I was in culinary school for a little while, but it was just too hard to cut weight and cook at the same time.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I started culinary school at a very young age, and really I wanted to be out working, cooking, more than I wanted to be in a classroom. You could say I wasn't a very good student - I wanted to be a student of life and experience.
I had turned down other head chef jobs. I didn't want to take over someone else's cuisine. I wanted to start from scratch.
I actually struggled through teaching myself to cook because I'm completely ignorant in the kitchen. So I did really macho things like trying to make my own curry. Really hardcore stuff.
When it was availed to me that I had free time, I chose to go to cooking school every day, six hours a day, like a diploma program. I wanted to learn something new.
When I first started cooking, I was very much an intuitive cook when it came to taste, but that didn't mean I didn't want to know why some things worked and why others did not. My interest took me to culinary school.
One thing that improved my cooking skills was being a poor student in California... If you don't have much money, you have to learn to cook.
There are so many things you can do with a culinary degree.
I've never gone to culinary school, but I do love cooking.
My parents both worked full time. I remember a lot of simple meals. Everything I know about cooking is self-schooled.
I studied cooking all through high school.