Not only does it take a long, long time until you can make any real money as a cook, it also takes a long time until you get to be creative and experimental with cooking professionally.
Why did you start law school in the first place? Do you have any interest in the law, and in the skills you need to succeed at it? Let me make this suggestion: there are ways you can use both the legal skills and knowledge you are acquiring now, AND your interest in food, without abandoning the opportunity to make a living. Don't drop the thing in which you have already made a big investment, when you could use that as one element of a worklife that satisfies and provides what you need financially.
Life need not be either/or. In fact, IMO it should NOT be. Try to find a way to use all the knowledge, skills, and abilities you can develop. And keep in touch.
