[reblogged from flickr]

  Food may be an essential component to us all, but it goes far beyond that.  Most of us get a huge amount of pleasure from the act of eating and we will shape many of our activities around it; picnics, romantic dinners and buffets for example.  We even incorporate food into party games such as ‘bobbing for apples’ or seeing how many cream crackers we can get in our mouths at once!

  But food is also a massive global industry.  Every single day, hundreds of thousands of meals are being cooked or prepared by chefs and handed over to hungry customers.  And most of our colleges will run their own food hygiene course for the Jamie Olivers’ and Delia Smiths of tomorrow.

  The past couple of years have taught us all that many careers are not as safe as we once thought, but catering will always be a thriving industry.  That is, until eating goes out of fashion!

[reblogged from wunderground]

  I wonder why it is that our society is so preoccupied with age?  Many advertisements are aimed at a younger audience and such a great amount of importance is placed on how we look.  From the way things are we can feel decidedly old and wrinkled by the time we reach our thirties!

  No-one is going to remain young forever and getting older is no big deal.  Life is rich with new experiences and most of us will get older and wiser as we go along.  These days, many more people are shrugging off social preconceptions and going back to college to re-train.  And this may be the first step towards a far more interesting career! 

  Some of us may have dreamed of working in a particular field, but we did not do anything about it when we were younger.  Well, why not get your training now?  You are never too old and there are all sorts of possibilities out there!  Engineering, food hygiene, joinery or forestry; whatever trade you are interested in, there is bound to be a course just for you.