Claim : "Why study culinary school if you can simply watch recipes on RU-vid?" That's a false claim. I went to culinary school and I learned so many different cooking techniques and international cuisines. RU-vid is part of culinary arts, we are sometimes told to watch a specific video for the following lesson. But still how many times you watch RU-vid videos there lots of culinary secrets and tips not shown on videos and are only revealed in culinary school (better if you train cooking in a good restaurant). That includes kitchen safety, reinventing recipes, costing and actual marketing, definition of complex culinary terms, also bread making and cake decorating. I've been there so I knew whats true and what's false. If you want to work in a fine dining setting, a culinary school degree is a must. Experience is helpful, but culinary school opens a lot of doors that wouldn’t be available otherwise. The purpose of a degree is to set a goal for yourself and accomplish it because, regardless of your background, everyone starts in the dishroom or on the line. That being said, a candidate with a degree plus experience is more appealing than someone who just has their degree
