Originally Posted by
-Cp
I started cooking about 5yrs ago and got the bug from a combination of business travel (eating at fine dining places) and the freakin' FoodNetwork...
I have worked briefly as a wine-rep but have been cooking non-professionally for about 5 years, doing food/wine dinners for friends and family.
I'm a noob by any strech.
My passion is food and wine - when asked often by folks "Why don't you start your own restaurant" - I tell them "I'm worried if I did, that I'd no longer enjoy cooking as then it'd become a job"....