I worked as a fry cook for 3 years, there’s more than just perfecting food or even making it just decent. You gotta learn how a kitchen operates. Where things are and how specific tools are used because every kitchen is different. Not to mention dealing with rushes. Shit can be exhausting
@@kenfern2259Help!! I love the pressure, the contstant rushing hours, the adrenaline and the fucking art. Should i go to culinary school? I mean, i do want to learn bakery, never worked in a kitchen, but its my dream........when i cook at home i rush everything to get q feel of the pressure under time and i just want more and more. So would it be worth it? Specially if im getting 4 hours a day in the kitchen for 4 days a week?
@@HsHwjwwk sometimes culinary school is too expensive and when u get out the money isn't always the greatest. I would just work and train under resturant if ur really into it , and try to learn everything u can .
I graduate culinary not to long ago but im working as a cook & Baker prior to it honestly yes u dont have to go to culinary school but the experience is good they teach u some basic skills but they teach u more around the industry if u started from working down, now im working as a hotel chef & i love it
can i ask you a question, is it necessary for me to graduate from high school to become a chef? and how did become a hotel chef, what were the requirements for you to become one ?
It’s best to both have experience and education. Look at it this way, if 2 people apply for a job and both have the same amount of experience but 1 went to culinary school, the one with the education will most likely get chosen over the other and could possibly get paid more
I’ve been an executive chef for About 13 years now. I started as a dish washer when I was 14 and just worked my way up. Dish. Prep. Line. Sous chef and chef. Never went to culinary school just had a passion for food since I was kid helping my mom cook!! So you’re exactly right. The class room can’t prepare you for the hustle and bustle in the kitchen that’s for sure
@@ko-kf2nu i make 100 grand a year. Ill never be rich. But im comfortable. I can take care of my family. But certain areas where im from pay alot more per year. Alot of chefs are making 50 to 70 a year.
Im a chef that didn't go 2 chefs school and I have found u don't get the respect u deserve if u don't have the proof of ur skill or experience I have been through a lot im 43 and I've been cooking since I was 14
I started seriously cooking when i was 15, im 19 now. I think coulinary scool only gives you more options when coosing a restaurant/hotel to work at. Little bit more respect because you know more, just like you said. Im still not shure if i should go for it or its just a waste of time and money. I learned 90% of the stuff from home cooking and working at a restaurant.
@@kiselakobasica5867 me 2 but I have been in high end kitchens as well I dont get tought and I dont get respect I know how to work equipment and to execute most meals I keep it clean but im to broken down now and can't move as fast as some of the other workers I advise that u go to school if u can manage u will get a higher pay wage and more respect and my last work place was a high end wedding venue im only speaking from my own experience
Culinary school isn’t a waste depending on your situation. If it helps with a visa and so on. Don’t take any. And I mean any influencer as a savior. You have your own part. Just decide what’s a best for you.
@@kenfern2259y your logic, do aspiriing medical students need to work at hospitals first before going to go med school? To see if they like it or not?
@@jarrod4115 let me ask u this , do culinary students school ever do sudden lunch rushes and dinner rushes out of blue ? Work from morning until late night? If u watch restaurant video, day of life, they don't go home until late night, they work 10 hrs and up. Cooking is a trade . If u cant handle the pressure and stress from restaurant, u don't last . just bc you u graduate from culinary school, doesn't mean u are capable of working in the kitchen of restaurant. If you can handle the stress and long hrs, then good for u . Not everyone is capable of doing that. If u want to be private chef its different story .
I am disabled so I can’t work in normal kitchens. I did work in 4 restaurants as I was growing up though, worked through most of the positions. The chef route for me was some work experience + culinary school. I went the private chef route though, so my experience isn’t the same as everyone else’s. I highly recommend culinary school. It DOES make you a chef, but just an entry level one. Perk to doing CS is that you gain a wider skill set than you will working at a single restaurant with a single focus. But it’s still no replacement for hard work and the time you put into the trade. There are basically 2 ways to go. Either work till you think you’re a chef or go to culinary school and actually ‘be’ a chef then get experience. The common thread through both routes is experience experience experience. How you get that experience is up to you. You do gain a lot through culinary school though, it’s not to be undersold. It’s a fantastic foot in the door. The only real problem I have with the work only route is 2 things, everyone gets called a chef which basically makes the title meaningless ( i mean there are dishwashers / porters who are home cooks at best calling themselves a chef now) and that you get pigeonholed into whatever food your restaurant is cooking ( example you get all your experience working at say a Mexican restaurant, but have no clue on Italian cooking or American cooking, or French techniques). You gain that in culinary school OR by getting experience in those types of restaurants specifically.
