If you have ever aspired to work in the culinary industry bust wasn’t sure what was out there, then here is a list of careers that you have ever dreamed of. Careers in culinary industry include Executive Chef, Personal Chef, Baking and Pastry Arts, Sous Chef, Wine Sommelier, Restaurant Manager, and Food Truck Operator.
Executive Chef: An Executive Chef is the boss of the kitchen who maintains full control of the kitchen staff and is in-charge of everything that goes out of the kitchen. It is a career many chefs desire to have and the primary responsibility includes creating innovative cuisine and offer a satisfying culinary experience to the guests. Before reaching this position, the Executive chef might have worked in many of the chef roles and so they are well versed with how the kitchen works.
Creating unique dishes and running a kitchen makes the position of an Executive Chef highly coveted. They get the satisfaction of running a big kitchen according to their preferences and a competitive salary too. The work environment for an Executive Chef is always stressful including long working hours. In order to maintain the position, they should always exercise culinary expertise and continue to foster good customer relations.
Personal Chef: A personal Chef serves individuals or households for a fee. They are trained cooks employed by one or more household, who customize meal plan based on their clients preferences and dietary requirements. They not only prepare meal for their clients but also shop for the items and clean-up the kitchen after use.
Becoming a Personal Chef helps to develop a personal relationship with their clients. It gives independence and autonomy to make decisions with regards to food choices and food preparation techniques. Personal chefs can control their earning potential by setting their own rates.
Challenges of a Personal Chef varies from one job to another, which includes poorly equipped kitchen, demanding and difficult to work with customers.
Baking and Pastry Chef: Baking and pastry Chef prepares baked foods such as pastries, breads, desserts and baked good. They often supervises the work of other bakers or cooks who are responsible for the baking process. Baking and Pastry Chefs are also expected to create new and exciting desserts to engage the interest of the customers in the restaurants.
A baking and Pastry Chef earns a decent salary and can be hired to work in kitchens of hotels, fine dining restaurants, casinos caterers, or in their own bakeries. Working as a Baking and Pastry Chef is often challenging as it requires them to incorporate innovation and creativity in their everyday job. They are expected to be perfect with ingredients, timing and measurements in order to have a successful and satisfying career.
Sous Chef: The Sous Chef assist the Executive Chef and is second-in-command in the kitchen to oversee the various kitchen activities. The Sous Chef is expected to prepare and cook food, and know all cooking styles done in the kitchen. The other responsibility include, checking everything going smoothly in the kitchen.
Sous Chef can get famous and earn good if they are really good at work. Assisting the Executive Chef, allows them to gather lot of knowledge and experience in food preparation and administration. It is a stressful and challenging job like an Executive Chef role which requires one to take more authority and responsibility in the kitchen.
Wine Sommelier: A Wine Sommelier is a trained wine professional and specializes in every aspect of wine service, wine storage and wine and food pairings. Job responsibilities may include working with kitchen staff to create optimal food and wine pairings, and checking the conditions of wine cellar.
Sommeliers enter into this job due to their passion for wine. They take a Wine Sommeliers should be incredibly knowledgeable with wine, especially when it comes to pairing it with food. Thus, the job of creating a wine list for a restaurant requires creativity and diligence.
Restaurant Manager: A Restaurant Manager is one who runs the restaurant. Their responsibilities includes dealing with customers, food quality, staff management and running the business smoothly.
Restaurant Mangers often get the freedom of running the business in their own terms. Stress due to long working hours combined with plenty of responsibilities makes this job quite challenging.
Food Truck Operator: Food Truck Operators are responsible for the daily operation of the food truck that prepares and sell food. Other responsibilities include managing to ensuring the business is run profitably, customer satisfaction and staff management. A food truck operator makes a decent income. To be successful as a Food Truck Operator, the following skill sets are essential: striving for a career in hospitality industry, being creative, food preparation skills, team player and good time management skills.
These are some of the many exciting careers available in the culinary industry. Though passion towards food and cooking can make it easier for someone to enter into the world of culinary arts, a formal education and proper training is essential to become successful in the industry.
