Hi, im doubting between getting on a chemical engineering or a culinary school (idk if thats the name im not native), im european, from Spain Catalonia specificly, and both of the options have great leading Jobs, I need much more opinions, what do yall think
>>22030703Chemistry so you can sell meth to the line cooks
Doing my gen eds in college I had a professor try to get me to swap to a philosophy major because I enjoyed it a great deal from a different major that I was enrolled in in the medical field. I leveled with him that I could get licensed in my medical specialty and do philosophy on the side for fun but I couldn't get a degree in philosophy and do my medical specialty on the side without a license.I don't know the exacts of your chemical engineering degree and both sound a lot more reliable than trying to get scammed into philosophy, but if you want to enjoy both in life then it is probably easier to get a chemical engineering job and engage in the culinary arts for fun than it would be to get a culinary school diploma and engage in chemical engineering on the side for fun without a degree.
I did my doctorate in chemistry. Chemical engineering books down to heat and mass transfer, that's all those guys do. Material science is pretty cool, id suggest doing that.Culinary arts is awesome, that was originally my desired career path when I was young. After highschool I worked as a dishwasher, prep and line cook and it was lots of fun but long hours. My job right allows me to pursue it as a hobby and a burgeoning business
>>22030703In Europe, go for it. I miss working in kitchens but the wages are garbage in the US.
>>22030703I have no idea what chemical engineering is so I'm going to vote for culinary school.What's your favorite Spanish/Catalonian dish anon?
OP, Culinary school is a scam. BUT that's I was in a unique situation. The high school I went to had a awesome 3 year culinary program. It was the shit. I was basically failing everything and getting a A in that class. Anyway, that laid good foundation work. I assume this could also be achieved taking some sort of class your city offers adults. Then i worked in kitchens doing everything from dish washing, line cook, sushi chef, sou chef and manager. One time i worked at one of the top 10 restaurants in downtown Denver CO, everyone in the kitchen had ether gone to culinary school or was in culinary school. Yet, there i was doing the same thing as them, debt free. I loved learning though and would even read books on my own about cooking methods.Funny enough I had got excepted to Le Cordon Blu in chicago....i did everything i had to do to get excepted. I was literally 1 week ago from paying my entry fee but decided to say fuck it, I was in a death metal band that was touring so I decided to goof off some more and do that instead. I'm so glad i did.
>>22030716Hmm...I've gotta say I've known two electrical engineers who said they'd wished they'd gone into Material Science.
>>22030703Get the chem degree. After if you want to be a cook give it a try. Won't work the other way so might as well hedge your bets.
>>22030703You can move in different directions in chemical engineering - of course, the same could be said for culinary arts and both could get you a job, anywhere that you can speak the language. I'd lean towards a STEM degree, though.
Want money? Go chem engineering and get into biotech or big pharma. Some of the most lucrative jobs are regulatory and supply chain management. Climb the ladder, always improve your skills and you will do great. You can cook for a hobby when you rake in $250k or more.
>>22030703IDK about the Spanish job market. In the U.S., any sort of food service job is the bottom of the barrel. Lowest pay of any industry. Only positive used to be that anyone could get hired because there were lots of jobs everywhere, but nowadays restaurants are getting destroyed.I looked up what used to be a major nationwide restaurant chain ten years ago, because I wanted to go there, and it now has six locations.
>>22030703do both - go to school for food science, focus on chemistry and R&D over safety classes, then get your research chef certification after graduating
>>22030703ChemE will make you hate yourself for 4 years, cooking will make you hate yourself for the rest of your life. Choose wisely
>>22030703>CatalonianJust find a career in NEET/pickpocketing like everyone else there
