I was a baker for some years about 23 years ago, I will tell any baker that they will make better money working for the company delivering the flour, probably have better hour and still get to eat baked goods all the time. Unless you are a craft baker you are just reheating frozen dough.
The quickest way to ruin the enjoyment of making food is to do it for customers. I’ve been told for those last 20ish years that I should open a restaurant, I always reply the same “I cook for those I love and like, not asshole customers”
Hospitality is both a satisfying and dreadful job at the same time. It doesn’t pay enough for what the work is. But the fundamental work is satisfying. The only chefs I’ve known who really enjoyed their jobs were private chefs for individual rich families. Both were well paid and had a lot of creative freedom.
I really wish making food was a more viable commercial option. A few years ago I looked into setting up a food truck and holy shit are those things expensive. I occasionally go to food-truck-athons and even with how insanely overpriced their offerings are, I don’t see how they can ever be profitable. Around where I live, you can’t even get permits for a food truck unless you’re associated with a physical restaurant.
I was a baker for some years about 23 years ago, I will tell any baker that they will make better money working for the company delivering the flour, probably have better hour and still get to eat baked goods all the time. Unless you are a craft baker you are just reheating frozen dough.
The quickest way to ruin the enjoyment of making food is to do it for customers. I’ve been told for those last 20ish years that I should open a restaurant, I always reply the same “I cook for those I love and like, not asshole customers”
I’ve heard “you love cooking? You should open a restaurant!” so many times and it’s such a horrible cliché!
Even if customers weren’t assholes, it would still suck. There’s no better way to kill your enjoyment of something than to do it for money!
Hospitality is both a satisfying and dreadful job at the same time. It doesn’t pay enough for what the work is. But the fundamental work is satisfying. The only chefs I’ve known who really enjoyed their jobs were private chefs for individual rich families. Both were well paid and had a lot of creative freedom.
The quickest way to ruin doing most anything you love is to do it for a living.
That’s why I never committed to professional arsonist and just burn things as a hobby.
So you don’t take small commissions from private individuals?
Cash, no. However, if someone has an art project that I agree with and wants to donate the supplies I am open for commissions.
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I really wish making food was a more viable commercial option. A few years ago I looked into setting up a food truck and holy shit are those things expensive. I occasionally go to food-truck-athons and even with how insanely overpriced their offerings are, I don’t see how they can ever be profitable. Around where I live, you can’t even get permits for a food truck unless you’re associated with a physical restaurant.