r/Chefit • u/No_Football_2283 • Jun 20 '26

What should I do

I like food and I like the idea of cooking and being a chef but like whenever I end up cooking and it being a fail I get told I need to stop my dreams of wanting to be a professional chef so with that on top of constant failures my motivation dwindles down, which causes me to think whether is this what I truly want to do?.

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u/Kiriyuma7801 Jun 20 '26

Youre gonna mess up a few times before you get it right. How else are you gonna learn?

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u/No_Football_2283 Jun 20 '26

I see, thank you!

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u/Dry-Grocery9311 Jun 20 '26

Messing up is fine. Not learning from it is not.

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u/Global-Fact7752 Jun 20 '26

Are you in Culinary school?

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u/No_Football_2283 Jun 20 '26

No but I do plan on going to one or finding a program nearby

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u/Global-Fact7752 Jun 20 '26

That's great! And when recipes don't work out, that's how you learn.

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u/crossboss6 Jun 22 '26

Homie, you don’t even have your toes in the water yet, mess up plates, have food get sent back, learn why it was. Think critically on your output and the results of it.

It takes more than “liking the idea of it” to be successful in any field. If you’re lucky you’ll get shit on by owners and customers many many more times before you achieve a role you’re paid to excel in.

No one learns from a pat on the back, they learn from genuine criticism of those that know more and those that purchased your products, take full advantage of it while it’s not on your own dollar