I am a married mum of two and a my work as a chef has its ups and downs with family life...sound advice from PETE, the love of food and cooking does not equate to being a chef...it is very strenuous, stressful and manual work...I work long hours , and I am cooking for someone else [a large hotel whose customers can request whatever and our clients are very mundane in their choices!]...sure we have input on the menus...but if I said to you I am really passionate about food and cooking...you might be disappointed. On a brighter side there are the high points...doing a chefs table...or having clients compliment on the food and ask for recipes...there are a lot of high points but not to disillusion you it goes with a lot of heavy work |