I was suggested by my teachers to leave school and go to work. They said I had such a passion I just need to execute. Lots of the classmates already owned businesses.
Thank you so much for this advice, your videos have driven me to cook daily from home until I'm able to move somewhere with restaurants better than shady pubs. Keep up the great content Matt 👍
I’m currently doing an apprenticeship and compared to the guys who do full time schooling in cheffing it’s a world of difference. Working in the kitchen definitely teaches you more than any 2 hour lesson can.
It depends on what you wanna do as well, you can business restaurants, nutrition, and I honestly think if you just want to be a baker, Culinary is a must for that imo. But if you want to be a chief then yeah, I would just work unless you want to dabble In business and enterprise
I went to Culinary school. It was fun but they directly told us you can tske the textbook home, learn to cook from it, and you’ll get everything you need. I think Culinary school is important for those who want to be an Executive Chef, only because of the different costing, AP/EP formulas, etc.
@@kenfern2259 minus the part where you won’t know the food and beverage costing, portion costing, As Purchased/Edible Portion equations. It’s the job of the EC to make sure profits hang around 30%(industry standard) as they develop the menus. Do you know how to do any of that? If not, then you need school. People that don’t find a value in school tend to be stupid enough to let someone else tell them whether they need education.
@@kenfern2259 never said you did or were. I simply responded with reality, the requirements necessary to fill a role, as defined by HR. Your “opinion” has no baring on how reality runs..
It’s almost like learning trades from people who rely on them to make a living is a better idea than relying on an idealist who didn’t make it in the industry themselves…
Culinary school is good for those who need a foundation to then become great chefs. Unfortunately with how the world is, many hospitality corporations overlook you if you don’t have a formal training background like a CIA, regardless of skill level. It does help secure high paying jobs if that’s what you want immediately
I worked in casual dining for years than i went through an actually apprenticeship under a french chef. But what i like to tell people is that if you want to work your way up to becoming chef in a professional kitchen going through a apprenticeship might be the best route, it will teach you everything about running a kitchen. culinary school is for more of those people that Want to start there own food business like caterer,or some home cook business.ive seen many people come into a casual dining restaurant with culinary degrees and leave the restaurant industry because it wasnt what they expected or they had to start off washing dishes
Now I will say I was doing both at the same time until I had my son and had to switch gears and taper off but in about a year imma go back to culinary school if your single and have no kids it’s better to get the experience in a real world kitchen but if you have a lot of responsibilities I say go to culinary school first because if u get a job and fuck up because ur starting from the bottom u have to reset and that’s not good but both are good for their own reasons
Hey Matt, love the content and consistency with which you're uploading lately (no pressure but good for us because we get to see more or you!) Since you talked about picking up skills on the job, would you maybe consider doing a reaction/review of the tv show, the bear and kinda extend on the things they show on in but with your added knowledge and experiences? I know it's not the kind of stuff you do but thought it'd be nice to hear your hot takes
I have been cooking my whole entire life since age 5 for myself then onto cooking for family, and friends. Later, I started catering for ceremonies such as funeral viewings, weddings, birthday events, graduation parties, work promotion celebrations, and weight loss transformation events. I even personally cooked for hospice patients' family during their most difficult time, yet they also wanted quality food to ease their attention away from the grieving stages of death. 👀🤷🏻♀️
As an German chef i totally agree. We have 3 to 1 ratio . Working 3 parts and 1 part school and I must say I didn't learn anything I'm the culinary school
Ive got one year experience as a chef now and the amount of stuff ive learned is amazing but i think i am thinking about going to a culinary school to further my knowledge and hopefully further hone my skills is that a good idea?
