you're not a chef if you go to culinary school

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[jacobquackenbush]

I worked as a fry cook for 3 years, there’s more than just perfecting food or even making it just decent.
You gotta learn how a kitchen operates. Where things are and how specific tools are used because every kitchen is different. Not to mention dealing with rushes. Shit can be exhausting

[wafihamid]

I graduate culinary not to long ago but im working as a cook & Baker prior to it honestly yes u dont have to go to culinary school but the experience is good they teach u some basic skills but they teach u more around the industry if u started from working down, now im working as a hotel chef & i love it

[thebookwasbetter]

Not a chef but an accountant. It seems like degrees often just show that you are serious about something and prove that you can finish something.

[TheMunkzilla]

I learned more in kitchens than I did in culinary school. I'm still learning to this day.

[RustyFontane]

It’s almost like learning trades from people who rely on them to make a living is a better idea than relying on an idealist who didn’t make it in the industry themselves…

[samuelettore]

I started culinary school right after my graduation that fall. After the end of the 1st semester, i got a job. Its fun but also a gateway to what i want to do in the future. Fine dining. Im taking a class on this. Im not a chef but i know i can cook. I do however practice plate presentation. Its the key element of making food look appetizing

[robertweldon]

It’s best to both have experience and education. Look at it this way, if 2 people apply for a job and both have the same amount of experience but 1 went to culinary school, the one with the education will most likely get chosen over the other and could possibly get paid more

[pinterestexpress]

When you’re thinking about being a chef, i would think less about the food & more about the actual doing the job. Can you do long hard hours. Can you take real pressure. Can you accept being barked at like you’re in the army. Are you happy working all w/ends & the holiday seasons when others are off. To he successful-you need to live it. It can’t just be a job & it will torture you.

[Tj]

I’ve been an executive chef for About 13 years now. I started as a dish washer when I was 14 and just worked my way up. Dish. Prep. Line. Sous chef and chef. Never went to culinary school just had a passion for food since I was kid helping my mom cook!! So you’re exactly right. The class room can’t prepare you for the hustle and bustle in the kitchen that’s for sure

[loribug]

Im a chef that didn't go 2 chefs school and I have found u don't get the respect u deserve if u don't have the proof of ur skill or experience I have been through a lot im 43 and I've been cooking since I was 14

[amallory]

I worked in casual dining for years than i went through an actually apprenticeship under a french chef. But what i like to tell people is that if you want to work your way up to becoming chef in a professional kitchen going through a apprenticeship might be the best route, it will teach you everything about running a kitchen. culinary school is for more of those people that Want to start there own food business like caterer, or some home cook business.ive seen many people come into a casual dining restaurant with culinary degrees and leave the restaurant industry because it wasnt what they expected or they had to start off washing dishes

[kristenmoon]

I am disabled so I can’t work in normal kitchens. I did work in 4 restaurants as I was growing up though, worked through most of the positions. The chef route for me was some work experience + culinary school. I went the private chef route though, so my experience isn’t the same as everyone else’s. I highly recommend culinary school. It DOES make you a chef, but just an entry level one. Perk to doing CS is that you gain a wider skill set than you will working at a single restaurant with a single focus. But it’s still no replacement for hard work and the time you put into the trade. There are basically 2 ways to go. Either work till you think you’re a chef or go to culinary school and actually ‘be’ a chef then get experience. The common thread through both routes is experience experience experience. How you get that experience is up to you. You do gain a lot through culinary school though, it’s not to be undersold. It’s a fantastic foot in the door. The only real problem I have with the work only route is 2 things, everyone gets called a chef which basically makes the title meaningless ( i mean there are dishwashers / porters who are home cooks at best calling themselves a chef now) and that you get pigeonholed into whatever food your restaurant is cooking ( example you get all your experience working at say a Mexican restaurant, but have no clue on Italian cooking or American cooking, or French techniques). You gain that in culinary school OR by getting experience in those types of restaurants specifically.

[MongIAMTauYah]

I have been cooking my whole entire life since age 5 for myself then onto cooking for family, and friends.

Later, I started catering for ceremonies such as funeral viewings, weddings, birthday events, graduation parties, work promotion celebrations, and weight loss transformation events.

I even personally cooked for hospice patients' family during their most difficult time, yet they also wanted quality food to ease their attention away from the grieving stages of death.

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[jarrod]

Its easy to say you dont need education when you yourself have taken education. These influencers are getting out of hand

[idk-hhkz]

I’m currently doing an apprenticeship and compared to the guys who do full time schooling in cheffing it’s a world of difference. Working in the kitchen definitely teaches you more than any 2 hour lesson can.

[misraimsilva]

For certain restaurants having that piece of paper will pay you more even if you think it waste of time

[tempest]

THIS IS SOOOO TRUE!! School has its place, but working in a field vs learning to work in a field produces significantly different ethics and drive.

[crippleripple]

I was suggested by my teachers to leave school and go to work. They said I had such a passion I just need to execute. Lots of the classmates already owned businesses.

[applenewmoon]

It depends on what you wanna do as well, you can business restaurants, nutrition, and I honestly think if you just want to be a baker, Culinary is a must for that imo.
But if you want to be a chief then yeah, I would just work unless you want to dabble In business and enterprise

[pinterestexpress]

Very true. I worked as a chef for about 7 years, 30 years ago & working in kitchens learning on the job is the very best way.