<human>: Can you provide a brief rundown of the text in within 3 sentences?

Alright, so I need some advice.

First of all, the snowflakery: I'm very passionate about Italian cooking. My dad is Sicilian and I started to cook at a very young age learning from my Nona. Everything about Italian cooking makes my heart soar.

That said, I've worked at two Italian-American delis and pizzerias, one upscale and one notsomuch. I'm a very hard worker, but I get tense, I can be very quiet, I tend to be detail-oriented and can get lost in what I'm doing, and I know I don't have that special something that I admire in so many of my coworkers. I also feel very out of place and singled out much of the time because I'm female. Plus, I'm pretty sure you need to be a special kind of goddamn insane to work in any sort of kitchen (mostly I'm referring to the 18 hour days I've put in).

So what makes a good cook? What traits have you seen in the coworkers you admire? Is hard word and passion enough? I feel like the things I listed might indicate I should take my passion home with me and leave the professional cooking to the laid-back extroverts of the world.

Sorry about the length here, this has been eating at me for a while. I appreciate your advice and input.
<bot>: I love to cook, but I'm not sure I'm cut out for it. What traits make a good cook?