Paul Alfred
Paul Alfred's Community Profile
| Location: |
San Antonio, Texas |
| Forum Post Count: |
81 |
| Join Date: |
11/17/11 |
| Last Online: |
1 day, 2 hours ago |
| Culinary Experience |
Line Cook |
| About Me: |
I was an analyst in the US Air Force for seven years before choosing to change career fields. I am now pursuing a career as a chef, and enjoying it greatly. I apprenticed under a chef for the last 2 1/2 years of my enlistment, learning the basics of my newly chosen path whenever I wasn't working for the military. A little over a year after my enlistment ended I find myself continuing to learn more every day, and enjoying what I'm doing more and more. I have been a civilian again for just over a year now and while it's taken a bit to adjust to the civilian way of things again, I am finding myself quite happy. While I enjoyed much of the job and the military lifestyle, I determined that I did not feel the passion and drive to make a career out of it. I left the USAF at the end of my enlistment in Oct of 2011 and have been seeking to further my culinary career since then. There are days I miss the discipline, order, structure, etc of the military life, but overall I believe I am happier now. I continue to meet new and interesting people every day, learn more about my new career field, and improve on skills that will help me the rest of my life. |
| Interests (Hobbies, favorite activities, etc.): |
Books/Literature, music, photography, camping, hiking, canoeing, horseback riding, Steampunk |
| What I do for a living: |
I am a line chef at the Hyatt Regency San Antonio in the "Q on the Riverwalk" restaurant. |
Paul Alfred's Recent Activity
ARMY Chefs
Paul Alfred posted in this thread in The Late Night Cafe (off-topic) 5/20/13 at 10:16pm | 10 replies | 33 views
Did or did you not go to culinary school? Was it worth it?
Paul Alfred posted in this thread in Professional Chefs 5/15/13 at 12:54pm | 10 replies | 236 views
Valentine's Day: What did you make?
Paul Alfred posted in this thread in Food & Cooking 2/17/13 at 3:19am | 14 replies | 201 views
Indoor hydroponic herb garden
Paul Alfred posted in this thread in The Chef's Garden 2/16/13 at 2:56am | 3 replies | 353 views
stained up chef coats
Paul Alfred posted in this thread in After Culinary School 2/16/13 at 2:44am | 22 replies | 1951 views
Tattoos
Paul Alfred posted in this thread in General Culinary School Discussions 2/16/13 at 2:41am | 68 replies | 5251 views
Kiwi brand knives
Paul Alfred posted in this thread in Cooking Knife Reviews 2/16/13 at 2:03am | 38 replies | 3900 views
Mortar and pestle shape?
Paul Alfred posted in this thread in Cooking Equipment Reviews 2/15/13 at 4:34am | 11 replies | 155 views
What brand knife/tool case do you use to transport your personal equipment?
Paul Alfred posted in this thread in Cooking Equipment Reviews 2/15/13 at 4:29am | 11 replies | 377 views
what is the worst thing a server can do to make you mad?
Paul Alfred posted in this thread in Restaurant Reviews 2/15/13 at 4:21am | 447 replies | 29972 views
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