... Masterclass is a small subset of classes by famous people to give you a bit of personal insight into what they do and how they do it. Universities are a la

... Masterclass is a small subset of classes by famous people to give you a bit of personal insight into what they do and how they do it. Universities are a large set of classes focused on a particular domain of knowledge with subsets of a set of other knowledge domains bolted on that have a use for the student. Watching Masterclass With Gordon Ramsey will give you a cookbook, and a few cooking tips for the things he prepares. Watching 11 years of Emeril Live! won't prepare you for working as a chef, but you can probably watch them and summarize some dos and don'ts of cooking. Attending the French Culinary Institute, taking their classes, and working in their student restaurant will prepare you for a career in the culinary field in some capacity. Whether starting as a dishwasher and working your way up is better than spending $60K on 2 years of cooking classes is up to the individual.