Schools out!!

Culinary schools are doing a pretty bang up job attracting new students these days...not a cheap bargain either...locals are around 30 g's for a two year stint......YOW...im from the old school...work for a lot of different people learn a lot of different techniques and tricks along the way...nothing matches hard work either way...food channels and the celeb chefs have made it look easy and for everyone....it's just not...easy or for everyone...my last blog was about my son not quite loving the 110 degree,never a break,physically demanding....my path was through job after job.... then....went to a specialized school with a tremendous old Austrian chef and something clicked...when the classes were over NO ONE left...we stayed and asked questions and did more things until the tall and thin 70 plus man with more energy than people a quarter his age said he had to go...i have had many interns...some were made for the biz...some....ah....might want to use their education for..... friends parties...a nice hobby...but to really be in this be prepared for tired feet...sore backs...muscles in places you weren't sure you had.....get ready for adrenaline rushes and eating food you never would have imagined...a chef MUST taste their work...eventually you begin to trust your experience and might skip a few batters but damn the brownies taste good everytime......my final judgement is still out about schools......