culinary school

[Anonymous No.17183527]

is it worth it ?
thoughts and opinions?
please share your experiences

[Anonymous No.17183540]

why would you go to school to make min wage surrounded by mexicans? just get a job as a prep cook and work your way up

[Anonymous No.17183561]

To work in a kitchen? not really, but if its free you might as well.
Most tasks you'd just learn at the job in a couple months and you'd be able to function.

To get better at cooking as a hobby? Not really.

[Anonymous No.17183641]

>>17183527
I haven't but a family member did. He has a much better range than me and knows all the classic french stuff. He can easily get in the door to places that actually pay decently like big hotels and what not he also has really good connections in the business. If you really want to make a life out of it and you already have decent experience you should or else you'll likely end up like all these other guys that never make more than $20 an hour at some local diner yet brag about how they never needed culinary school. It is like regular college though, it doesn't guarantee anything, there are always going to be people more successful that never even went, and there is a lot more to get out of it than just running the course.

If you just want a casual cooking job for some years to save money and eventually moving onto something else like me you don't need it.

[Anonymous No.17183677]

Also definitely not if you have zero restaurant experience. In a year or two of tryharding you should be able to run the kitchen of whatever restaurant you start at, culinary school would be the step after that if you still want to be a career chef.

[Anonymous No.17183685]

>>17183527
Seduce the head cook suck his cock and let him pound your bussy. It’s what I did and I’m not even gay and saved tons of money and learned quite a bit

[Anonymous No.17183691]

>>17183540
because im not a bitter racist and dont hate people of mexican descent

[Anonymous No.17183703]

>>17183691
If you look at statistics all non-whites seem to hate to whites tho
Im sure entering the cooking industry will make you a more tolerant person given you're mostly working with immigrants.

[Anonymous No.17183712]

>>17183527

you really dont need to go to culinary school the only benefit youll get from that is learning 101 basics and technical names of things before a self taught cook finds them. culinary students still have worse knife skills than Julio from guatamala thats just been sitting in the back trimming lamb necks for 8 hours a day. my advice is to just work your way up from the bottom and really fight for what you want, most people you run into are going to be either lazy, passionless, or not sober. it is extremely easy to outperform basically all your coworkers in a kitchen and get the promotions you want to fenagle your way to either a better kitchen or running the kitchen.

[Anonymous No.17183722]

I did a two year Culinary program. I got a lot out of it. There's more to it than simply learning how to cook.
AMA, OP.

[Anonymous No.17183727]

>>17183527
>asking for leeked information

[Anonymous No.17183737]

>>17183712
Whats up with the drug addicts and wannabe artists in kitchens/waitresses?

[Anonymous No.17183745]

>>17183737
>job requires no formal training/certs/degree
>employers are ALWAYS hiring, so low effort job search
>hardly ever background checks/drug tests unless it's a hotel corp. or something
>free food/beer at many places

[Anonymous No.17184011]

>>17183722
how expensive was it ?

[Anonymous No.17184015]

>>17183527
What do you want to do?

[Anonymous No.17184027]

>>17184011
It was about 4000 leafbux per year, if I recall correctly. The second year was slightly more expensive.

[Anonymous No.17184032]

>>17184027
>paying money to work in a kitchen
I guess its better than investing in crypto

[Anonymous No.17184044]

>>17184032
Yup, that's what I did. You can mock it if you care to, but it's gotten me work over others that hadn't had culinary training.
Culinary is less about learning how to cook, and more about kitchen management.

[Anonymous No.17184053]

>>17184044
I suppose its fine since you cant visualize the opportunities and life in another industry with your limited amount of lives.
What you don't know cant hurt you.

[Anonymous No.17184061]

i cant decide cooking and programming. i enjoy cooking but spend most of my time on my computer.

[Anonymous No.17184066]

>>17184053
I've worked in plenty of other industries, but I prefer working in kitchens. I don't care if I'm a prep cook or running the place like I am currently, kitchens allow me to be creative and I enjoy cooking.

[Anonymous No.17184191]

>>17183737
The old adage is accurate: Only addicts and the mentally ill last in food service. Guess which one he is

[Anonymous No.17184520]

>>17184053
wow imagine being this bitter and autistic, now that's something you can't learn in school.

[Anonymous No.17184567]

>>17183691
ok then dont waste the money and if you want to stay not racist dont get a kitchen job

[Anonymous No.17184593]

>>17184191
im a heroin addict and before corona was saute at a michilin star restraunt in new york and everyone is on coke even the wait staff, OP dont waste your time with school paco doesnt speak english and is gonna make more than you when you start even if you go to cordon bleu

[Anonymous No.17184638]

>>17184044
>kitchen management
He means basic arithmetic you learn in 4th grade

[Anonymous No.17184646]

If you need to go to college to learn conversions you belong in the kitchen

[Anonymous No.17184721]

>paying to be surrounded by niggers and spics

[Anonymous No.17184767]

unironically starting culinary school in a few weeks. it's free and two years before I'm trade qualified. the first year is school and the second is as an apprentice in a big hotel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR1Z99XgQew

[Anonymous No.17184769]

>>17184767
how is it free? how old are you?

