I've always wanted to be a chef, but I'm not too good at cooking.
I can understand that. It takes patience in the beginning. Most people just think of it as glamorously coming up with unique dishes that win awards, but being a chef is being professionally trained in all aspects, even food preparation. Would you have a cuisine you'd focus on?
I like Mexican cuisine for sure!
It does have a rich history.. You'd be contributing to something that had its beginnings over 9,000 years ago, in agricultural Mayan communities! But more importantly, to become a chef, you don't need to feel obligated to go to a formal institution for training. You can apprentice under another chef to earn your knowledge.
That's interesting, I didn't know that.
Yeah, and you'd need to realize there's a bit of a hierarchy. So, there's a sous-chef, who deals specifically with food prep. To become your own head chef, you'd probably be a sous-chef for someone for a while. Which is good, you'd need the experience, and you'd still be second-in-command in the kitchen. Or you could even be "chef de partie," where you just handle a specific area of production. 
I may check that out! Thank you !
of the 19th century. The culinary arts, among other aspects of the French language introduced French loan-words into the English language.
Titles.
Various titles, detailed below, are given to those working in a professional kitchen and each can be considered a title for a type of chef. Many of the titles are based on the "brigade de cuisine" (or brigade system) documented by Auguste Escoffier, while others have a more general meaning depending on the individual kitchen.
Titles "Chef de cuisine".
the ability for female chefs to both work and have children, Watkins said "Although there are times when my husband would say that I've put my job before my family, I'm happy with my career. I don't think I could put any more into it or take any more out of it. I always wanted to be a chef and I always wanted to be a mum, but the business was my baby and I'd never missed a serving."