okay so this is the summary of my job status stuff. okay so i'm 20 and ive been doing dishes for about 3 years and then my exgirlfriend got me a job as a dishwasher doing prep and line work to be trained as a cold side line cook i had a vacation for 2 weeks came back and they said they were renovating the restaurant and that a lot of people had to be put on call and let go i was put on call ( i worked with them for like a month and a half) then i got a terrible job where i was doing dishes and it was unsanitary and unsafe they were transfering samonela, and seafood to salads and everything and they never washed their hands so i walked out after 2 weeks! THEN my friend got me a job at a pub i was doing prep and line work that lasted me 1 week because the owner didnt like me. after that i started staging at a restaurant called Whalesbone for about a month before i had to move to halifax cuz of debt and jobless issues anyways.... so i move back to my parents in halifax and get a job working at chez coras now i outlined the fact that i jsut recently managed to up myself into doing cook work and that i had about a month - 2 months line work experience and prep and that i needed to be trained the chef stated no problem we're a franchise and we train so there i go for a week being a fruiter making all these fruit plates perfectly and then the week ends and he fires me for lack of experience like WHAT THE ***** when he said they'd train me and all this junk then he says dont take it personally and that if this is what i should i should go to school. WELL im going to school for culinary management at the nova scotia community college anyways this is just me saying what can i do to get a job to train me after ive told them i have only a lil experience and that they'l train me instead of having me for a week after i have done everything perfectly and done nothing wrong? Right now im thinking of trying to stage at Saege, bische, or Fid for the are amazing restaurants and maybe do it for a year or so and get a job through them is what im thinking? Is there anything at home i can do to up my skills or anything any books you could suggest to break me in more before i go into school next year? I really need help.. this is what i want to do i want to eventually own my own fine dining restaurant and be the chef there... i've been talking to all my ex coworkers and theyve been down for it but theyve been like get 10 years of line work experience don't get me wrong i agree and right now they have like 8 years of experience AND have worked in fine dining restaurants with me and theyre absolutely amazing only problem is they're back in ottawa but one of them is moving here to halifax in november. Anyways if there is anything any of you can think to get me enough experience and broken into being a cook so i dont get this whole dont worry we'll train you and i do everythign perfectly and they fire me a week later so i don't know what to do i'm in a bump and i wanna start cooking BEFORE next year that i'm in school any books anything would be a help well thanks ahead of time =)