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Culinary Arts Personal Statement

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My interest towards a career in culinary arts I credit to my need to create and perfect with every chance I get. I started cooking as a way to distract myself from my outside reality that was growing up in a very dangerous part of South Central Los Angeles, there were very limited resources for career readiness given to me throughout my life until I got to high school and became obsessed with my cooking class. I was 16 at the time and while my friends were out playing sports and going to social events, all I wanted to do was learn new techniques and experiment with recipes. When I turned 17, while a senior in high school, I decided that I did not want to attend university for the simple fact that I did not find anything but cooking to be exhilarating …show more content…

I recall working with one chef in particular that really lit a fire inside of me. He was a very passionate but extremely aggressive chef. I had been working with this chef for only a week when he told me that I should consider another career because I did not care or know enough. I took what he said to heart and made it a mission to really prove him wrong. I began working as hard as I could, dedicating every minute of my day to cooking and to learning something new. I was determined to hold my own in a kitchen of veterans and to gain the respect of this chef. I worked with this man for a year and even though he was extremely tough on me, he raised my talents to a completely new level. I was working so much on my craft that eventually he began giving me assignments that were usually reserved for the higher level chefs. It was an honor for a chef that thought so little of me in the beginning to invest time into making me somebody he wanted to work one-on-one

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