[Sca-cooks] cooking schools

[Olwen the Odd]

Drake here is what I have done if it will be of any help I doubt.  I used to
work at a Community College that had an excellent Hotel/Resteraunt
Management course curricullum and I took almost all the classes they had to
offer.  Now I work next door to the Baltimore International College School
of Culinary Arts and I use their bookstore and library.  Having been 2nd
cook and head chef in the past I know it is NOT what I want to do in the
future.  Now I am working up a portfolio to do just the centerpiece or
showpiece item at catered events.  That is what I do best and it stays fun
for me that way.  It also gives me the leisure to pick and choose when and
how much to work.
Olwen

>Actually, I've toyed with the idea of being a chef but the high pressure of
>the
>industry (and watching Gordon Ramsay's Boiling Point didn't help either...)
>doesn't really appeal.
>
>I then toyed with the idea of doing a course just for personal development
>but
>the schools in Canberra and either full time or only offer minor,
>superficial
>courses (such as Thai cooking in 4 weeks).
>
>Does anyone know of a series of books / web pages / course notes,
>(whatever...)
>that covers the proper basics and works its way up to professional stuff
>level.
>
>Regards,
>
>Drake.

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