Posted by ILS on October 21, 1998 at 16:46:00:
I am an economics major at NYU with a passion for restuarants, fine food, and cooking. I have decided that I would like to open my own restuarant one day. The career path that I seem to be on is working at an office in a field that has nothing to do with my long term plans. Consequently, I have reasoned that it would be better for me to work in a restuarant to gain much needed experience. However, since another key factor in opening a restuarant is money, I am afraid that I would be waisting my time working as a waiter or a line cook etc. because I would never end up making enough to fully fund my restuarant, and also because I could make a lot more money entering the business world. Im not sure what the deal is, so I want to know if its possible to get a managerial or asst. managerial position in a big deal restuarant with my credentials or do i have to be a culinary school grad? I know i could contribute a lot to a restuarant but I'm not sure what the protocol is. Can anyone help me?
-Ils.