My friend has been goign to culinary school for 3 years but has been working in restaurants since he was 15 so he's in culinary school and been working at restaurants for 13 years
I don't know much about culinary school because I am into the sciences, so I am sorry if this is an obvious answer.. but if one doesn't go to culinary school, then how can one request a higher salary? Does one start out working in high school at like minimum wage and then over the years, the chef's salary increase? 🤔
Bourdain said that culinary scholl gave him technique that helped him alot when started working in the cooking industry but Also he said it could be waste of money
When you’re thinking about being a chef, i would think less about the food & more about the actual doing the job. Can you do long hard hours. Can you take real pressure. Can you accept being barked at like you’re in the army. Are you happy working all w/ends & the holiday seasons when others are off. To he successful-you need to live it. It can’t just be a job & it will torture you.
I became a chef, never went to culinary school, I also agree that culinary school is a waste of time and money if you knew how to do these actions from doing culinary things like me your entire life
to me, it was always a job title, a manager. being a chef didn't mean you could cook, just that you could be a manager. the number of cooks that had ten times the experience and wanted nothing to do with cheffing because they wouldn't be able to cook any more.
How can you possibly say you’d learn no more than a dishwasher that’s obviously complete bs, you learn how to cook in culinary school that’s the point of it, no one is saying it gives you experience as a chef, but obviously it teaches you cooking skills
Do both! Be humble start from the bottom. Always work for the best. Learn from the best. Dont work for bad restaurants don't work for bad chefs. Only the best. Your standards you'll learn in culinary school.
Yeah don't go to school guys is a waste, just let people like me do it and become your boss. At the end of it school teachers you every fundamental tool to create dishes and menus without having to learn at a restaurant. As a cook you learn and cook the food that a chef created with his knowledge.
Ya but unless u get lucky and can work at a bunch of nice places with a bunch of connections then sometimes a degree will help u put your foot in the door.
Not a bad take on it. I hate working with people that say they went to culinary school. The absolute worst babies ever with 0 skills and even less common sense. They literaly almost burn the building down and i have to babysit them as well as do their job for not enough money to survive on. While listening to them complain about not getting paid enough when they cant even do their job.
I started culinary school right after my graduation that fall. After the end of the 1st semester, i got a job. Its fun but also a gateway to what i want to do in the future. Fine dining. Im taking a class on this. Im not a chef but i know i can cook. I do however practice plate presentation. Its the key element of making food look appetizing
I worked as a fry cook for 3 years, there’s more than just perfecting food or even making it just decent.
You gotta learn how a kitchen operates. Where things are and how specific tools are used because every kitchen is different. Not to mention dealing with rushes. Shit can be exhausting
Been a chef for 10 years and that could not be more accurate lmao
I learned more in kitchens than I did in culinary school. I'm still learning to this day.
Most ppl in culinary doesnt know the pressure and cant handle it
@@kenfern2259Help!! I love the pressure, the contstant rushing hours, the adrenaline and the fucking art. Should i go to culinary school? I mean, i do want to learn bakery, never worked in a kitchen, but its my dream........when i cook at home i rush everything to get q feel of the pressure under time and i just want more and more. So would it be worth it? Specially if im getting 4 hours a day in the kitchen for 4 days a week?
@@HsHwjwwk sometimes culinary school is too expensive and when u get out the money isn't always the greatest. I would just work and train under resturant if ur really into it , and try to learn everything u can .
I graduate culinary not to long ago but im working as a cook & Baker prior to it honestly yes u dont have to go to culinary school but the experience is good they teach u some basic skills but they teach u more around the industry if u started from working down, now im working as a hotel chef & i love it
can i ask you a question, is it necessary for me to graduate from high school to become a chef? and how did become a hotel chef, what were the requirements for you to become one ?
It’s best to both have experience and education. Look at it this way, if 2 people apply for a job and both have the same amount of experience but 1 went to culinary school, the one with the education will most likely get chosen over the other and could possibly get paid more
Youre so right
I’ve been an executive chef for About 13 years now. I started as a dish washer when I was 14 and just worked my way up. Dish. Prep. Line. Sous chef and chef. Never went to culinary school just had a passion for food since I was kid helping my mom cook!! So you’re exactly right. The class room can’t prepare you for the hustle and bustle in the kitchen that’s for sure
do u think this career is worth it?Does it still pay low?
