Baker: Being a Cook Rules, DudeTo become a baker, chef, line-cook, etc., etc. is not a particularly difficult thing to do. One road to go is to attend culinary school—if you go that way you will be able to find work at an upscale restaurant or hotel and make good money. The road I took, the road most people take, is to just get a lower level kitchen job and work your way up. Start as a prep-cook, even a dishwasher, and come in on time every day—very soon they will be showing you more and more, advancing you to line-cook, ...