There's no media training. In cooking school, there's not even manager training. You learn the fundamentals of cooking. Everything else is learning by doing.
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In many ways, journalism school and culinary school are quite similar. They both teach fundamental skills and habits, but ultimately you learn through on-the-job training.
Cooking is like anything else: some people have an inborn talent for it. Some become expert by practicing, and some learn from books.
Most cooks try to learn by making dishes. Doesn't mean you can cook. It means you can make that dish. When you can cook is when you can go to a farmers market, buy a bunch of stuff, then go home and make something without looking at a recipe. Now you're cooking.
We in the media have been guilty about not doing a better job of making people understand how really simple cooking is. We've made everyone feel like they have to be a chef.
Cooking is in an honest profession where you cannot hide and let others do the work for you. You have to show up, work hard and prove you can do it faster and better. And find a mentor who will recognize your talent and push you in the right direction.
You learn to cook so that you don't have to be a slave to recipes. You get what's in season and you know what to do with it.
Many of my friends are chefs, and I learnt to cook watching them.
I didn't have any media training - I didn't have anybody but myself.
It's not like I have media out there when I'm training. I'm training the same. I'm putting in the same work.
My feeling is that if you can cook, I can teach you how to do television.
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