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How to use your skills to land a top job

May 31, 2012 10:17

ByJennifer Lipman, Jennifer Lipman

3 min read

In a bleak job market, we asked four professionals how they got their big break:

Josh Katz - Head chef

"I wrote to five of London’s top chefs asking for advice on how to get started. As I was slightly older and had done degrees that had nothing to do with food, I was unsure whether to enrol in a catering college or try to go straight into a restaurant.

"The chef Chris Galvin suggested I do a week’s trial in his restaurant on Baker Street — I ended up staying for nearly 16 months.