Career pathway: Chef
Description: Chefs plan and organize the preparation and cooking of food in dining and catering establishments.
Tasks:
- planning menus, estimating food and labor costs, and ordering food supplies
- monitoring quality of dishes at all stages of preparation and presentation
- discussing food preparation issues with Managers, Dietitians, and kitchen and waiting staff
- demonstrating techniques and advising on cooking procedures
- preparing and cooking food
- explaining and enforcing hygiene regulations
- may select and train staff
- may freeze and preserve foods
Being a chef is a job that requires skill, training, creativity, practice, and critical thinking.
If you were to open a restaurant some additional skills you might need are; entrepreneurship, budgeting, organization, and persistence.
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