Many Food Service Workers begin their careers between the ages of 16 and 19 years old. In order to move up in the ranks from Prep Cook to Chef you will need to have a Culinary College degree as well as hands-on work experience in the food industry.
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Alot will depend upon how detailed a chef you wish to be. To become a professional sous' chef or pastry chef, for example, will take about 11 weeks of training. However, to become a Grande Chef takes about 10 months! Not something to rush into, so make sure you want to do it before you try.
It depends on where you are at, but there are different pastry chef schools that you can attend. Such as: www.sfbi.com, www.reluctantgourmet.com/baking_pastry_chef_schools.htm or even www.frenchpastryschool.com.
nope, he was actually a professional pastry chef.
No high school classes, other then your core classes (math, reading, etc.) are required for a profession after high school
A baker or a pastry chef.
Top Baking Schools & Pastry Chef Programs Becoming a professional baker or pastry chef requires an enormous amount of training. Just because you prepare great bread or bake a delicious birthday cake doesn't mean you are ready for working in the restaurant industry. If you ever dreamed of becoming an executive pastry chef or opening up your own bakery, I highly recommend you do some research and learn everything you can about what it takes to become a professional one. You can start with my article called Becoming a Pastry Chef and then be sure to check out my interview with Certified Master Baker Leslie Silverback.
No you cannot call you're self a pastry chef without a degree because you are going to have some experience to become one.
Yes you can because pastry chef and chef are both the art of cooking.
yes there can be staff for a pastry chef
yes you have to be able to measure
You can get the required training to become a pasty chef at most cooking schools. It usually take a year or two of hard practice.