How to Become a Succesful Pastry Chef
How to Become a Successful Pastry Chef
Tara Howley
Everest University Online
How to Become a Successful Pastry Chef
Beginning with door decorating contests in first grade, to float building in high school, and especially the cakes my sisters and I would make for Mother’s Day I have always wanted to make the decisions. As long as I can remember anytime a creative project came my way I wanted to be project manager. I have always been creative, had a leading personality, and a love for food that looked great and tasted better. Are you a person who appreciates dessert in such a manner you believe it should look beautiful taste wonderful and are willing to do what it takes to make that a success? Then you just might be the kind of person to make an excellent pastry chef, there’s just a little more to it. A person with the right education, experience, and the passion and patience pastry requires may be able to become a successful pastry chef. So what kind of college education might a person need to be pastry chef? Possibly none at all! Culinary school is very expensive. You may end up making an extreme amount of sweets trying to pay that money back! Talent and ability is a huge part of making beautiful edibles. In this career field, culinary education is optional. However, you are working with food, so knowledge of food safety is a must! “You need a good understanding of nutrition and human physiology.” Jones (2012) You can take food safety courses online and become certified or you can just do some research into the subject on your own. Regardless of schooling choice, experience is very important in becoming a successful pastry chef. Even more so if you opt out of culinary school. Experience then, will be your only teacher. According to Kogan (2010) “School doesn’t give you the kind of experience that makes a chef’s life easier. A chef will have to show you a lot of the ropes and spend a lot of
Tara Howley
Everest University Online
How to Become a Successful Pastry Chef
Beginning with door decorating contests in first grade, to float building in high school, and especially the cakes my sisters and I would make for Mother’s Day I have always wanted to make the decisions. As long as I can remember anytime a creative project came my way I wanted to be project manager. I have always been creative, had a leading personality, and a love for food that looked great and tasted better. Are you a person who appreciates dessert in such a manner you believe it should look beautiful taste wonderful and are willing to do what it takes to make that a success? Then you just might be the kind of person to make an excellent pastry chef, there’s just a little more to it. A person with the right education, experience, and the passion and patience pastry requires may be able to become a successful pastry chef. So what kind of college education might a person need to be pastry chef? Possibly none at all! Culinary school is very expensive. You may end up making an extreme amount of sweets trying to pay that money back! Talent and ability is a huge part of making beautiful edibles. In this career field, culinary education is optional. However, you are working with food, so knowledge of food safety is a must! “You need a good understanding of nutrition and human physiology.” Jones (2012) You can take food safety courses online and become certified or you can just do some research into the subject on your own. Regardless of schooling choice, experience is very important in becoming a successful pastry chef. Even more so if you opt out of culinary school. Experience then, will be your only teacher. According to Kogan (2010) “School doesn’t give you the kind of experience that makes a chef’s life easier. A chef will have to show you a lot of the ropes and spend a lot of
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