<p>Here's a good article about culinary schools & earning prospects:
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/08/us/08default.html?ex=1336363200&en=3baa42b5f683015b&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink%5B/url%5D">http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/08/us/08default.html?ex=1336363200&en=3baa42b5f683015b&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink</a></p>
<p>The basic message: don't go into substantial debt -- the training is good, but most of the jobs don't pay all that well.</p>