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Train as a chef? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by smileyskies@alien.top to c/digitalnomad@expats.zone

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Anyone have any ideas or experiences to use our new-found freedom to train as a chef in some cool place (France/Mexico, etc.)?

Any ideas for not breaking the bank? Or just accept that it will? My question is: Does anyone know any professional chef courses that they recommend or think look good?

To be clear, I am not looking to work as a chef. I have a very lucrative online legal gig.

This is just out of my personal interest.

Pre-empting all the "Just do cooking classes way cheaper, bro" comments. For sure. I just love the idea of being a professionally trained chef and the possibility that there is another option for me if all of this comes out from under me some day.

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[–] nichef@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Current chef here, culinary school is usually in the local language so do you speak, read and write any language besides English? Second school is generally an all day affair so you will need to dedicate 8 to 10 hours a day to it. Third cooking is physically demanding, you’re on your feet all day, lifting stuff, squatting and generally running around.

With all of the above how will you do all of that and still do your regular work effectively? When I was in culinary school I would sleep maybe 4 hours at best a night because I had to work a full time job at night. It was a total nightmare and shitshow.