I want to cook. I want to become a chef. I want to become a world class chef.I've dabbled in cooking in my own home and I've cooked my meals from an early age, but I've never done so professionally and my own career is totally different.I'm in my 30 and I want to try doing this professionally. How can I start doing just that? Can I want up to a restaurant and offer to do side tasks for a second job basically, and learn the ropes? What's the usual path to take?
>>34367600google "chef schools"
>>34367736Nobody successful I've ever known has been to "school" for it. It's always a combination of right place, right time, fortuitous encounter and skill for the task.Like a guy who went to a party and had a onion chopping contest with another guy who was a chef. He beat him and it was obvious he had cooking skills, so the chef literally just asked if he was available and offered him a job. YOU don't go to school for this shit. You can't school for luck.
>>34367600VERY difficult, and it has more to do with inventing new dishes or being a taste-maker (marketing BS). Also depends where you are.
>>34367848But you don't get in the front door (or have your application read) without some credentials
>>34367848>and offered him a joband then he had to go get a certificate in food handlingyou sound like a real dumbass, you'll fit in in the kitchen
You have chosen a difficult path. Essentially being a good chef is about 99% just about how hard you are willing to work. Same with restaurants. You can successfully run a restaurant with a 90 IQ if you really willing to sacrifice everything working your ass off all the time and holding your employees to a high standard and being kind of an asshole to everyone around you. I have never met a great chef who was not something of an OCD asshole.
>>34367600>Can I want up to a restaurant and offer to do side tasks for a second job basically, and learn the ropes? What's the usual path to take?Just apply for a job somewhere. If possible, try to go privately owned over corporate because you get capped for pay faster if you learn too much too fast at corporates (generally they scale pay off time at work vs how much workload you can handle). You can also go to your local community college and take a culinary course, which will fast track you to a few more opportunities of different varieties. You can always apply to stage somewhere too, but that makes no money, it does fast track you to fine dining though.>t. 21y line veteran doomer sous chef.
>>34369682>I have never met a great chef who was not something of an OCD asshole.The best ones are. The worst ones are just assholes.>>34368525literally just say>Ive never done this beforeTheyll put you somewhere stupid like toaster for a week and if you dont cry you'll learn something useful.
>>34367600you just have to start working in restaurants. find any job in any restaurant and then weasel your way into being a line cook and move up from there. but just be aware, a chef is just a manager of cooks.
