Hello and welcome to Cheftalk!
I fall into the category of 'enthusiastic amateur', but we have all levels of culinary ability on this site, from those just starting out on their culinary journey to masterchefs and all levels in between.
Feel free to join in on any thread you find interesting, or start your own in the relevant forum. The professional fora are read-only for those of us who are not employed in a culinary trade, but they still make interesting reading! The wikis, blogs, reviews and articles on here are well worth spending time to view and the photography is a source of inspiration, too.
Hope to see you around the boards.