My wife age 48 has a passion for baking and pastry making. She
would like to enroll in a 18 month culinary school.

1. What is the standard wage including benefits working
in a hotel or restaurant in your city?

2. Is your passion for baking lost once in out of school
and in the real world?

3. Is the baking industry going mass production based more
on quanity instead of quality? Such as bakery products
being sold at Costco, supermarkets etc.

4. If wages are low being an employee will owning your own
bakery very profitable? Is owning your own bakery a 80
hour job?

Please spend a few minutes to answer these important
questions. As you could guess my wife wants to eventually
own here own bakery. I, her huband has owned my own business
since 1978 and it is very difficult to explain to my wife
that with retail leases, workmens comp, employee problems
equipment purchase,80 work week etc. she should keep her
baking as a hobby instead of a profession. Unless she could
make a good salary as an employee I feel culinary school would
be a waste of time?

Thank you for your thoughtful response.

Mike