Becoming a Chef
September 3rd, 2010
Becoming a Chef
Becoming a chef requires you to go to culinary school. Here you will learn everything you need to know like basic food handling and identification, recipe creation, food hygiene, allergies, diets, kitchen management, working with staff, menu creation, servings, food costs, waste reduction, food storage, food laws and much more. As you can see, there is more to being a chef than just cooking!
Once you have some experience as a chef you might choose to seek a promotion to sous chef, executive chef or other position like becoming a pastry chef. A sous chef is an assistant to the executive chef and he or she has to ensure the smooth running of the kitchen. Sous chefs do many other tasks besides cooking, such as organization, purchasing, budgeting, record keeping and other administrative tasks. Executive chefs are the boss of the kitchen and control personnel, menu creation, business planning and more, depending upon the place of work.
Most graduate chefs will begin as a kitchen hand once they gain employment. This can be boring work but you must look at the bigger picture – over time you will be promoted to a position with more responsibility.
Now that you know how to become a chef you can start embarking upon this rewarding career!