[Anonymous No.17184777]

>>17184769
I'm over 18 and this is in Australia. some locations will make you pay a fee but I chose one that doesn't. In fact, the first year is culinary school and the second year I work as an apprentice chef in one the big hotels. trade qualified after only two years. not a bad deal.

apparently, Australia is short about 80k hospitality workers.

[Anonymous No.17184808]

>>17184777
>Holy trips!
What ever happens: don't work unpaid overtime.

[Anonymous No.17184868]

>>17184808
yep blessed already
I got so little else going on I may actually volunteer for the hours kek

[Anonymous No.17184955]

>>17184053
>being mad

[Anonymous No.17184981]

>>17184767
>>17184777
>>17184868
this women is nor funny or captivating

[Anonymous No.17185001]

>>17183527
There are 2 types of culinary schools. Type 1 is the expensive one where you learn some nice recipes in a quiet controlled kitchen with as much time as you need. These are absolutely useless if you want a job in the culinary industry. I guess it's cool if you only want to learn to cook at home but that is a lot of money.

Type 2 is the kind of school that is actually a functioning restaurant and you learn to cook actual orders with a team. These are actually useful as they give you some real experience. They are also generally a lot cheaper as the school/restaurant makes money off your labor. This is the kind I went to. Tuition was only $2000 a year which was great and you get practicum placement and get to choose what kind of restaurant you want to do your practicum in which is nice.

The other alternative is to just work in a restaurant and work your way up. This is good because it gives you experience and you make money instead of spending it. The one advantage that type 2 culinary school has is that it gives you a much broader scope of the industry. Each week you have a different station. One week you are on meat, the next week you are on garnish, the next week you are in the bakery. You also get to experiment with lots of different styles of cooking and classical techniques and dishes that you will most likely not learn just working in a random restaurant. You also get some good connections. Half the people in my class went straight into sous chef positions.

If you are interested then absolutely go for the type 2 school. That being said the industry is a cesspool that will drain your very life essence and grind your spirit into dust. I worked in fine dining, greasy spoon, pub, and even a food truck and it was all awful. I gave up an 11-year culinary career to push carts at Walmart and I am a lot happier.

[Anonymous No.17185008]

>>17183527
>is it worth it ?
No. You're better off starting off in a chinese kitchen or mexican kitchen and learning the basics there. Experience is always better than schooling.

[Anonymous No.17185022]

>>17183527
>thoughts and opinions?

I never understood the desire to go into culinary school. even working your way up in a kitchen sounds like hell when I think about the average american restraunt out there. they're all the same foods, they all use truck delivered frozen crap and reheat it up with zero creativity.

like what's the end goal for you in the culinary world? if it's to build your own restaurant, guess what, that's a gamble since most restaurants end up closing due to failure. what's route B? personal chef for celebrities? well that's a hard gig to land and build up to. what's route C? general manager of a chain restaurant or head chef for a local spot? route C is probably the most realistic bet and it's underwhelming.

[Anonymous No.17185224]

>>17184053
>your limited amount of lives.
?

[Anonymous No.17185262]

>>17183703
>MUH STUHTISTICKS
What statistics? Please source the study or studies you've seen that back this shit you fucking goober

[Anonymous No.17185267]

>>17183691
Based and normalpilled. Some of the coolest and most hardworking people I've worked side by side with were Latinos and I've always respected it about them

[Anonymous No.17185274]

>>17184066
Based.

[Anonymous No.17186188]

bump

[Anonymous No.17186506]

>>17185001
Feels bad man. I only lasted 2 years here in France but I feel you, coworkers were either stupid or rude, often both. Hours were shit, pay was shit. I love cooking at home but I'm definitely not going back.

Also, it sounds like restaurants are having trouble hiring, I guess lots of cooks realized what you did and just quit to do literally anything else.

[Anonymous No.17186596]

>>17183527
You can learn off Youtube. You can also make a career off Youtube.

[Anonymous No.17186686]

>>17183691
thats not an answer to his question

[Anonymous No.17186853]

>>17186506
what are you doing these days monsieur anon

[Anonymous No.17187687]

FOH here,
From what I observed during my career is most chefs started very young with apprenticeships are much better than other chefs coming from cooking school.
They are way better at handling pressure and have much more experience of live services

[Anonymous No.17187692]

>>17183527
Everyone I know who went to culinary school works as a line cook or waiter in some fucking massive chain restaurant and gets paid like $10-12 an hour, or got out of the restaurant biz entirely and makes more. Literally like 5 separate people.

[Anonymous No.17188613]

>>17184868
Dont they'll start expecting it of you.

[Anonymous No.17189095]

>>17185267
>wanting to go to culinary school
>to work in a kitchen
>based and normalpilled
Alright retards. Enjoy going to school to work in a kitchen.

[Anonymous No.17189265]

I started culinary school at 26, studied 1 years, worked 4 years, studied kitchen management, opened my own place at 32 and got my first (and probably only) star at 35. "Retired" at 39 and now work when I feel like it and earn enough through my 3 restaurants to be home with the kids as much as I want. Quitting coke and subutex was hard, but quitting morning booze and weed was harder.