/ck/ - Food & Cooking

mmm

>It's Halloween
>No foodgore thread
Really? Times have changed.

I'm going to dump what little I have

Right now, I'm looking at having to pick up a culinary job. The field I work in (EMS) pays $8.50 where I'm at for 12 hour shifts, and a large call volume... I'm sick of busting my ass and barely being able to pay the bills. There is no career advancement, especially since there are no Paramedic classes scheduled in my area for the foreseeable future, and once I'd have that it would be an even heavier workload for $11/hour. The benefits are downright shitty. The health coverage is literally the same as the state program only instead of free it costs $400/month for a family of 3.

I started culinary arts school last month to use up some of my GI Bill. I needed the BAH money to stay ahead on bills and I'm not going to let a program I paid for go unused.

My situation is that I need to find work in a kitchen. What I'm asking is for inside advice. Here are the places I'm looking at:

-Bob Evans -Ryan's -Olive Garden -Panera Bread -Red Lobster

Which one would be worth putting an application in at? What is the work environment like? Any inside knowledge on pay and benefits would help.

If I like it and it meets my needs, I might make a career out of it, but I need to get a foot in the door first. Worst care scenario - I work it through school.

>>5752952
heres what i have