<p>I don't think you have anything to lose by giving FAU a try for a year. Think how you can use it to your advantage toward a career in culinary arts, catering, or restaurant management. Take several language courses. Some business courses. Perhaps you can get a part-time job in a restaurant and see how that business and lifestyle operates up close before deciding to make it a career. See if there's a study abroad program and maybe you can spend a semester in France or Italy, observing the catering or restaurant business there. Get a college degree and see some of the world before you make a be-all, end-all decision about whether cooking is your future career. During that first year, if it really looks like staying in college is making you miserable and it's going to be a waste of money, you can approach your parents about transferring to a culinary program. Take a deep breath. You're going to college, not prison. You can give it a try and make a change later.</p>