[Dave Van]

I'm Dave and I am a first year culinary student. I have joined this forum to learn everything that I don't learn in school (let's face it, nobody knows EVERYTHING about cooking) and hopefully share a bit of my own knowledge and help someone out. Great to be here!

[Mezzaluna]

Hello Dave and welcome to Chef Talk. I'm an Illinois native who's "emigrated" to Wisconsin. Where are you going to school? You'll want to stop in at the Culinary Schools/Culinary students' forum elsewhere on the board.

What gave you the impetus to head off to culinary school? Was there a person or experience that inspired you?

Have a look at the whole site, and don't miss the cooking articles, photo gallery (and the contest going on), blogs, etc. We have a good search tool here too, so let it help you find topics of interest to you.

Welcome!
Mezzaluna

[Dave Van]

Hi Mezzaluna! I am going to the International Culinary School at the Illinois Institute of Art. (Formerly Art Institutes, people kept getting the confused with the museum.) I have always loved cooking, but spent my time doing boring pointless jobs. I was laid off in February and decided I needed to find some direction and a real career path, so I returned to my old love.

Thank you for your message and I am real excited about becoming an involved member of the forum.

See you soon!
Dave