If you’ve spent more than five minutes speaking to Yianni, you probably know his feelings on the corporate restaurant industry. If you haven’t, here’s the long and short of it: it sucks. Liz is stoking a fire by raising the question – is Pete a sell-out for leaving his job as a chef for a career as a restaurant owner? Questions include:

• Did Peter “sell out” by choosing to work for Kara Restaurant Group instead of starting something of his own?
• What makes working for yourself different than working for a corporate group?
• Can it be considered ‘selling out’ if you leave the kitchen to become a restaurant owner?
• Do culinary school internships trap students in ‘comfortable’ positions?
• Is being a chef a creative career?