There was a show titled Chefography that used to be on the Food Network. I've seen the reruns on its sister network the Cooking Channel.
It was a show detailing the biographies of the Food Network stars, how and when they started cooking and how it became their ultimate passion.
My grand nephew whose pic appears above, he likes to watch Guy Fieri and his show Diners, Drive-ins & Dives. And cooking is fast becoming his passion as well.
While he and his brother (who says that he doesn't like cooking) were up here, I gave him some pointers on knife skills. He saw me chopping a onion one evening while he was helping me cook. He was amazed at how fast I chopped the onion!! He wanted to try it as well, so I let him try it. I even showed him how to use the food processor!! He was amazed at how fast it pulverized & pureed a can of tomatoes!!
His mom was petrified when she found out, but I had assured her that he was in no danger of cutting himself, because I was supervising him to make sure that it didn't happen. He was trilled that he got the chance to use a Chinese cleaver to chop up part of an onion!! But who better can teach him right now than his mom, dad and me?!!
Of course, I wasn't going to just "throw him out to the wolves" (let him cook by himself) - not that!! It was my chance to be his "teacher" and give him an opportunity to help make dinner. Whenever I cooked, he was right there, offering to lend a helping hand. Of course, I just couldn't say no. He wants to cook, and he wants to do it for a living!!
I'm encouraging him to stick with it, get his education, go to collage and from there into a culinary arts school. He's a big boy!! The big kid whose pic appears at the top of this page reminds me of him!! He's also a big boy, so you know that he's been cooking for some time now!!