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liking food= passion= profession?

I was talking with my folks about food and they know that I love to watch the Food Network,like to try to cook and love to save recipes to try in my own spare time.They also know that I like to eat food,yet no I am not 200 lbs. no offense.My dad made the comment that since I like food so much and am interested in cooking and watching all those cooking shows maybe I should get a degree in that.I found that silly sine I am 23,have 1 Associates under my belt,almost done with the second,have 2 semesters left with my Bachelor's and I am 23 so I think that I am way too old for culinary school.I mean my folks know that when I talk about food I know a lot of the language,techniques and such because of all the TV I watch yet because I also cook in my own time at the university I attend with my guyfriends.I find that silly,me going to culinary school and trying to graduate because I already feel like I am old.Yet when I saw the movie the "Bucket List" I started to make my own afterwards. This is under my own "Bucket List" since I want to accomplish so much in life yet take so little for granted and yes I want to learn how to cook and make good meals and such yet I also want to work in a museum yet I also want to work as a biotechnologist.I know that I cannot have all three things yet it seems that I am good at history,Biotechnology which is my 2nd Associates from which I am so close to get it and now Culinary School?I know,everything at their time yet I also want to travel,get my Master's in History,have a family,settle down and such before I am 30-that is the plan inside my head yet nothing goes as planned as most of you know.So what should I go after?I am going after History since I know I am so close and then my 2nd Associates,the Master's follows and marriage as well as family whenever it happens.So will I regret putting this off or should I pursue it?

Public Comments

1. I would definitely encourage you to follow your dreams. If you are passionate about something, you should pursue your interests. You are NOT at all too old. If you end up working at a job that you are not passionate about, you will end up having regrets, and will always wonder what would have happened had you attended culinary school. Don't live a life filled with "what ifs" or regrets.
2. if you don't want to do culinary school at this point i would say focuse on the one that you are close to accoplishing. and take a few cooking classes on the side for fun. because i think sometimes when you turn your fun into work you lose the passion you felt for it in the first place. so i think try it out before you jump all in. and if you enjoy it, i would say go to culinary school, becuase it doesn't matter what age you are to start school again. i started college in the same class as a 68 year old. so you are never to old to go back to school don't let that stop you.
3. There is nothing silly about going to culinary school at 23 or 24. A number of well-known chefs got into the field much older than that. Think of it as graduate school. Most people don't start that until they are well into their 20s either!