Transcript pastry chef - Brittany

1. To be motivated.
2. Good basic Hygiene.
3. A good personality, you need to be
grounded.
4. Perseverance.
5. A good sense of humour.
CHEF AND OWNER OF RIVERSTONE KITCHEN.
WHAT SKILLS DO YOU NEED FOR THIS JOB?
To be motivated, have good hygiene, levelled personality- grounded and have a good
sense of humour.
WHAT INTERESTS DO YOU HAVE? AND WHAT ONES ARE INVOLLED IN YOUR WORK?
Sports/Hunting/Reading. Traveling and you get to see and taste food from all around
the world.
WHAT SCHOOL SUBJECTS WOULD HELP ME TO BECOME A PASTRY CHEF?
English, Geography, Economics, Maths to a degree, History a touch.
DID YOU NEED ANYOTHER TYPES OF EDUCATION OTHER THAN SCHOOL?
Polytech for cook, a Hospitality course, tourism. Kitchen work.
WHAT BENEFITS HAS THIS JOBS GIVEN YOU?
Security-job there is always a shortage of good chefs’
WHAT NEW SKILLS HAVE YOU DEVELOPED SINCE YPO STARTED AS A CHEF?
Tolerance, Communication, Confidence and Self confidence.
HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU TO BECOME A CHEF?
2 ½ years of courses and working at the same time.
WHY DID YOU WANT TO BECOME A CHEF?
So I could travel and see different country’s and taste new and different types of food.
IF YOU WEREN’T A CHEF WHAT WOULD YOU WANT TO BE?
I would want to be a Travel Guide a Hunter or a Soldier.
HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU TO BECOME A CHEF?
2 ½ years of courses and working at the same time.
WHY DID YOU WANT TO BECOME A CHEF?
So I could travel and see different country’s and taste new and different types of food.
IF YOU WEREN’T A CHEF WHAT WOULD YOU WANT OT BE?
I would want to be a Travel Guide a Hunter or a Soldier.
On the food
channel there’s a
programme called
CAKE BOSS that’s
exactly what I
want to do.
• I’m wanting to open
my own cake shop
and school to teach
kids to bake.
• Other one of my goals
are to be able to bake
cakes just like this or
even better ones.
BY BRITTANY TIFFEN