After speaking with Culinary Schools, you get the impression that it's a great profession and there's a lot to do out there. After speaking with some chefs, caterers, and restauranteurs, they don't appear to be a whole lot different then the lawyers and politicians I spoke with and worked with. They haven't been supportive of their respective professions and would advise me to go in another direction. So, I am thoroughly confused. I am thoroughly confused after doing what I thought was an adequate amount of research about getting into this business.
Culinary schools do a whole lot of touting of their programs.
I have already my BA in Political Science and French, as well as having studied politics and economics of the European community. I was trying to gain some experience in the basics and hopefully going on to other opportunities. However, I learned very quickly that in my area, there aren't many chefs that are willing to take on apprentices. At this hospital, I learned that many 'cooks' don't have a great deal of patience with someone that has 0 real culinary experience. So, that's why I chose to research culinary schools.