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I found an interesting article this weekend from the Houston Chronicle, chron.com, by Associated Press writer, Kim Curtis.  According to the article entitled Celebrity Chefs Boost Culinary Schools a lot of hopeful chefs growing up watching the Food Network end up regreting their decision to make cooking their life.  When I first saw the title of this article, I thought that it would be a hopeful story showing how celebrity chefs have made working in the food industry exciting again.  While that did happen, the story also goes on to show how the industry is pretty cutthroat and that the cost of tuition for culinary schools can be as much as $20,000 per year.  So in a way, the Food Network is contributing to the debt of a lot of fledgling chefs with images of Rachel Ray’s success in their heads, who end up working in entry level positions due to the lack of stability in the industry.  Just like a lot of things in life, things aren’t always what they seem like on TV.