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Man, I am so happy it is Saturday.  I know for most people, the weekend really means nothing anymore, since a large number of people work during the weekend.  But for me, I have been enjoying my weekends off since I returned to school to work on my culinary education.

I did face a lot of skepticism from my parents when I told them that I wanted to attend one of the most prestigious cooking schools in the country in hopes of attaining my dream of being a professional chef.  My father was the worst as he had always wanted me to follow in his footsteps and be a plumber.

But my calling was cooking and for that I am truly grateful.  There is just something magical when you see the delight on your customers faces when they take the first bite of your creation – you know that you have made their lives just a little bit better.

Even though I do enjoy school, I do enjoy the break that the weekend provides.  It seems that I don’t have a free moment during the week, so when Saturday rolls around I usually let out a big sigh of relief.

Do you want to know my plans for the weekend?  Well, that is easy: I am going to relax.  Monday will be here too soon.

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People pursuing higher education today have so many options. We are bombarded with advertisements for colleges, universities, online distance learning centers and institutes offering higher learning coursework and programs. If you have the desire to go back to school or take classes, the number of options to choose from is dizzying.

After career counseling and advising, I decided to go back to school to be a chef. With a passion for food and past experience working in restaurants, it was a natural choice for my future. I got the education necessary to become a chef by attending culinary arts institutes. I visited several chef schools and choose a program highly regarded for head chefs. There, I perfected my trade and learned the cooking secrets of top chefs who acted as teachers.

My interest in culinary arts stemmed from watching my grandmother in the kitchen. The smell of certain foods cooking can conjure up an image in my mind of her manning the stove. With the precision of a military general, my grandmother went to the grocery daily to purchase fresh ingredients to cook for her family. Now that I am a chef, I can cook for her and she can enjoy my creations.

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When I told my parents that I was going to be taking some classes at a local art school in the fall, they weren’t very happy with me.  Both of my parents had always wanted me to pick what they thought was a “solid” career, like accounting or law.  But I had no interest in either of those careers, or any like them and decided that I was going to pick something that I loved doing, which was cooking. 

Now, there are lots of culinary schools out there, but I decided to go with one that was part of a larger art school curriculum.  I like the idea of learning my craft but also being able to dabble in other creative mediums such as photography and animation.  They also have a top notch fashion school on campus that my girlfriend is applying to.  With our career goals so different from one another, we never dreamt we’d be able to attend the same school.

I’m sure once my parents get used to the idea, they’ll be on board.  Besides, the school is so close I’ll be able to come home on the week ends and try out some of my recipes on them.

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When I recently told my friends and family that I was interested in some high quality culinary training           at one of the different Culinary arts institutes that are out there I told them I did not really know how to go about choosing which school I should pick to attend. No one really knew how to help me at first so they began asking around for me to see if anyone knew anyone else who might be able to give me some suggestions. I did not just want to give up my hard earned money to just any old school, I really wanted to find a good high quality one because I wanted to learn the art the very best I possibly could.

Eventually someone told me about a place called Culinard and suggested that maybe I should try checking into their programs and see if I might find a match for all the things I was wanting to get out of the program with them. I told them I would definitely look into it as soon as possible. Of course then the holidays came up and one thing led to another and I have not had a chance yet to look further into it. But I will soon.

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There are some people who believe that all chefs are more or less the same. Those people would be shocked if they attended just one class at the California Culinary Academy. The culinary arts programs in CA draw a particularly diverse crowd of budding chefs that really exemplify the fact that each cook is different from the others despite the fact that they all work in the same industry.

There is a big push in the California dining industry for chefs to take an interest in cooking with locally-grown foods. You will find that a lot of new chefs in the state are interested in this. But the way that they approach it differs greatly from chef to chef. Some work specifically with certain organic farms. Others choose to focus on designing menus that are based around foods natural to California. And still others start their own gardens and use the food from the gardens in their cooking!

This type of diverse approach to some of the same basic principles can be seen throughout the California cooking scene. Chefs working at the professional level will embody this same type of variety. However, it is the students of California’s culinary schools that are really on the cusp of doing something unique and different when it comes to the approach they take to their emerging careers.