@@ko-kf2nu i make 100 grand a year. Ill never be rich. But im comfortable. I can take care of my family. But certain areas where im from pay alot more per year. Alot of chefs are making 50 to 70 a year.
@@Tj21415 100k is a very handsome salary😇Im thinking of becoming a chef
Im a chef that didn't go 2 chefs school and I have found u don't get the respect u deserve if u don't have the proof of ur skill or experience I have been through a lot im 43 and I've been cooking since I was 14
I started seriously cooking when i was 15, im 19 now. I think coulinary scool only gives you more options when coosing a restaurant/hotel to work at. Little bit more respect because you know more, just like you said. Im still not shure if i should go for it or its just a waste of time and money. I learned 90% of the stuff from home cooking and working at a restaurant.
@@kiselakobasica5867 me 2 but I have been in high end kitchens as well I dont get tought and I dont get respect I know how to work equipment and to execute most meals I keep it clean but im to broken down now and can't move as fast as some of the other workers I advise that u go to school if u can manage u will get a higher pay wage and more respect and my last work place was a high end wedding venue im only speaking from my own experience
THIS IS SOOOO TRUE!! School has its place, but working in a field vs learning to work in a field produces significantly different ethics and drive.
Culinary school isn’t a waste depending on your situation. If it helps with a visa and so on. Don’t take any. And I mean any influencer as a savior. You have your own part. Just decide what’s a best for you.
U gotta work on a restaurant first to see if u like it not .
@@kenfern2259y your logic, do aspiriing medical students need to work at hospitals first before going to go med school? To see if they like it or not?
@@jarrod4115 let me ask u this , do culinary students school ever do sudden lunch rushes and dinner rushes out of blue ? Work from morning until late night? If u watch restaurant video, day of life, they don't go home until late night, they work 10 hrs and up. Cooking is a trade . If u cant handle the pressure and stress from restaurant, u don't last . just bc you u graduate from culinary school, doesn't mean u are capable of working in the kitchen of restaurant. If you can handle the stress and long hrs, then good for u . Not everyone is capable of doing that. If u want to be private chef its different story .
@@kenfern2259 worked in a restaurant for about 10 years. Front end and in the kitchen.
@@BegGuit do u still work in resturant or out of the lifestyle?
For certain restaurants having that piece of paper will pay you more even if you think it waste of time
I am disabled so I can’t work in normal kitchens. I did work in 4 restaurants as I was growing up though, worked through most of the positions. The chef route for me was some work experience + culinary school. I went the private chef route though, so my experience isn’t the same as everyone else’s. I highly recommend culinary school. It DOES make you a chef, but just an entry level one. Perk to doing CS is that you gain a wider skill set than you will working at a single restaurant with a single focus. But it’s still no replacement for hard work and the time you put into the trade. There are basically 2 ways to go. Either work till you think you’re a chef or go to culinary school and actually ‘be’ a chef then get experience. The common thread through both routes is experience experience experience. How you get that experience is up to you. You do gain a lot through culinary school though, it’s not to be undersold. It’s a fantastic foot in the door. The only real problem I have with the work only route is 2 things, everyone gets called a chef which basically makes the title meaningless ( i mean there are dishwashers / porters who are home cooks at best calling themselves a chef now) and that you get pigeonholed into whatever food your restaurant is cooking ( example you get all your experience working at say a Mexican restaurant, but have no clue on Italian cooking or American cooking, or French techniques). You gain that in culinary school OR by getting experience in those types of restaurants specifically.
Very true. I worked as a chef for about 7 years, 30 years ago & working in kitchens learning on the job is the very best way.
Not a chef but an accountant. It seems like degrees often just show that you are serious about something and prove that you can finish something.
I was suggested by my teachers to leave school and go to work. They said I had such a passion I just need to execute. Lots of the classmates already owned businesses.
Thank you so much for this advice, your videos have driven me to cook daily from home until I'm able to move somewhere with restaurants better than shady pubs. Keep up the great content Matt 👍
I’m currently doing an apprenticeship and compared to the guys who do full time schooling in cheffing it’s a world of difference. Working in the kitchen definitely teaches you more than any 2 hour lesson can.
It depends on what you wanna do as well, you can business restaurants, nutrition, and I honestly think if you just want to be a baker, Culinary is a must for that imo.
