Anyone make the change to nutritionist?
Hi all! Just a quick background- I’ve been in food/bev for over 20 years, I started as a teenager in a pizza shop in 2005 and have done just about everything. Mom and pops, Michelin & James beard, corporate etc. I now own my own super small company as a private chef/small caterer.
I work part time but have won a few of those food network shows so I can charge a good amount for a couple days work a week (like a ten person pasta class could pay my mortgage and doesn’t take much work on my end). I chose this route for this time in our lives because we have a small kid and I wanted to be home most of the time.
Now that she’s getting older and starting pre-k I’m thinking ahead to when she’s in school full time and what I could do. Like many of us on here, I’m looking to make a bit of a change but I still love food and can’t imagine doing something else. I am at a crossroads of either building my business back up or switching completely. The idea of being back on the line pushing forty and definitely being the primary parent (how would I handle school pick ups/kids being sick etc) makes my stomach drop. Running my small company does have good profit sometimes, but I have a big event coming up and I am barely breaking even with the cost of shit lately.
I have always really loved the idea of being a nutritionist and now that I have a kid I think it would be great do focus on pediatric nutrition. Has anyone made this switch? If so how did you do it? Thanks!