Aerox-lad
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Registered: 2nd Nov 07
Location: Melksham, Wiltshire
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im just finishing year 11 and wanting to do catering at college for two years. my cousins a chef for rick stein so i know id have a good teacher (however he lives 170 miles away)! whats the career like. (and the pay lol) thanks
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swedge
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Registered: 3rd Sep 07
Location: Hawick,scotland drives: 1.4 sri corsa
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its supposed to be realy hard work
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smack
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Registered: 7th Jul 04
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pays shit - unless ur somewere real good
unsocialbe working hours
i did it at college and a full time job, dident enjoy it enough in the long run to work full time and quit cheffing after a few months of full time work after college
as said above its real hard work, and youa need to really enjoy cooking and have a passion for food
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Jodi_the_g
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Registered: 7th Aug 01
Location: Washington D.C
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Little brother does it and he loves it though in charge of his own kicthen in a little country pub, always busy but has free reins of what to cook as the owners do not take an active role.
But he does have to work friday, saturdays and sunday without fail has a wedendays and Thursday off I think
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Whittie
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Registered: 11th Aug 06
Location: North Wales Drives: BMW, Corsa & Fiat
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Very very hard work, for the pay you get, shit hours if it's a restaurant you work in.
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AlunJ
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Registered: 3rd Apr 07
Location: Newport
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Hard work, stressful (if you don't swear alot now, you will soon!) uncomfortably hot conditions, stupid hours
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mattk
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Registered: 27th Feb 06
Location: St. Helens
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get a burger van and find an industrial estate
much more relaxing
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Theham85
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Registered: 29th Nov 06
Location: Brisbane Queensland
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My mate was the chef in Loch Fyne Oysters, worked his way up quite quickly he is on £500 a week plus tips after tax, he says its a rewarding job
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Matt H
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Registered: 11th Sep 01
Location: South Yorkshire
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Stoneyginger is, so is Iaz (flaming corsa on here).
I can imagine it being hard work, but totally rewarding. You have to be quite driven to want to be the best, otherwise you'll spend th rest of your days cooking us our two-for-one meals at the meets
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Dave A
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Registered: 10th Dec 03
Location: County Durham
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I was when I first left school, did my qualifications and worked all round the UK, it takes years to get to a good position so its not an easy job to get straight to the top in.
I ended up getting sick of it, not the actuall job but the long late hours and its very hard in certain places, in one of my last restaraunts (2 AA rossettes) we were often doing 16-18 hour shifts 3 days in a row over weekends and often starting at 6am and finishing at 12-1 am.
money is good if you stick at it (I was on around £25-28k and had all living expenses and food bills covered as it was a 'live-in' position)
would I do it if I could start over again? Definitely.
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