Posted by kelly on January 08, 1999 at 20:33:10:
In Reply to: Re: Taking the Right Path! posted by Donna on January 08, 1999 at 06:51:02:
I hope these "experts" haven't totally discouraged you from helping your daughter (if that is really what she wants to do). I should say right off the bat that I am a working chef, I have never owned a resturant and I don't think I would want to. Everything they've said about the hard work is correct and it was my experience in Culinary School that GPA was not nearly as important as determination or talent. I would also agree with one of the "posters" who said that the real world is nothing like tv (but maybe you and your daughter already knew that)and that a job in a bakery might be an excellent idea, ecspecially in combination with school. A good school will have a well rounded curiculum that should incude business managment as well as cooking or pastry arts. I am sure it was not your intention to offend anyone, and this is a public forum (right George?) Anyway I hope this helped answer you question.
Kelly
: : We need help finding the right combination.
: : My daugher is interested in becoming a
: : Pastry Chef - dreaming of having her own
: : little bakery or such some day.
: : Dad thinks that a B.S. degree in a
: : related field is the first step.
: : Is learning the business side important or
: : as important as the Chef part.
: : She has top grades in H.S. - advanced classes
: : and a GPA above 4.5 so it should be no problem.
: : I think we both have a problem with these schools that have no minimum standard - She had been thinking engineering at Texas A&M
: : So what do you experts think?
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