well you have to graduate from a culinary school
thats really about it, when you start though, unless you own your own place you wont be a chef really
the chef is like second in line in a restaurant right below owner
He can't really tell you anything about Amsterdam schools for obvious reasons. Though he does say it was a fun experience going through culinary art school, it's difficult to find jobs as a chef right now... not sure about Europe.
Not much, I know... he doesn't really know what else to say.