Do you think the mixologist class had actually anything you could not pick up on your own?
I was 21 & was a "mixologist".. NO training, no drinking background but the owner figured I was smart enough to figure it all out (and I was).. took the books home & made a ton of money w/tips.. so I guess I did something right..
Started teaching school & made 1/3 of the money & had double the problems. so much for the value of a college degree?
Actually, yes. She was a gritch, but she was good. Chef Hodges didn't hire anyone that wasn't tops in their field.
I just didn't want to deal with her in a school setting.
If you recall, culinary school was right after 9/11, and I had bigger fish to fry. Uncle needed cooks, not barkeeps.
I could have learned something from her. I'm sure. But our nation's children were going to war, and I needed to be there to cook for them, and be daddy when they needed a daddy.
/johnny