What are the best ways to land a job in the culinary field?
Get a good education and experience, and the jobs will be there. If you are dedicated to the industry, and make yourself marketable, you’ll land a good job. How is the job market now in the culinary field? How do you think it will develop over the next five years? The industry is getting harder-strapped for labor, there’s not enough to go around. It’s time-consuming to get cooks trained and on board with the establishment, rather than using people who are working their way through college. The trend is to try to cut down on employee turnover, which saves on training costs. What is the average salary/compensation package for a chef? What can recent culinary school graduates expect as a salary range starting out? Once they get to the top of the profession? Students just getting out of school with some experience in kitchens can get a job as a chef or a kitchen manager and can expect salaries anywhere from $25,000 to $40,000 to start, depending on the area and the restaurant. Often the fr
