COOKING CAREERS

Various culinary and cooking careers are available with Food and hospitality industries. Customers not only appreciate excellent food but also the way the food is presented. The food and hospitality industry is growing by leaps and bounds and have a very bright future ahead. If you want to make a career in food and hospitality industry you need to know what types of careers you can pursue.

Types of careers in culinary field are:

1. Culinary Arts

2. Baking & Pastry Arts

3. Restaurant Management

4.Hospitality Management

Culinary Arts

In culinary arts career, you will not get a job immediately at a senior position. You will need to work hard and climb your way from the bottom level. Experience has no alternative. You need to learn and gain experience from your superiors and in doing so you build on your culinary education.

Various careers after completing a culinary arts program are:

1. Chef

2. Executive chef

3. Sous-chef

4. Pastry chef

5. Spa chef

6. Restaurant owner

7. Restaurant manager

8. Hospitality manager

9. Private Chef

10. Culinary instructor

11. Corporate dining chef

12. Caterer

Culinary arts careers for students after completing diploma or degree are:

1. Food research/science

2. Research and development

3. Gourmet retail

4. Food photography

5. Food writing

6. Food styling

7. Food consulting

8. Food publishing and television

Baking & Pastry Arts

Baking & Pastry Arts program will give you an edge in becoming a Pastry Chef or Baker. As the job of the pastry chef or baker is highly technical and artistic educational diploma or degree in Baking & Pastry Arts is very helpful before initiating a career.

Cooking careers after completing Baking & Pastry Arts program:

1. Master Baker

2. Ice Cream Maker

3. Wedding Cake Decorator

4. Pastry Chef

5. Food Writer

Restaurant Management

Restaurant Management program offers you management position in hotels, restaurants and other hospitality related establishments.

Hospitality Management

Careers under hospitality management are:

1. Restaurant Manager

2. Food Service Manager