| Culinary Arts can be a very exciting career, but before | | | | career paths that you can choose from! You can |
| deciding on furthering your education you may want to | | | | work in restaurant management, as a nutritionist, you |
| step back and consider exactly what it is that you | | | | can teach others the art of cooking, you could |
| want to do in the food industry. Many job opportunities | | | | become a food critic for newspapers and magazines, |
| don't necessary require an education pass high school | | | | and you could even become a food stylist and |
| or an equivalent diploma. Short order cooks, fry cooks | | | | photograph all that yummy goodness you see in |
| and even food preps often simply require on the job | | | | magazines! |
| training. It is usually chefs, nutritionists, food managers, | | | | There may be some of you who know you aren't |
| and those who truly envision food preparation as a | | | | interested in becoming a chef or want any type of |
| form of art who will need to further their education into | | | | career where food is involved. Maybe you want to |
| culinary arts. | | | | learn to cook different meals for your family or learn |
| A degree in culinary arts can usually be obtained in | | | | how to incorporate more nutritious food into your daily |
| two years or less. The first part is obtaining your | | | | menu. We don't all need to want to become a chef in |
| culinary chef certification and from there you can get | | | | order to want to cook our family good nutritious meals |
| your AOS degree. (Associate of Occupational | | | | they will enjoy. There are also a wide variety of ways |
| Studies) Those who get the culinary chef certification | | | | for you to learn as well. You can find a local cooking |
| but not their AOS degree are more often than not | | | | class, recipe swaps, even cooking school getaways |
| limiting themselves to being a sous-chef at best. It is | | | | for you and your spouse. |
| with the AOS degree that you open the doors to so | | | | We are living in a time where chefs are no longer |
| many carrier paths. On-line degrees are not | | | | tucked back away in a kitchen never to be seen. |
| recommended for culinary arts as working with foods | | | | Chefs are, in fact, more recognized today than ever. |
| is more of a hands on task. It's important to be able to | | | | Just recently one of the contestants from Hell's |
| see, smell and taste as you are learning. A good palate | | | | Kitchen moved into a neighboring town where I live. |
| is very often a chef's best friend. | | | | Overnight he has made what once was a place |
| The nice thing about obtaining a degree in culinary arts | | | | where only the young went to enjoy their spirits a |
| is that you aren't limiting yourself to only being a chef. If | | | | restaurant that has people waiting in lines to grab a |
| you've gotten your degree and started working in a | | | | table. If cooking is your passion, furthering your |
| five star restaurant, what happens if you find cooking | | | | education is the key to success. Aim high and enjoy |
| simply isn't for you? There are a variety of other | | | | every bite. |