Culinary School Opens Doors

With the proper culinary training, you can launch a career full of cooking.

by Brandi Schlossberg
brandi.schlossberg@cooking-school-search.com
Cooking School Search Columnist

Do you have a love of food and the satisfaction that comes with serving a meal to family and friends? If you enjoy stirring pots over a hot stove or getting up bright and early to get the best picks at your neighborhood farmer’s market, then you may be cut out for culinary school.

Culinary training is for those “foodies” who wish to take their love affair with all things culinary to the next level, and earn a living in the restaurant realm. Although you may already have a wealth of practical knowledge when it comes to the kitchen, culinary school will give you the training you need to climb the ladder in the food-service industry.

Culinary Training: What Will I Learn?

So you already know that the key to the creamiest mashed potatoes is the addition of cream cheese or sour cream, and you have a killer recipe for homemade hot-wing sauce. But are you aware of how long dairy products will last in typical restaurant storage, or how often deep-fry oil must be changed in order to maintain sanitation?

These are just two of the valuable facts you will learn in culinary school. The foundational knowledge gained through culinary training will help you get your foot in the door and start down the road to chefdom.

As you become well-versed in the ins and outs of the restaurant industry, culinary school will also teach you to cook with a professional flair. Your ability to create new dishes and form seamless menus will expand as your “tool bag” of ingredients and flavor combinations fills to the brim with culinary training.

Life after Culinary School

Once you’ve received certification from your culinary program, you can look forward to a long and varied career as a chef. Cooking professionals have a wide variety of career options, including work in restaurants, hotels, spas, country clubs, private homes, and catering businesses.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, chefs and head cooks earned an average of $14.75 an hour in 2004, with the middle 50 percent of these professionals earning anywhere between $10.71 and $20.28 an hour. As you climb the ladder of your restaurant career, you can look forward to earning more than $26.75 per hour, the average rate of the top 10 percent of chefs in the industry.

Don’t hesitate. Take your culinary gifts to the next level by enrolling in culinary school, and begin making money doing what you love.

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

About the Author

Brandi Schlossberg holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia. She writes for a variety of print and online publications.

Posted on April 5, 2007 at 12:18 PM

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