Hello, my name is Samantha. I am a 16 year old high school student. I have a school project due tomorrow which requires me to do nterviews with chefs. Please, if there is any possible way i can send the following questions to any chef... doesn't matter who or where... and have them answer them... it would be most helpful. Thank you. Here are the questions: Please state your name and if you cook somewhere, that would be great if you said the restuarant name. Or if not, just please leave your name.

(1) How old were you when you decided that you wanted to be a chef?
(2) Did you cook a lot when you were growing up? If so, who did you cook for?
(3) What was your first cooking job?
(4) In high school, were you good at Math?
(5) Has math helped you out at all with cooking?
(6) How much math do you think is required in order to become a chef?
(7) What is your favorite thing to cook?
(8) What is your favorite thing to eat?
(9) Do you ever regre becoming a chef? IF you weren't a chef, what do you think you would be?
(10) Do you have any advice or recommendations for students who are interested in pursuing a career in cooking?

By Chefmanny (Chefmanny) on Monday, April 12, 2004 - 05:25 am: Edit

Why didn't you just wait until the last minute????
Have you ever heard of PPPPPP???
Poor planning produces a piss poor performance!!!
1) How old were you when you decided that you wanted to be a chef?.......19
(2) Did you cook a lot when you were growing up? If so, who did you cook for?.....yes, for my family
(3) What was your first cooking job?......The Jockey Club in Miami, sautee cook
(4) In high school, were you good at Math?.....ok in math
(5) Has math helped you out at all with cooking?......yes
(6) How much math do you think is required in order to become a chef?....quite a bit of basic math, division, multiplication, fractions, conversions, measurements
(7) What is your favorite thing to cook?...grill anything
(8) What is your favorite thing to eat?.....anything anybody else cooks
(9) Do you ever regre becoming a chef?...no IF you weren't a chef, what do you think you would be?.....don''t know?????
(10) Do you have any advice or recommendations for students who are interested in pursuing a career in cooking?....yes, get a cooking job or any job in a restaurant and find out if this is really what youy want to do!


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By Grwall (Grwall) on Tuesday, April 13, 2004 - 02:52 pm: Edit

a spate of last minute despiration going on! and in two threads as well. Listen to Manny and plan ahead in future.