
Not Good at Making Money: The whole story.
It is pretty fair to say that most chefs are not in it for the money. With the long hours, the hard physical work, and the painfully narrow profit margins, there are countless other, much smarter ways to make money. Chefs do what we do because we feel pulled to it, the love of cooking and feeding people is deep inside us, and in most cases, there is a passion for food that is so strong, it keeps us from doing anything else. When I started my career working in non-profit and a