There is no denying that most jobs have some stressful parts, but the idea of being in a hot room, shouting orders and juggling multiple scorching pans just so someone’s Chilean sea bass (actually the Patagonian toothfish) comes out perfectly sounds like the sort of work that chews people up and spits them right out.

Someone asked “Chefs, what made you leave the industry?” and the folks who labor all day to cook for us took to the internet to tell their stories. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites and be sure to share your own thoughts and experiences in the comments down below.

I went to culinary school and got into the industry because I liked to cook, and I wanted to have a career that I was passionate about. I worked in BOH for a decade, and I was a chef f

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