HelloA9 - welcome to Cheftalk.
We have a wide membership, from around the globe (I'm Scottish) - and all levels of culinary ability, so you will find a few kindred spirits on here, I'm sure! Feel free to join in on any thread you find interesting, or start your own. There are three Professionals-only fora, but we ask that you do not limit your posts to those areas, as it means that others (like me, for instance) who are not working in a culinary trade, cannot reply to anything you write there!
The wikis, blogs, articles, reviews and photography on the site are all well worth spending time to view!
Hope to see you around the boards.