Forrest
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I have been a chef now for several years and have an associats degree in culinary arts. I have hardly even made a dent in my massive student loan yet and I am already thinking about changing careers. Before and while I was went to culinary school, I use to think about food, plate presentations and use to come up with new reciepes in my head all the time. Every spare moment I had, I spent doing this.
When I first joined these forums, I told everyone that my goal was to open up my own brew pub one day and pair my beer with my food. I realized that I would not be able to directly oversee both food and beer production so my original goal was to hire a brewmaster and take care of the food myself.
But lately, I have not been thinking about food at all, even at work while I am cooking and preparing meals.
Like food before, I now think about beer with every spare moment I have. Instead of plate designs, I think about label designs. And instead of creating food receipes, I am creating beer reciepes (I have a lot that I have not even tried yet).
In October I am moving to England very briefy to finish my bachelors degree in Culinary Arts just becasue I am so close to getting it (it will only take me around 10 weeks to get) After I get it, I am seriously thinking about getting out of the culinary buisness and getting in to brewing for a living. I have been thinking about working for some brewing company both here in the states and abroad to get a fell for the large scale production of beer and to learn about operation of some of the large scale equipment. I have been thinking about offering to work for room and board in some of the forign breweries to get around work visas.
My goal right now is to open up my own micorbrewery by the time I am 35 years old. I am almost 25 now so that gives me a little over 10 years to brew and tweek my reciepes.
I am just wondering since I am thinking about getting a job at a brewing company, how much money should I expect to make? Also, do you think that me having two degree's in culinary arts will matter at all when I start looking for a job at a brewery?
If anybody on these forums owns a brewery or brewpud and would be interested, please let me know as I will probably be making the leap begining of 2008.
Any advice, thoughts, or concerns?
When I first joined these forums, I told everyone that my goal was to open up my own brew pub one day and pair my beer with my food. I realized that I would not be able to directly oversee both food and beer production so my original goal was to hire a brewmaster and take care of the food myself.
But lately, I have not been thinking about food at all, even at work while I am cooking and preparing meals.
Like food before, I now think about beer with every spare moment I have. Instead of plate designs, I think about label designs. And instead of creating food receipes, I am creating beer reciepes (I have a lot that I have not even tried yet).
In October I am moving to England very briefy to finish my bachelors degree in Culinary Arts just becasue I am so close to getting it (it will only take me around 10 weeks to get) After I get it, I am seriously thinking about getting out of the culinary buisness and getting in to brewing for a living. I have been thinking about working for some brewing company both here in the states and abroad to get a fell for the large scale production of beer and to learn about operation of some of the large scale equipment. I have been thinking about offering to work for room and board in some of the forign breweries to get around work visas.
My goal right now is to open up my own micorbrewery by the time I am 35 years old. I am almost 25 now so that gives me a little over 10 years to brew and tweek my reciepes.
I am just wondering since I am thinking about getting a job at a brewing company, how much money should I expect to make? Also, do you think that me having two degree's in culinary arts will matter at all when I start looking for a job at a brewery?
If anybody on these forums owns a brewery or brewpud and would be interested, please let me know as I will probably be making the leap begining of 2008.
Any advice, thoughts, or concerns?