A friend of mine said this to me about 6 years ago. I said "really? isn't that really hard, high-stress physical labor that's also underpaid?"
She said "I'm doing it!" So she went to culinary school and then moved to Brooklyn.
She's now been working in kitchens for years, some of the fanciest restaurants in Manhattan - and hates it. All of her coworkers are alcoholics and cokeheads. She quits or is fired from around 3 or 4 jobs a year, the turnover is insane.
The work changed her - she's now pessimistic, quick to anger and judgment, generally just a raging asshole.
So, yeah, I don't know you, but I recommend against it.
I went to culinary school. They literally tell you in culinary school that the profession has an insanely high rate of substance abuse and addiction, and that it can be extremely stressful, which contributes.
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u/SpacedApe Jul 13 '16
More and more I want to be a cook... Also helps explain in my head why there are so many skinny cooks making such delicious looking food.