Comments on: The single worst thing about going to culinary school… http://mirepoix.org/2009/06/21/the-single-worst-thing-about-going-to-culinary-school/ a contumacious chef's culinary curmudgeonry Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:19:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1-alpha By: CookingSchoolConfidential.com http://mirepoix.org/2009/06/21/the-single-worst-thing-about-going-to-culinary-school/comment-page-1/#comment-248 CookingSchoolConfidential.com Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:02:12 +0000 http://chezgeek.com/?p=800#comment-248 Sigh. It's true. So true. And the second worst thing is understanding food costs. Like, say, for a garlic noodle dish someone, and I won't say who, who is in culinary school and should know better, ordered at a Chinese restaurant and paid, I dunno, like $14 or $16 or whatever for and now know cost them, what?, all of $1 to make, okay, maybe $2, but not only was it stupid cheap but it involved monkey-level skill level and it serves aforementioned student right for going out to eat when she wasn't all that hungry and only wanted some noodles, not that it was her that ordered this, oh no. Sigh. Glad to have gotten that off my chest. Not that it was my chest it needed to get it off. (I've blown my cover here, haven't I?) Sigh. .-= CookingSchoolConfidential.com´s last blog ..<a href="http://cookingschoolconfidential.com/?p=512" rel="nofollow">Day twenty: Culinary school midterm exams</a> =-. Sigh. It’s true. So true. And the second worst thing is understanding food costs. Like, say, for a garlic noodle dish someone, and I won’t say who, who is in culinary school and should know better, ordered at a Chinese restaurant and paid, I dunno, like $14 or $16 or whatever for and now know cost them, what?, all of $1 to make, okay, maybe $2, but not only was it stupid cheap but it involved monkey-level skill level and it serves aforementioned student right for going out to eat when she wasn’t all that hungry and only wanted some noodles, not that it was her that ordered this, oh no.

Sigh. Glad to have gotten that off my chest.

Not that it was my chest it needed to get it off.

(I’ve blown my cover here, haven’t I?)

Sigh.
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]]> By: Don http://mirepoix.org/2009/06/21/the-single-worst-thing-about-going-to-culinary-school/comment-page-1/#comment-247 Don Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:27:26 +0000 http://chezgeek.com/?p=800#comment-247 I guess this is why the majority of the better food critics that I follow have gone to culinary school. Their reviews display depth of knowledge about food preparation and an almost hyper-sensitive palate. By the same token, I would assume that when a chef, who has worked his/her way up from stage, recommends another restaurant, that restaurant has been reviewed by a peer. The question I now have is whether or not the general patron can appreciate the same qualities; technical prowess; subtle flavours...I for one can't tell the difference between knife cut and mandoline cut, unless I see rampant bruising... I guess this is why the majority of the better food critics that I follow have gone to culinary school. Their reviews display depth of knowledge about food preparation and an almost hyper-sensitive palate.

By the same token, I would assume that when a chef, who has worked his/her way up from stage, recommends another restaurant, that restaurant has been reviewed by a peer.

The question I now have is whether or not the general patron can appreciate the same qualities; technical prowess; subtle flavours…I for one can’t tell the difference between knife cut and mandoline cut, unless I see rampant bruising…

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