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ive almost finished my first year in culinary school at johnson and wales in charlotte, and am starting to realize the culinary industry might not be for me. long hours, stressful kitchens and little pay is not too appealing. my biggest passion in life is playing the guitar, and have considered majoring in music, but have already spent so much money and time at culinary school and dont know if music could offer me a reliable job. plus, i have no idea how to break it to my dad that i want to drop out. and on top of all this shit, i’ve met my girlfriend here who i might spend the rest of my life with; and dont know how to break it to her that i’d be leaving her and going to another college probably closer to home (alabama). its like im in the middle of making my girlfriend, my dad, and myself happy….. and helpful advice??
i don’t plan on being famous, just working in a studio or music recordings.
college is 20 thousand a year. thats why i’m hesitant about spending it if i don’t wanna be a chef. i’d have another year left

Absolutely do not drop out and I will tell you why. In the music scene, the probability of earning a living at it is about 1 in a hundred. You have to pay the rent while you are trying to break into the music scene and having a back-up profession will allow you to follow your dream and have food on the table — literally.

Question: What do you intend to use to pay for your girlfriend’s breakfast when she and you are together? The food industry is flexible once you have your degree. You can find work someplace that allows you to play your music too and if the music doesn’t take you there, you have something to fall back on. The food industry is better at the top than at the bottom.

I have experience in both Industries. My son and granddaughter are touring musicians and they are the exceptions to the rule, and branches of my family have a long history in the restaurant and hospitality industries — which, by the way, I didn’t enter. I took my degrees in other pursuits. I was an actor but i had a college degree in my back pocket and used it when acting led to great reviews but little money!

But don’t know which school is on the top to make my dicision any one can tell me which school are the top three culinary schools and chicago and how expensive they are . Thank you

http://www.collegeanduniversity.net/?event=l.lp&CID=446&SID=848&csrc=
Chicago -Illinois — Long regarded as one of the top culinary arts and baking and pastry schools in the nation –Kendall is one of the few schools that offer a four-year Bachelor of Arts in Culinary Arts degree in addition to the AAS and Certificate programs. The four year program gives an in-depth examination of international cuisine, including Latin and South America, the Mediterranean and Asia, as well as nutrition. Business skills, from finance to marketing to personnel will prepare students to plan, build, promote and sustain a food-related business. The school has a strategic partnership with the internationally acclaimed Les Roches International School of Hotel Management offering a joint degree program and expanded international internship opportunities for students.

this is the best one. (i could find.)
i would suggest google it because only you truly know what you are looking for in a college.

The Culinary Institute of America
The French Culinary Institute of New York City
Ottawa Culinary Arts Institute
Johnson & Wales University
New England Culinary Institute

California Culinary Academy
L’Academie de Cuisine
Tante Marie’s Cooking School
Kendall College
George Brown Chef School

top 5 culinary arts schools in the philippines exept cebu.. critiera is based for ammenities, TUITION, and location.

College of St. Benilde, University of Santo Tomas, Treston, Enderun, Colegio de San Juan de Letran.

next semester of school I will be a senior and I want to be a chef. and I would like to know of some good culinary schools to go to because I didnt have anything in mind yet. but I dont want anyone to tell me of some school you know of or something of the top of your head because everyone I talk to keeps doing that. I want to know of some top notch, world renowned schools in the U.S.

I found a list of top rated culinary schools all around america. I hope this helps.

How do you get in a top notch CULINARY SCHOOL?
I’m 15 and would like to get in a top notch culinary school.

hi,
i don’t have to much info. but i can tell you , in Canada at least, schools look at English in a university stream as well as math. i would recommend taking those and a couple hospitality courses. as for getting into a respected school, i would recommend getting in the high 80s. if i didn’t help you can always talk to your guidance counselor.
hope i helped and the best of luck to you!

Should i travel in Europe for a while, or stay in the U.S and try to get a job in a top restaurant?

Just coming out of a culinary school you won’t get a job at a top restaurant as a chef. You are going to have to "pay your dues" at lesser restaurants and work your way up to better and better restaurants. If you want to go to Europe, do it. The experience could be really good and benefit you in the long run.

my fiance woke me up the other day with the news that he wants to go to culinary school. We currently live in washington (the state) and he wants to move down to california where his father and his fathers side of the family are. All of my family are up here in washington and I have no relatives down there.
I think it’s great that he wants to better himself, but I’m currently the one bringing home the most money as he owes child support for 2 kids from his previous marriage.

I am worried about finding a job down there, although I may be able to tranfer companies. I’m also worried about living with his family for a year as we would not be able to afford our own place. On top of this w e have a 2 year old son and we would either be relying on family members to watch him or having to find child care.

What would you do? ( currently we both work retail with just high school graduate education no college education)
I could stay here with my family, but I did try it for a week once during a rocky part in our relationship and I almost got fired because I had to rely on my family members to watch my son and they were never there in time so I was late every day of that week.

Also he would be gone for 1 full year and once he’s done with the school he doesn’t want to move back to this town. We have talked about me staying (as I may be expecting another child) and I get the impression that if I stay then our relationship is over at one point he said that I would have to choose between him and my family….I told him he can’t make me pick him over my family and that kind of dropped there.

ive been in the same situation and moved and its hell they are comfy with there family and you get to feel like the odd one out. itll be hard on the kids to youre best bet may be staying put and let him go and get his training then come back to you since youre the main one bringing home the cash ou could do it alone may be for the best

My b/f is currently in culinary school to become a chef, he has been working in restaurants to gain experience. He is now working for a restaurant that just recently opened up and he really wants to be the top cook/chef on his shift. He mentioned to me that a new guy came to work there and the new guy has less experience however the new guy sucks up to the chef and now it seems the new guy will pass him up and get the lead spot. If you are a chef, or work in a high end restaurant, do you have any suggestions on what a chef should do to move up, aside from having to totally suck up and kiss butt? He has been trying just to work hard and show what he can do, doesn’t seem to be working, he is well liked there too. Any advice would be helpful. The only thing I have noticed is that the guys the chef has been choosing are weaker and easier to order around, my b/f is strong and more of the leader type, he is respectful and would do what the chef needs to have done but I wonder if that might be a factor.

You got to be an ass kisser to get promoted…. thats why I aint ever moved up.

If hard work and dedication isn’t enough then he should probably look somewhere else to further his career….

are all culinary schools teaching the same things? I know some schools like CIA are top of the line, but is it trully worth going to a well reconized culinary school as apposed to a culinary school that is local but not really what someone would consider top of the line? Thank you!

Really depends on what you will be looking for, for work after school, if you are looking to work in some well known restaurant, you might get the job faster if they recognize the school you went to…other than that, not sure going to a well known place would help, except if you really want to be in a large amount of debt