My 18 year old daughter is 4'6'; and wants to go to culinary school. Would this line of work be difficult?

She also wears a full leg brace that slows her down a little bit. She loves flavor, is creative and likes to cook. But can she keep up in this fast paced business?My 18 year old daughter is 4'6'; and wants to go to culinary school. Would this line of work be difficult?
in my opinion, regardless of her disability, this work is challenging. adding to that, her disability, i think that this line of work would be extremely difficult for her. honestly, it may be extra hard for her to get a job in the industry, unless she went into business for herself or worked for a catering company. your daughter most likely is caught up with the glamour of star chefs and the image that is portrayed on television about this line of work. have her go and work in a restaurant for a little while first. i guarantee you she will change her mind. if she is still persistent, let her go to a community college to study culinary. their programs are around $2000. DO NOT SPEND $50,000 ON A CULINARY SCHOOL. STAY AWAY FROM ART INSTITUTES AND LE CORDON BLEU'-ANY SCHOOLS OWNED BY THE CAREER EDUCATION CORP.


besides from that you should have your daughter do her OWN research about the profession. pay, hours, etccccc.....Please do the research. most people that enter this field don't understand what they are getting themselves into and are left with a mountain of debt from culinary school. also, the average pay for chefs/cooks is around $8-12/hr. remind your daughter that just because she enjoys doing something, doesn't mean that she has to do it for a career because this profession will NOT pay well. she could always cook for enjoyment at home and host parties at home. hope everything works out and please DO YOUR RESEARCH.My 18 year old daughter is 4'6'; and wants to go to culinary school. Would this line of work be difficult?
no . quite simply you can't ( or shouldn't ) discriminate --- she is petrfectly entitled to do the work that she wants to .


i recall in my town a girl not much taller in my town having no dramas at handling her job --- and she was good --- no reason for your girl not to be the same --- encourage her to go for it --- my grandmother was only 4' 8'; at best but she worked in a five star resort in scotland with flying colours .


good luck .
no she should follow her dreams by all means , any resturant she worked at , would be required to meet her disability
Last time I checked , there is no height requirement for culinary school, and people with disabilities are quite capable of ';keeping up';.. Quite frankly, it disturbs me that you don't seem very supportive. Maybe you're being overprotective. You should encourage your daughter to do whatever makes her happy, and be XTRA proud that she doesn't let her ';handicaps'; stop her, instead of questioning her choices.
Get her a step stool and a cookbook- she'll be fine. A leg brace never slowed down Forrest Gump.
I think it would be tough but she could learn to overcome. the best thing for her would to have her own business one day so she could design her kitchen for her so things would be easily reached. I have a friend that I went to high school with that is 4'11'; and when we went to get that first job at the ice cream shop they told her they couldn't hire her because she couldn't reach many of the equipment needed to do the job and they couldn't have step stools around for other people to trip over. It was true but very unfair. She also applied for a scholarship for people under 5' when she went to collage if you haven't looked into that already you should every little bit helps. Maybe you and your daughter should visit a culinary school and talk to the facility and see what they feel is the best thing for you to do. I hope your daughter can go chase her dream and I want to see her cooking up a storm on the food network one day! Good luck!
Would it be challenging? Definitely... I went to culinary school - Le Cordon Bleu (Biggest mistake of my life!) The environment is fast paced, definitely dangerous, high stress, not to mention, all the equipment is industry standard height, so it might be a little difficult for her to adjust to the atmosphere. I'm not in the business of standing in the way of peoples dreams though, so if she really wants it, I wouldn't deny her. I would, however, recommend that you choose a community college and give your wallet a break. I am currently $60K in debt for a worthless education. My first restaurant job I was making $12 an hour working 12-16 hour days with NO overtime pay..... and this was considered a GOOD job, at a 4 star, very prestigious restaurant in Beverly Hills. Just know that its going to be very hard for her if she wants to work in the restaurant industry. Chefs are typically not very forgiving... or tactful, and they will probably see her height and brace as a hindrance.
The person above who said midget is an idiot. Sure, being less than average height makes things more difficult. She might have to try harder, but I think that does not have to defeat a person. Sometimes things like this build strength of personality. I say go for it!
is she a midget?