Posts by Laprise

QUOTE: Life is too short to eat bad food. Or skip over brilliant cooks just because they can't afford the 25k+ tuition to get "certified" and waste time in a school if they are already intuitive and passionate about...

What really thick me off, is when I meet another chef at a social event and some how once they found out that I am a chef too, they look down on me, because I don't work the line anymore or I work for myself or god knowns what...

I don't know exactly what you are saying, but anyway I had fun. It's my way of helping, I go to my local high schools and speak about being a chef. I need to keep them interested or they will get bored:) again, it's my way of giving...

When I speak in school about becoming a chef, to keep the student captivated, I make them do role playing: Today, I had one girl play the head chef, and she had to tell one of her great cook that she had received complaints from...

I just spoke at another high school about becoming a chef, too funny! This time it was a great group of kids with good questions... I could see 3 kids with amazing attitude that would make great cooks... I have seen poor attitude on...

I first got a diploma in electronics, but found out quickly that it was not very creative and I had a creative mind! So I went back to culinary school to be a chef, I guess it ran in the familly. My dad was a chef in institution for 33...

One major thing that can make a difference, "ATTITUDE" if you hire a cook with the right attitude, you are half way there. You can teach cooking skills, but attitude is not an easy thing to teach someone.:smoking:

scrowl down on the left side: "Equipment" I have a few links to help you... http://www.thechefinstead.ca/beachef.html let me know if you find one... good luck

I was a sous somewhere in the Rockies for 2 years, in my team of 33 cooks, 26 of them smoke put everyday, and many of them 2 to 5 times a days... Many of them were washed off kind of cooks with no place to go but down... Drugs is fun...

Hi, I live in Kelowna, I could not find any job big enough, so I started my own company, The Chef in Stead.ca Good luck in school...