While the focus is on the for-profit schools like Le Cordon Bleu, solutions besides federal involvement to this issue are not being discussed.

Second degree burns, stitches, being assisted by paramedics in the hallways, sleeping in chairs, and pulling 10 hour restaurant shifts after class: These are things I have seen students go through while attending culinary schools.

With marketers wanting you to think it’s cool to work in the food industry and while public relations specialists are allowing their clients to pose with their arms crossed with their face bearing a scowl, some industry professionals that you want to work for simply want hard workers…whether you went to culinary school or not.