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Steve Pope Steve Pope is offline
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Default Does one need to go to culinary school to become a professional cook?

Nancy Young > wrote:

>That's great. One thing I've noticed is that cooking school is
>crazy expensive, then when you graduate, the pay doesn't pay
>you back all that tuition money.


Working chefs have to compete against vanity artists whose money
comes from somewhere else and who can afford the expensive schools
and low-paid positions. Trust fund babies in many cases.


S.