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Culinary college:is it worth it?

• Catknight

  1 Dec 10, 21:23

  Okok....so we are not going to be jamie oliver or anthony bourdain..is it worth spending tens of thousands learning how to cook and get a degree?

• FireIce

  1 Dec 10, 21:27

  to some yes, to some no.

• Askingyouto

  1 Dec 10, 21:33

  Cooking is a very hands-on thing, so seems like a degree might not be the way to go, lots of people can cook, maybe if you want to look for some job that needs those credential then it's fine, but it's a niche market. If you are local, be prepare to be over whelmed by the amount of foreigners taking super duper low pay for any thing with a wok.

• Catknight

  1 Dec 10, 21:36

  It seems that food science, nutrition are added to  give cooks a more well rounded education...

• Askingyouto

  1 Dec 10, 21:37

  Also sometimes it's a bitch working for small companies cheapo bosses.

• Askingyouto

  1 Dec 10, 21:39

  Think it's something that really require long time passion and dedication or else it will be tough going.

• Catknight

  1 Dec 10, 21:53

  everyone thinks they are going to be celebrity millionaire chef till they realised they end up paying off debt to culinary colleges earning 2-3k a month sweating out in a kitchen:)

• Askingyouto

  1 Dec 10, 22:05

  You will need that something special to have that extra edge over most of the cooks out there to survive, really not easy, also have to convince resturant owners that you are worth paying that kind of money even. I have an ex-collegue whose brother worked for a resturant, the resturant closed down, his pay from $5k became, $900 as he had to complete with a lot of other people for a job.

• FireIce

  1 Dec 10, 22:14

  是 chef!

• ditzy

  1 Dec 10, 22:18

  Without using google, define what an amuse bouche is. What is the purpose of a sous vide machine?

• Askingyouto

  1 Dec 10, 22:35

  Originally posted by FireIce:

  是 chef!

  
  Yeah, I mean chef not cook. He used to cook abalones and other expensive stuff for his own lunch as he was in charge of the whole kitchen then, but after the resturant closed, he is a cook earning S$900, a change of fortune. I guess.

• FireIce

  1 Dec 10, 22:56

  eerrr........ huh.....???!!!
  
  
  obviously u did not watch the korean drama Pasta

• Askingyouto

  1 Dec 10, 23:03

  No, the last one I watched was Mischevious Kiss.

• FireIce

  2 Dec 10, 01:17

  u shd watch Pasta!
  and oso My Gf Is A Nine-tailed Fox

• Askingyouto

  2 Dec 10, 01:32

  My Gf Is A Nine-tailed Fox is nice, I love some of the music. I watched it initially because of T-ara's Hyomin. Ok, I will try Pasta, thanks for the tip.

• Catknight

  2 Dec 10, 04:25

  watch cooking reality programs like hell kitchen or top chef turn me off for a cooking job

• FireIce

  2 Dec 10, 19:49

  my fav song from gumiho is the one sung by the animal doctor park dong joo

   

  he is omgwtf super 帅!!!!!!
  (he oso acted in Pasta, but tt time he not so good-looking yet. maybe it's the hair)

• stuffedbears

  4 Dec 10, 00:40

  IMO, no. unless you really got talent.

• Catknight

  4 Dec 10, 18:26

  It's true lah..unless your old man owns a restaurant...or else slog for life:)

• XiaoBunbun

  19 Dec 10, 18:07

  Not really. But it depends. Kitchen work is really, really tough. Like someone said, be prepared to get own by FTs.

  But then to spend a few thousands like $XXXXX unless your family is really rich or your really really talented. If not forget it la.