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murdrobe

Posted 3.44AM
Thu 1 May 2008

im taking an NVQ 2 professional cookery course atm thats due to finish soon and i dont know what to do at the end of it. the college i go to has made a huge mess of the course.

we get 0 kitchen experience from the course but come out with a qualification that allows us to walk into a job. i worked for a few weeks at a local pub but it didnt go so well. i had very little confidence in the kitchen when it came to it.

ive been really trying to think hard about what to do when finished, a simple working trainee chefs job doesnt interest me as my standards for food are higher than anything around me could offer. i dont see me being able to stick out a job making sub-standard food for very long.

at the moment im very experimental in my home kitchen and my parents hate me for it. i have a whole side board filled with spices/sauces ect. for me to find a job it would have to be the right 1, i have a great passion for the food and i can cook well but i would like some room to experiment when it comes to my chosen career path.

is it worth me just picking up a chefs job and forcing myself to do it to gain more experience do you think?

another option i am going to look into is trying to bring some quality of ingredients to the town where i live (Blackburn, Lancashire) as there is only 1 shop that sells good ingredients (Chilli Lime Deli that was shown on here before) there is nowhere that sells quality meat or fish, everyone on our markets are catering to the people who want cheapness over taste.

i dont know if there would be a market for that here. i have been offered by the owner of chilli lime to help me source the produce if i do go this way which was amazing of him but i dont know how to go about it either.

my third option would be to try and manage my own cafe or something but i dont know if blackburn has room for another cafe.

my problems with running my own business either as sales or actually cooking would be im only 19 i dont know all the rules of it nor do i know how to get funding for it.

at the moment i do really want experience but i want to learn things, different styles of cooking, different nationalities ect, the experience of doing the same sub-standard food that the places ive eaten in blackburn offer, wont interest me, itll be too hard for me to do.

i would love to learn how to cook other nationalities foods professionally, particularly chinese or indian food but ive asked around and none of the places near me could consider taking someone voluntary to learn as they only speak the language from where they are from.

another option i was thinking of was to become a kind of "Dial-A-Chef" it would give me a great way to meet new people and can freely experiment but i dont have my own transport so it could make life difficult. again im not sure of the rules with this as hygiene would come into play in a big way when transporting food.

in short HELP!!!

p.s i apologise for the huge post, im just so frustrated and dont want to just leach from my parents when i done. thanx in advance for any help

 
 

 

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