But if you want to be a chief then yeah, I would just work unless you want to dabble In business and enterprise
I went to Culinary school. It was fun but they directly told us you can tske the textbook home, learn to cook from it, and you’ll get everything you need. I think Culinary school is important for those who want to be an Executive Chef, only because of the different costing, AP/EP formulas, etc.
I personally dont think u need culinsry school to become executive chef . I belive u can just work ur way up tbh
@@kenfern2259 minus the part where you won’t know the food and beverage costing, portion costing, As Purchased/Edible Portion equations. It’s the job of the EC to make sure profits hang around 30%(industry standard) as they develop the menus.
Do you know how to do any of that? If not, then you need school. People that don’t find a value in school tend to be stupid enough to let someone else tell them whether they need education.
@@matthewchristopher1125 I never said was a chef or cooking field . All I said was an opinion.
@@kenfern2259 never said you did or were. I simply responded with reality, the requirements necessary to fill a role, as defined by HR. Your “opinion” has no baring on how reality runs..
It’s almost like learning trades from people who rely on them to make a living is a better idea than relying on an idealist who didn’t make it in the industry themselves…
You made me almost cry I love that I came across this video it's gonna help me out a lot just now going into work at Denny's hahah 😂
I wont believe unless I get a facetime
Culinary school is good for those who need a foundation to then become great chefs. Unfortunately with how the world is, many hospitality corporations overlook you if you don’t have a formal training background like a CIA, regardless of skill level. It does help secure high paying jobs if that’s what you want immediately
I worked in casual dining for years than i went through an actually apprenticeship under a french chef. But what i like to tell people is that if you want to work your way up to becoming chef in a professional kitchen going through a apprenticeship might be the best route, it will teach you everything about running a kitchen. culinary school is for more of those people that Want to start there own food business like caterer,or some home cook business.ive seen many people come into a casual dining restaurant with culinary degrees and leave the restaurant industry because it wasnt what they expected or they had to start off washing dishes
Seen so many of your vids... This one made me subscribe.
Now I will say I was doing both at the same time until I had my son and had to switch gears and taper off but in about a year imma go back to culinary school if your single and have no kids it’s better to get the experience in a real world kitchen but if you have a lot of responsibilities I say go to culinary school first because if u get a job and fuck up because ur starting from the bottom u have to reset and that’s not good but both are good for their own reasons
Your content is just so chill and it teaches me something new every time❤
Hey Matt, love the content and consistency with which you're uploading lately (no pressure but good for us because we get to see more or you!) Since you talked about picking up skills on the job, would you maybe consider doing a reaction/review of the tv show, the bear and kinda extend on the things they show on in but with your added knowledge and experiences? I know it's not the kind of stuff you do but thought it'd be nice to hear your hot takes
I have been cooking my whole entire life since age 5 for myself then onto cooking for family, and friends.
Later, I started catering for ceremonies such as funeral viewings, weddings, birthday events, graduation parties, work promotion celebrations, and weight loss transformation events.
I even personally cooked for hospice patients' family during their most difficult time, yet they also wanted quality food to ease their attention away from the grieving stages of death.
👀🤷🏻♀️
As an German chef i totally agree. We have 3 to 1 ratio . Working 3 parts and 1 part school and I must say I didn't learn anything I'm the culinary school
Ive got one year experience as a chef now and the amount of stuff ive learned is amazing but i think i am thinking about going to a culinary school to further my knowledge and hopefully further hone my skills is that a good idea?
Thanks man
such an underrated channel
My friend has been goign to culinary school for 3 years but has been working in restaurants since he was 15 so he's in culinary school and been working at restaurants for 13 years
Id honestly tell my 18 yr old self to keep doing cakes at home, to buy a French recipe book and expand your palette more
In germany culinary school intails working in a Restaurant and my experience has been amazing so far
I don't know much about culinary school because I am into the sciences, so I am sorry if this is an obvious answer.. but if one doesn't go to culinary school, then how can one request a higher salary? Does one start out working in high school at like minimum wage and then over the years, the chef's salary increase? 🤔
The main thing that needs to change is the pretentiousness from both sides of the argument.
Culinary school gonna bankrupt.
