Do you have to go to culinary school to become a chef? I have cooked for 13years and have trained under 4 chefs i have skills of a chef and knowledge but no degree what does that make me.

get the degree, b/c you will more qualified than someone coming out of college b/c you have work experience, which is valuable. I'd say you probably need a degree of some sort to run your own kitchen or get the "good jobs". You should look into being a personal chef... They make decent money and the customer may not require a degree. You could also publish a cook book.... Lots of things you could do even though you don't have a degree..

You ARE a chef! You don't need a degree for everything.

untrained unfortunately thats all that matters in todays world hit up a degree and you have alot of your apprenticeship and experience down

The only thing you need to become a chef is to cook professionally as the head over the other kitchen staff. Get paid for it. Until then you are only a cook. You don't need a degree. By the way I read that Julia Child was never a chef because she never was the head over other cooks in a restaurant.

I've heard several chefs say that you are not a chef when you graduate and that its a tittle you gain through experience. Unfortunately employers don't see it that way and consider you a cook.