Timeline for What is a substitute for going to culinary school? Is there?
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| Mar 21, 2023 at 7:46 | comment | added | Neil Meyer | This is not true there are many great chefs who never worked in a restaurant. How many of our mothers and grandmothers and aunts were and still are great cooks, even if they never worked at a restaurant before | |
| Oct 8, 2013 at 12:54 | comment | added | Jolenealaska♦ | Great, great essay. (So You Wanna be a Chef) It should be required reading for anyone who thinks they want to be a "serious" chef. | |
| Sep 21, 2010 at 20:46 | comment | added | daniel | Yup. Sink or swim is the only way. Now, good kitchens won't put you in a situation where you will be hopelessly out of your depth; they will ensure you are being challenged, not overwhelmed. | |
| Sep 21, 2010 at 13:13 | comment | added | Chris Cudmore | Stackexchange ate your link. Here's a short one: tinyurl.com/2e6kswo | |
| Sep 21, 2010 at 0:24 | comment | added | AttilaNYC | ruhlman.com/2010/09/so-you-wanna-be-a-chef—-by-bourdain-2.html | |
| Sep 20, 2010 at 23:19 | comment | added | milesmeow | I think that cooking lots of the same things over and over is key. Practice makes perfect. You rarely get a chance to do that when cooking dinner for two. | |
| Sep 20, 2010 at 13:02 | history | answered | Chris Cudmore | CC BY-SA 2.5 |