Careers
Thank you for expressing interest in my career. This is the first time someone has asked me about what I do, and how I got to this position in the first place. I am flattered that you have enough interest and am more than happy to share my story with you. As you know, I am the head chef at a local restaurant. You want to know about the obstacles I had to overcome to achieve this position, and whether or not I have advice to give you if you want to pursue a career in the culinary world.
I believe that culinary arts are, as the title suggests, an artistic endeavor. Like music, dance, writing, and other creative pursuits, the culinary arts requires passion and a sense of purpose. People enter this profession because they are passionate about food, cooking, or the restaurant industry in some way. This is not the kind of career one enters in order to make money. So as long as you know that, you can be realistic in your pursuit of a career in the culinary world.
Let me also say that there are a multitude of jobs in the culinary world. Not all positions are like mine as head chef. There are pastry chefs, restaurant managers, caterers, and persons who work behind the scenes at all levels of the food industry. You will have to decide for yourself what the optimal working environment is for your personality traits or your leadership style. Head chefs like me work with people on a regular basis and we must be natural leaders and communicators. I imagine you have watched some of the cooking shows on reality television. While some of those shows are outrageously exaggerated,...
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