My daughter...

[FabFinds]

Congrats and good luck to your daughter Tracey ....

[rainbowcraft]

Thanks Liz...I am so proud...she's been hard work, but it's worth it

[dragonmist]

Good Luck to her Tracey. She's going to need it. My 3rd daughter is a trained chef. Along the way she was passed over for promotion and saw jobs given to men with less qualifications than her.
Reasons given:-

(1) My wife wouldn't want me to have a woman as Soux-Chef. [Guess who wears the trousers in that family.]

(2) I couldn't work with a woman Soux-Chef. [From a Head Chef who left all the paperwork and ordering to her, and used her as a Soux-Chef without the promotion. She was acting Head Chef while he was in hospital and on holiday. He finally brought in a friend of his with less qualifications and promoted him.]

(3) I can't promote you as you'll marry and have children. [She had already had 1, didn't like it, and hasn't had any more and finally got married this June, 8 years after his prediction].

(4) Women are too temperamental to be Chefs. [This from a Head Chef who had just thrown 2 customer's meals at the wall because they weren't as he wanted them.]

She now runs a Pub restaurant. She is worth better than that after running a 4 star restaurant where Prince Andrew, and a load of celebs dined, but the sexism really got her down in the end. Despite the Sex Discrimination Act, a woman Chef has to be twice as good as the men just to get the same career breaks.

[shabbird]

good luck to your daughter on being a chef rainbowcraft

[mfkirke]

That is such good news! So many young people have totally unrealistic ambitions and yours is training for a real job.

[blufairy]

* WELL DONE * to your daughter !!!

Makes it all worth while when you see them do well for themselves / come good i am sure !

I have been very lucky with mine ( to date ) but i know you have said of troubles in the past. So makes it all the more special i suppose.

GOOD LUCK TO HER IN HER FUTURE !!!

[dulwich-herbs]

oooooooooh... well done to her. :-)
Have you got her planning what she is going to cook you then? LOL

[emma5721]

oh congrats to her!!!

is this the daughter who you were worried about didnt know what to do etc

such a stress must be when yer kids get to these milestones
bet its a relief to both of you

well done to her
and good luck