College Admissions Essay: A Career In Art And Food

I am an artist and food is my favorite medium. A painting no matter how beautiful could never compare to the power that food holds in this world. Food brings people together, it blends countess cultures, shows generational history, and it’s techniques look towards the future but without losing it’s past. It is the one medium that will never die out and the one that means the most to me.

Ever since I was little cooking fascinated me. I was taught to cook eggs at seven years old, and what started as a lesson of a basic skill needed to properly take care of myself became the most influential experience . It stimulated all my senses at once, from the way the food smelled and tasted, to how it sounded as various utensils stirred and fried each ingredient in a pans, to the way it looked after plating, and finally every different texture I felt while eating it. Food had no longer been just a means of survival it had become a passion!

Naturally when I found out there was a career based around it instantly became my goal to become a pursue it, I knew I wanted to

Even with the lack of cooking classes I found a way to take every class that could relate to a career in the culinary world. I took entrepreneurship and marketing classes so that I may at least prepare myself for the possibility of owning my own restaurant and gain some knowhow on what all it may take to advertize and compete successfully . To help further my skills I submitted an entry into the Thomas Edison restaurant management program. Once I was accepted I was given the opportunity to practice my abilities in the kitchen on a daily basis and learn new ones, such as better knife skills and commercial kitchen safety. This trade school course has also allowed me to have experience for expediting and front of the house. I feel this course shows my dedication to the craft as well as my qualifications to attend a propor culinary