CAN A CHEF BE AN ARTIST?

            There exists a field called the Culinary Arts for a reason.  A chef can most certainly be an artist; not just visually, but conceptually as well.  Artists make creations that are enjoyed by other people.  Paintings are enjoyed by people that view them, films are enjoyed by people that watch them, music is enjoyed by people that listen to them, and food is enjoyed by people that eat it.  A chef is one of the most important kinds of artist actually when you think of it like that, at least for me and many other teenage boys that eat a lot.

            When preparing food, a chef must use creativity, something that is certainly a necessary characteristic of an artist.  They must be innovative in both the ingredients and the recipe, but also in the presentation of the food.  A good chef definitely needs to have artistic qualities in order to be successful.