The Nutrition and Food Studies department of my alma mater, NYU, hosted an extremely well organized "Food Career Day" today. It was a free event that lasted from 9:00am to 5:00pm and featured fifteen different panel discussions... (9 replies, last updated by Dave Feldman March 31, 1998)

in English/Philosophy. The entire time I was in school I used to lament, “I should have gone to culinary school”. I snuck in an independent study in Early American Cookbooks, kept up with food writers and food writing... (6 replies, last updated by Azizeh Barjesteh August 30, 2007)

I need some ideas for food related careers that are not a chef, cooking in a restaurant or catering. I’m to far away to go to culinary school. My body is to old to stand on a line to cook. I’d like to do something... (3 replies, last updated by oldbaycupcake August 27, 2008)

Have any of you had food-related jobs that you really enjoyed? I just graduated from college and am currently looking for a job in San Francisco. Food has always been my passion, and I would love to find a career that... (3 replies, last updated by Hiko Ikeda September 19, 2002)

I’m currently attending my local community college, and I’ve decided to switch my major to Culinary Arts. Now, let me explain – I know that I don’t want to enter the insane world of restaurant work, but I... (43 replies, last updated by stellamystar August 24, 2007)

Please ask him to check out the Coast Guard, they have the best Food service training of all the branches. (6 replies, last updated by julesrules June 17, 2009)

I’ve had it! I need a new career . Been toying with the idea of cooking school for 15 years or more and finally after been fired from just about every job I have ever had. It’s time. I have a appointment next Tuesday... (70 replies, last updated by yumyumyogi May 28, 2008)

Well, what would I find today, when I grabbed my favorite weekly bit of reading, the NYTimes Dining section,a big color picture of ketchup dosed food. And accompanying this, VI mentor, Johnny Apple’s tale of Sheboygan... (20 replies, last updated by Harry V. June 7, 2002)

Hi there : ) I’m interested in going into a career as a pastry chef, so I’ve been doing lots of research. My boyfriend and I would like to move to San Francisco or somewhere in northern CA, so Ive of been looking at... (11 replies, last updated by ML8000 April 15, 2007)

All my relatives are outstanding cooks (four generations of restaurant/food careers'll do that to you), so I’d just dive in. But I’m not sure I completely understand the question, so perhaps you might rephrase for... (140 replies, last updated by MakingSense March 5, 2007)

contemplating big career change, from academia to food (non-restaurant). hoping to find a job w/a good food retailer or the like (london only) to test out my convictions. looking for a place that will look past my lack of... (1 reply, last updated by TexasToast September 18, 2006)

WOW. I have never heard of this! I have food allergies, and that is one of the MANY reasons I don’t work in the food industry. (3 replies, last updated by im_nomad August 28, 2009)

, yes, I agree with other posters here that traveling around the world and educating one’s palatte at the same time could, potentially, impart upon a person a background sufficient with which to embark on a food writing... (18 replies, last updated by Robert Lauriston March 4, 2007)

People have goals for their careers, personal lives, financial planning...what about goals about food? Long term, short term? Recently achieved goals? Long term 1. To go to Madrid and eat some delicious pork dish at the Museo de... (23 replies, last updated by kobetobiko January 1, 2007)

Lol I am so non-GC; gastronomically correct. Keep your aioli and basil and pine nuts and fennel off my food. If I want the taste of licorice, I’ll go to a candy store. I use shallots instead of garlic. No butter on my steak... (14 replies, last updated by Noah May 27, 2005)