fun? depends what fun is to you. the pace in the kitchen is
really fast. you can't really afford a screw up. if you love
shouting, swearing, drinking, sweating, having the most stressful 4
hours during dinner service then yes, the kitchen is the best job
you can find out there.
people often say chefs are like rockers.. it's true ! we sing, we
drink, we swear, we create, girls (here in canada at least) dig us,
ppl thank us (in canada again), we eat for free and by the end of
the night, we come out all sweaty and dirty
if you can accept that then yeah, it's fun! life as a pastry chef
might be different in some places. you start your shift way before
anyone else does like 7 or 8 in the morning. if you work in a
hotel, you bake the breads, cakes, pies & desserts for every
kitchen / restaurant in your establishment.
in a restaurant, same thing goes but most of the time u r the only
pastry chef working there. so yeah, u got shit load of baking to do
in a short time span before lunch service starts.
you said you have a kid which needs your attention now? you might
want to consider coming into this line then. you have no time, no
life and not much of a pay when you first start off.. starting pay
sheme in most hotels in sg will be $985/mth and restaurants start
at $1150/mth. think about it because it might not suit u now...
