" width="429" border="0" /></p><p>Who am I kidding, that looks f'n tasty.</p>

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[DreamWeaver]

I almost entered this field a while back. I worked in a deli/restaurant first to see if I'd like it. It's REALLY stressfull. And I only worked as a line cook. People are constantly demanding shit from you&nbsp;and yeah that goes with any business but in a restaurant people yell and scream in your face until they get what they want. Plus you have to work holidays and weekends. That was a big turn off for me. Not so much the weekends but&nbsp;working every holiday sucks.&nbsp;I don't mean to be Debbie Downer just sharing my experience. I decided that cooking would be a hobby for me instead of my profession.

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[mikeyboy]

Try to get your hands on the interview R&amp;F did with Anthony Bourdain.&nbsp; I can always send it to you if you want.&nbsp; Although I've never worked in the field, it seemed to have a pretty good description of the ups and downs of working in that field.

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[Tall_James]

<p><img height="254" src="http://jalanjalan.com/beeflogarc/beef-041215.6oz.jpg" width="436" border="0" /></p><p>Now I'm starving!</p>

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[JustJon]

I worked for a culinary website for a year and a half and learned quite
a bit about the culinary industry.&nbsp; Really, anything I say will
echo what Bourdain said on R&amp;F.&nbsp; It really was a great
interview.<br />

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[ChildofFez]

<p>just ask crazy Jen and her idea of the week...</p><p><img src="http://www2.tltc.ttu.edu/qualin/ignatius/images/dogcart2.JPG" border="0" /></p>

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[FUNKMAN]

<p>you're probably too tall to be a short order cook... </p><p>actually best of luck with what you decide!</p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v91/SatCam/sig_funkmanstill.jpg" border="0" />

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[Knowledged_one]

<p>Its not a bad field, but be careful</p><p>They could eat you alive</p>

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[monsterone]

nobody drinks harder than a cook.&nbsp; can your liver stand it?

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[ShelleBink]

People always need to eat... go for it!<br />

[Donnielimes]

<blockquote dir="ltr" style="margin-right: 0px"><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If you got skills you'll never be out of work. You'll always know hot chicks(waitresses are often Actresses). And you'll never starve. You can tell your boss to fuck off and have another job in an hour. IF you got skills. You got no skills, if you suck well the same applies for any job you suck you suck. Cooking is the kind of job that is one of the last bastions of meritocracy. If the owner's son can't cook he'll get the shit kicked out of him before they let him behind the line. On the other hand you could be a multiple felon I mean a really bad mutha fucker but if you got grill skills or sautee' you'll always work you be the mhin.</p><p><a href="http://donnydelicious.blogspot.com/">http://donnydelicious.blogspot.com/</a></p>[/quote]

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[torker]

Are you a future chef or a <a href="http://www.honeymooners.net/sounds/wavs/coreaapl.wav" target="_blank">Chef of the Future</a>? <img src="http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y201/torker1313/RFnettorker.jpg" border="0" /> <em>I gots to know </em>

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[mikeyboy]

Since people have shows interest, I added the <a href="http://www.ronfez.net/displaymedia.cfm/id/2933" target="_self">Anthony Bourdain</a> interview to the file library.

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[Bulldogcakes]

<p>&nbsp;</p><font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 9px;">quote:</font>Chicks dig cooks.<br />
<img width="180" height="180" border="0" src="http://images.usatoday.com/life/_photos/2004/2004-02/11-rocco-inside.jpg" /><br /><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Being a celebrity Chef is like being a rock star to fat chicks!<br />
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[Bulldogcakes]

<p>Seriously though, its like anything else. Has its plus and minus. I
know alot of cooks/chefs that work their ass off in busy restaurants,
others that run a kitchen in a hotel and have it pretty easy. I know
people who started out as chefs, opened their own place and are working
hours that are insane. And others who opened their own place and either
failed or went on to open 2nd and 3rd locations.&nbsp;<br />
</p><p>Bottom line. You have to love it. Its not just what you see on
the Food Network. It's hard work. But for some of us there's nothing
else they'd rather do. <br />
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[zathrus]

if you can't find a nice position, you could always open a catering company. a bride to be would love the one on one attention when discussing her special day.<br />


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[TooCute]

If you have to ask, then it probably is not.<div><br /></div><div>You have to REALLY love it.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>It's sort of funny - but the better the restaurant you're working at is, the less money you're going to make. Everyone wants to work with the top chefs out there. If you're content with just being a line cook somewhere mediocre forever, it's going to be a stressful, difficult job, but you might be able to make a living wage. If you have any ambitions beyond that, it's going to be a stressful, difficult job at maybe minimum wage until, if you're lucky, you &quot;make it&quot;. Lots of internships. Lots and lots of hours. My brother currently works at Clio (Ken Oringer's place up in Boston) and though the gig is theoretically a slight step up from his last job (No. 9 Park Street - Barbara Lynch's place - #1 rated restaurant in Boston, but she may not be quite the celebrity Ken Oringer is) he had to move out of his apartment into basically a closet shared with two other people because he couldn't afford his rent anymore - he works pretty much 10AM to 2AM 6 days a week for $6.50 and hour, gets no holidays off, and is lucky if he can get two days off in a row - and he is absolutely thrilled by it.</div><div><br /></div><div>In other news, I saw Bobby Flay getting off the subway last night. How'd he ever become a celebrity chef? His restaurants suck.</div>

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[landarch]

<p>I loved every restaurant job I ever had, because of the food, fun, hot&nbsp;chicks, and kitchen comraderie that would always develop.&nbsp; Then,&nbsp;I realized the downsides of it, such as, you work every day the rest of the world has off, because those are the restaurant's busy days, and it's a lifestyle, not a job.&nbsp; If you don't own the place, you don't make good money and if you do, you don't get any sleep.&nbsp; I finally got out of it in favor of a sales position in foodservice that allowed me access into almost any kitchen in the NY metro area (all of the colleges, hospitals, Manhattan law firms, the UN, the major TV networks, etc have cafeterias that need salesmen to call on them).&nbsp; This kept me in the kitchen(s), but away from 80-and 90 hour work weeks.&nbsp;&nbsp; The money and future was a better one also.&nbsp; You would still need to know a little bit about food, but most people in the sales side can get a job based on minimal kitchen experience, since it's all about product knowledge and being personable.&nbsp; I have since gotten out of the field entirely, but would still encourage selling to cooks rather than being a cook.&nbsp; </p><p>P.S., there are many people in kitchens who have landed jobs there&nbsp;in mgmt due to their kitchen sales experience.&nbsp; Whatever you do good luck.</p>

[reeshy]

It's a great job if you're an alcoholic with a side order of cocaine addiction!!!!!!

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