Anyone go/went to CULINARY School

[DaVortex]

I am thinking about getting into a Culinary School to become a chef. Has anyone here went to culinary school...I'd like to ask a few questions...Thanks

 

[matthekim]

lol

 

[Fritzo]

I have- I'm a trained chef actually. I've done a little of everything 🙂 Anyway, I was a caterer for 10 years. Now my wife and I are 20 lbs overweight because of that stupid job. Good cooking can be a curse.

 

[chambersc]

my GF's joining orlando culinary in the fall. she wants to to patissery. she's goin up in late august...i wish her the best. what can she expect?

 

[Fritzo]

She can expect to be frustraited and make lots of mistakes. Then one day everything clicks and you can start making up your own recpies.

 

[sygyzy]

Is a patissery learning how to make pastries? Like desserts?

 

[Howard]

Don't bring nice knives. They'll get stolen.

 

[chambersc]

Originally posted by: sygyzy
Is a patissery learning how to make pastries? Like desserts?

correct, sir. she loves to please people, her way is thru desserts and mine is thru public service (ie senator, president)

 

[miri]

At the restaurant I work at, we have a lot of graduates from various culinary schools. Realize that it will usually take about 2-5 years of being a line cook making $7-10 a hour before you can become a sous chef and even longer to become a chef. So many people go to those schools and there is only a limited amount of chef positions compared to graduates.

 

[fitzov]

I almost went to cullinary school. Does that count?

 

[Maximilian]

I did home economics in high school. Me and 1 other guy were the only guys in the class, and we were hopeless. It was kind of a filler subject.

 

[j00fek]

look at johnson and whales in RI, i guess they are the best for that.

 

[nakedfrog]

No, I never went to CULINARY school. I do enjoy a bit of cooking, and at one point in my childhood wanted to be a chef, but my dreams of CULINARY mastery never materialized.

 

[fLum0x]

i wonder if there is a way to kind of "train yourself" to become a chef. and not just an normal person...like what a chef that went to culinary school and is now in charge of a restarant would do. is gourmet the right word? ;x

 

[remagavon]

Originally posted by: chambersc

Originally posted by: sygyzy
Is a patissery learning how to make pastries? Like desserts?

correct, sir. she loves to please people, her way is thru desserts and mine is thru public service (ie senator, president)

Mine is through an ambivalent dictatorship. 😛

 

[remagavon]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
No, I never went to CULINARY school. I do enjoy a bit of cooking, and at one point in my childhood wanted to be a chef, but my dreams of CULINARY mastery never materialized.

LOFL

 

[remagavon]

Originally posted by: fLum0x
i wonder if there is a way to kind of "train yourself" to become a chef. and not just an normal person...like what a chef that went to culinary school and is now in charge of a restarant would do. is gourmet the right word? ;x

You can be an apprentice, a local resturant near myself has full paid on the job training if you sign a 1 year contract to stay with them. 🙂

You might have trouble getting into a serious establishment without a paper certification or degree, but your experience would prove beneficial I'm sure.

 

[fLum0x]

i would just do it to be a better cook for myself and wife/family

 

[kogase]

Originally posted by: chambersc

Originally posted by: sygyzy
Is a patissery learning how to make pastries? Like desserts?

correct, sir. she loves to please people, her way is thru desserts and mine is thru public service (ie senator, president)

So you're a senator?

 

[chambersc]

Originally posted by: kogase

Originally posted by: chambersc

Originally posted by: sygyzy
Is a patissery learning how to make pastries? Like desserts?

correct, sir. she loves to please people, her way is thru desserts and mine is thru public service (ie senator, president)

So you're a senator?

aspiring. legally don't qualify (too young) but i'm gonna start from the ground up (city commissioner, mayor, rep, sen, etc...) and hope to finish off at the presidency.

 

[Bulldog13]

Originally posted by: chambersc

Originally posted by: kogase

Originally posted by: chambersc

Originally posted by: sygyzy
Is a patissery learning how to make pastries? Like desserts?

correct, sir. she loves to please people, her way is thru desserts and mine is thru public service (ie senator, president)

So you're a senator?

aspiring. legally don't qualify (too young) but i'm gonna start from the ground up (city commissioner, mayor, rep, sen, etc...) and hope to finish off at the presidency.

I WANT TO BE AN ASTRONAUT.

 

[matthekim]

Originally posted by: Bulldog13

Originally posted by: chambersc

Originally posted by: kogase

Originally posted by: chambersc

Originally posted by: sygyzy
Is a patissery learning how to make pastries? Like desserts?

correct, sir. she loves to please people, her way is thru desserts and mine is thru public service (ie senator, president)

So you're a senator?

aspiring. legally don't qualify (too young) but i'm gonna start from the ground up (city commissioner, mayor, rep, sen, etc...) and hope to finish off at the presidency.

I WANT TO BE AN ASTRONAUT.

lol

 

[chambersc]

Originally posted by: matthekim

Originally posted by: Bulldog13

Originally posted by: chambersc

Originally posted by: kogase

Originally posted by: chambersc

Originally posted by: sygyzy
Is a patissery learning how to make pastries? Like desserts?

correct, sir. she loves to please people, her way is thru desserts and mine is thru public service (ie senator, president)

So you're a senator?

aspiring. legally don't qualify (too young) but i'm gonna start from the ground up (city commissioner, mayor, rep, sen, etc...) and hope to finish off at the presidency.

I WANT TO BE AN ASTRONAUT.

lol

🙂 good for you.

 

[RagingBITCH]

Originally posted by: miri
At the restaurant I work at, we have a lot of graduates from various culinary schools. Realize that it will usually take about 2-5 years of being a line cook making $7-10 a hour before you can become a sous chef and even longer to become a chef. So many people go to those schools and there is only a limited amount of chef positions compared to graduates.

*DING DING DING DING* winnar!

You better do it because you love it, and you don't have jack sh!t for bills to pay, other than the $60K in culinary school loans that you'll owe, because you'll be making next to nothing - on average probably $9-$10 an hour. Even as a sous chef you don't make all that much, maybe $13-14 depending on where you are. My friend graduated from a culinary school in NY and works for Nobu (Robert Deniro's restaurant in NY) and only makes $12 an hour. Factoring in the cost of living in NY, that's about $9-$10 anywhere else in the country with a "normal" cost of living.

A friend of mine made $12 an hour as a sous chef for the Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth for 3 years before quitting and doing computer drafting for $6 more an hour. He doesn't regret it, even though his wife makes enough for him to be a chef.

 

[chambersc]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH

Originally posted by: miri
At the restaurant I work at, we have a lot of graduates from various culinary schools. Realize that it will usually take about 2-5 years of being a line cook making $7-10 a hour before you can become a sous chef and even longer to become a chef. So many people go to those schools and there is only a limited amount of chef positions compared to graduates.

*DING DING DING DING* winnar!

You better do it because you love it, and you don't have jack sh!t for bills to pay, other than the $60K in culinary school loans that you'll owe, because you'll be making next to nothing - on average probably $9-$10 an hour. Even as a sous chef you don't make all that much, maybe $13-14 depending on where you are. My friend graduated from a culinary school in NY and works for Nobu (Robert Deniro's restaurant in NY) and only makes $12 an hour. Factoring in the cost of living in NY, that's about $9-$10 anywhere else in the country with a "normal" cost of living.

A friend of mine made $12 an hour as a sous chef for the Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth for 3 years before quitting and doing computer drafting for $6 more an hour. He doesn't regret it, even though his wife makes enough for him to be a chef.

hell $12 in NY is probably less than $9. i'd give it $8.3-8.7 an hour.