On Mon, 26 Sep 2011 11:35:26 -0400, "jmcquown" >
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>> On Sep 23, 10:33 am, prettymoira <prettymoira.
>> > wrote:
>>> I wanna be a chef and put up my own fine dining restaurant. I love to
>>> bake and cook good food so I'm planning to go back to school and take
>>> culinary arts. Any ideas anyone?
>>>
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>>> prettymoira
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>> Be prepared to spend several thousand dollars if you go. There's a
>> top ranked culinary school where I live and it costs $50,000 to go
>> there, and that doesn't include things like books or equipment.
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>Not to mention it doesn't prepare you for the real world. Taking classes,
>no matter how good the school, and running a successful restaurant are two
>completely different things.

Not to mention cooking schools will take your money and heap praise
and encouragement while never mentioning that you haven't the
ability... while after a week working in a restaurant, even if all you
do is prep veggies, you'll know all on your own whether cooking as a
career is your bag. Fixing ones own brekkie is no indication that one
can cook for pay.