Career questions tagged cooking-and-baking


What’s one cooking technique or skill that every beginner should master first ?
Since I'm a student who loves cooking, I want to learn from a chef about the best courses, techniques, or career paths in the culinary world. It would help me improve my skills and explore whether I should pursue cooking professionally or as a serious hobby.

What are some of the not so fun things about being a baker?
I love spending time in the kitchen but I know it can be grueling.

how long would it normally take to get your own bakery/restaurant?
I want to own my own bakery/restaurant but I'm wondering how long or what jobs would be easiest to do for earning money to buy one.

I am currently working in Information Technology and have a strong interest in pursuing a career in culinary arts. Could you provide guidance on how I can effectively bridge the gap between these two fields?
I love cooking and baking. I'm always cooking for my family and friends and baking too. I want to succeed with culinary arts; however, I want to incorporate IT with it.

What are the most effective strategies for finding a job in the culinary field?
1. What are the most effective strategies for finding a job in the culinary field? 2. How difficult is it for recent graduates of a college or job training program to get hired for this job in the region? 3. What are three important things I should know about this job?

What age would i be able to start my own baking business as an owner? I am currently 18 and have plans for schooling until i am about 25.
I would also like to be the manager of my bakery.

It doesn't seem like a career in baking has a lot of opportunities for growth in a company. Is this true?
By growth, I mean that unless you're the best of the best, there may not be room for you to grow in a company and make more money. In this instance, you would be stuck making donuts in a store bakery (ex. Safeway, Walmart) without much else to go up to in the company.

does it feel like your working when your cooking at home ?
I was looking into being a line cook.

what can i do to make culinary easier?
What can i do to improve my baking skills?

when It comes to being a baker, is it challenging if I want to travel to study other country's food. ?
I want to be a baker and all I want to do is travel and learn how other country's do it but I'm not sure if its possible.

What jobs can i get at 13 that include baking cooking my own recipes ? ?
Im young and want to make money while doing what i like

What can I do in order to become both a chef and a baker?
I personally enjoy both cooking and baking because I find it fun to make the dish and whenever I do make stuff for people, they usually like it and that makes me happy.

What is the best skill to acquire How do I start a business if I'm still acquiring the skills Why don't my parents want me to follow my passion in baking??
My passion is baking but my parents believe I should go to college and get a white collar job They don't believe in my passion I want to understand why that is so

What jobs offer practice tutorials for cake decor and cooking other foods?
I can follow any recipe and can make certain foods like cookies, muffins, cupcakes, and cakes. I also specialize in savory dishes as well like chicken thighs, meatloaf steak, spaghetti, and the occasional sauteed vegetables. that's why I joined the culinary arts program, to perfect my recipes and cooking and baking techniques. I can bake, beat, saute, panfry, and boil.

How to get better at baking and what new recipes to try? I am thinking of owning my own bakery when I’m older!
any favorite recipes? I would love to try them!

What can help me get into a good culinary school?
I love baking sweet treats. I currently want to go to culinary school so I can open my own baking shop and decorate different treats.

What does you week look like as a chef or a baker?
I was wondering what it would be like in a week of cooking and baking because that is exactly what I want to do and I want to prepare myself for when is my turn to do that.

Why did you decide to become a chef or baker?
I want to own my own cafe in the future because it's my dream so I was just wondering what made you want to and what was your dream of it.

what make you want this trade so you can succeed ?
culinary is one my trades because im a experience cook and i do well with cooking and watching i catch on very fast and im very passionate in my work patient .

How can I make good fluffy buttercream for cupcakes and cakes?
I have to make cupcakes for a birthday but i don't know to make good buttercream that won't melt.

What steps would you recommend to prepare to enter culinary?
I am an 18-year-old trying to get into culinary anything would help.

How do chefs remember what ingredients and amounts of ingredients when they make food for customers?
I am a student at Waimea high school, for my career path, I want to be a chef Do chefs have a book or papers saying how to cook different dishes or do they have to remember all of it by mind

What may a potential contingency plan be if a career into culinary arts, mainly baking, wouldn't work out?
I've been planning for a while in order to enter a career into culinary arts, but in the event that it wouldn't exactly be a realistic goal for me, what could be a different career that benefits from a similar skill set?

What are some affordable culinary schools?
I love to cook and am quite good if I do say so myself. Though being a chef is not my first choice as a career it’s one of my favorites as I love to cook. I’m a junior in high school and feel it’s time to jump on the bandwagon for finding a school. What are affordable but quality culinary schools?

Cooking carrer?
How many years do you have to go to college to get a way-paying job in the food industry?

What are most qualifications that someone needs for becoming a pastry chef?
What are the best things that someone can have on their resume in order to get a job? Sound confident in how you are asking the question so you can get clear answers about the question.

What steps would you recommend I take to prepare to enter the Culinary Arts field?
is there anything important I should do before I try and enter this field.

What path does it take to start your own bakery?
Baking is one of my favorite hobbies. I’ve tried many new recipes and it is so much fun.

How do you turn an in home bakery into a real bakery?
I am in 8th grade. I have recently started a cookie cake business, Bella's Custom Cookie Cakes. I am currently baking cakes in my house. In the future, I would like to have a bakery. What steps should I take to grow my business?