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I know it's a really tough market to get into with even tougher working hours, but you considered turning your culinary passion back into your career path?
I envy you the live Jazz so long as it's trad, some of the modern stuff makes me want to run away screaming.
My blog is my plan B currently, am using the bench time to build it up and see where it goes from there. Once I've got a regular readership I can then look at monetising it in some form. Need to get in touch with someone who can help redesign the site for me.
Have worked in kitchens as a chef, 90 hour weeks, 1 day off, no weekends, and you only get to see your loved ones for a few hours on your day off, not to mention the really low pay, which when I worked just about covered my petrol costs.
The idea would be to do contracting a few days a week to pay the bills and blog the other days. At the moment I'm trying to build up a store of blog posts ready to go when I don't have as much time to write, unless my next gig whenever that is, is another in a long line of me twiddling my thumbs where I can spend my time writing.
Also, as a result of the blog, I landed a spot on a taste panel for a local bakery, helping develop their menu and have been asked to do cookery demos for a cook shop later this year.
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