Bourdain said that culinary scholl gave him technique that helped him alot when started working in the cooking industry but Also he said it could be waste of money
Loveeeeee it!
When you’re thinking about being a chef, i would think less about the food & more about the actual doing the job. Can you do long hard hours. Can you take real pressure. Can you accept being barked at like you’re in the army. Are you happy working all w/ends & the holiday seasons when others are off. To he successful-you need to live it. It can’t just be a job & it will torture you.
I love bread
He's, correct.
I became a chef, never went to culinary school, I also agree that culinary school is a waste of time and money if you knew how to do these actions from doing culinary things like me your entire life
I went to culinary school and graduated just last October. And every thing that is said in this video is accurate.
Any regrets ?
Im an apprentice of a chef and i am getting alot of experience.
Me watching this
Who already paid and joined a culinary school 😭
My father used to make those in Vietnam 0:
to me, it was always a job title, a manager. being a chef didn't mean you could cook, just that you could be a manager. the number of cooks that had ten times the experience and wanted nothing to do with cheffing because they wouldn't be able to cook any more.
How can you possibly say you’d learn no more than a dishwasher that’s obviously complete bs, you learn how to cook in culinary school that’s the point of it, no one is saying it gives you experience as a chef, but obviously it teaches you cooking skills
Do both! Be humble start from the bottom. Always work for the best. Learn from the best.
Dont work for bad restaurants don't work for bad chefs. Only the best. Your standards you'll learn in culinary school.
Is there a difference between culinary school and the culinary program of a trade school?
Start young, start washing dishes, hands out of pockets, head down, work!
"i didnt go to film school, i went to films" Quentin Tarantino
Yeah don't go to school guys is a waste, just let people like me do it and become your boss. At the end of it school teachers you every fundamental tool to create dishes and menus without having to learn at a restaurant. As a cook you learn and cook the food that a chef created with his knowledge.
I want to be a chef
did you enjoy culinary school?
Been a chef 15 years jut go get in a kitchen learning while you do it best way
Agreed 👍🏽 i went to culinary school too. It was great but the real experience comes from being in the kitchen and learning from pros like this 👌🏽💗
"You're not a doctor if you go to med school" -🤓
Gotta have game
Its easy to say you dont need education when you yourself have taken education. These influencers are getting out of hand
FACTS
would not people think less of me if i dont go to culinary school?
How much does that matter though? If you're experienced and know how to make great food, does it matter if you went to culinary school?
@@17RedKnight what do they teach u in culinary school?
Don't become a chief..
Ya but unless u get lucky and can work at a bunch of nice places with a bunch of connections then sometimes a degree will help u put your foot in the door.
FACETIME MEEEE
Abrupt question, are you involved in any way with the UA-camr who revealed the grilled cheese pulling secret? I only ask because he’s getting banned.
I don’t recommend anyone to become a chef. Terrible hours! Shit social life! No sleep! Do something else 😅
Let's say I deliver pizza for years does that make me a chef too? Or a people person? 🤔
This is what ive been saying🎉
Already blocked 5 times!!
As with anything, do the work. Do it well. The rest should follow.
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Love your vids, but that dishwasher take is asinine, and you know it.
Yee
Money tag for YT? All that pops up is garbage even with the given in this short 🤷♂️
Please FaceTime me😢
Why would anyone want to face time, you ego-manic
Not a bad take on it. I hate working with people that say they went to culinary school. The absolute worst babies ever with 0 skills and even less common sense. They literaly almost burn the building down and i have to babysit them as well as do their job for not enough money to survive on. While listening to them complain about not getting paid enough when they cant even do their job.
FaceTime me Matt! I have so many questions about your journey and advice that you would have for mine!
You are not chef. U do stunt food
Please FaceTime me Matt
If you wanna become a TikTok chef, just make foods recipes that makes no sense at all🥲
I started culinary school right after my graduation that fall. After the end of the 1st semester, i got a job. Its fun but also a gateway to what i want to do in the future. Fine dining. Im taking a class on this. Im not a chef but i know i can cook. I do however practice plate presentation. Its the key element of making food look appetizing
I want to do a certificate......would it be worth it?
@@HsHwjwwk DO WHATS THE BEST FOR YOU DO WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY JUST GET OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE .