Dog3 wrote:
> Puester > chugged a beer and wrote in
> :
>
>> passionwithfood wrote:
>>>
>>> Hey everyone! Im a 15 year old from NJ. For a while now Ive been
>>> considering a career in the foodservice industry.
>>> -aspiring chef
>>
>>
>>
>> Before you even think about applying or committing that much
>> money to a career, make sure you get lots of hands-on experience.
>> One of my son's good friends worked all through high school at
>> an upscale restuarant all that had weekend buffets. He started
>> as prep staff and worked his way up to omelets. He ended up at
>> a culinary school but decided he couldn't take the hours,
>> commitment, and low salary of a chef and switched to resort
>> management. He's loving his job.
>>
>> Being a chef is really nothing like FoodTV. It's hard, hot,
>> dirty work and few make it to the top ranks. Make sure you
>> know what you are getting into.
>>
>> gloria p
>>
>
> I agree Gloria. At 15 the poster may very well change his mind.
> Being a chef is not glorified, as you pointed out above. IMO, most of
> those people are on TV to get out of the kitchen. Most people that
> cook (people I know) are really disgusted with the pay and the hours.
> It's what they've chosen to to do.
>
> Michael

Agreed. Having worked in the "food service industry" (not as a chef, but
both front and back of the house) the hours are long, the pay sucks,
complaints are endless and there's a lot of stress.

I can't say at age 15 I knew what I wanted to do but that's only because
when I was 15 there was no such thing as a PC. When I got out in the
working world very few people actually owned one You can't really
discount someone due to their age; there are a lot of determined teens who
know their own minds and actually make intelligent, informed decisions. We
only hear about the ones who don't.

Jill <---learned programming on punch cards... what they're good for now is
making cheap holiday wreaths