Culinary+Arts

Why Did I Choose This Occupation?  I chose this because I want to choose this as a career. I am very interested in becoming a pro with food and working with it as I continue in life. = = Working Conditions Work hours in restaurants may include early mornings, late evenings, holidays, and weekends. Work schedules of chefs, cooks and other kitchen workers in factory and school cafeterias may be more regular. For anybody in this industry, work is fast-paced and there is a lot of pressure. Although they need to be fast and efficient, they need to be careful b ecause there are many hazards in the kitchen. Many restaurants and similar kitchens are air conditioned but still hot, they have modern technologies to make cooking and preparing easier, and convenient work areas. What Should You Expect From Culinary School: A Video = media type="youtube" key="ymeuA40eQlU" width="560" height="315" align="center"

Technology Used In Culinary School There are many technologies used in culinary school. As technology advances, being a chef is easier. There are many new ways to cook things so that everything is tender, such as pressure cookers. There are things that turn off on their own when they're finished cooking, and deep fryers that take the food out when it's completed. There are new ways to cook and clean things, and make everything more efficient and easy to work with. = = =

Training and Information

Most schools train roughly the same for a Culinary Arts program, due to the fact that there are only so many things you can do with food. One example is this, from the Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts: 6 Month, Full-Time Diploma Program (5 days per week / 7+ hours per day) with program topics being: More information about this topic can be found here.
 * Quarterly intakes (AM and PM schedules)
 * Maximum Student to Chef Instructor ratio: 15:1
 * 917 hours; 90% hands-on
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">Lifetime Employment Placement Assistance
 * * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">Food Safe Certification
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">Hygiene, Sanitation, Safety
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">Knife Skills
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">Sustainable Kitchen Operations
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">Nutrition & Special Diets
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">Hospitality Industry
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">Stocks, Soups, Sauces
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">Moist Heat, Dry Heat Cooking Methods
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">Grains, Starches, Vegetables
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">Cheese Training || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">Garde Manger
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">Meat, Poultry, Fish, Shellfish
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">Butchery
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">Charcuterie
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">World Cuisines (Italy, France, Asian, Indian)
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">Pastry & Bread Basics
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">Plating Techniques & Plate Presentation
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">Food & Beverage Operation Management
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">Foundation Level Wine Certification (WSET) ||

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<span style="color: #854f1e; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">Salary And Benefits <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">Working as a chef, you will find that different places of work will pay different wages for all the chef jobs available. You can earn a very good salary if you work at a luxury hotel for instance, and a basic wage if you get a job at a casual café or small pub.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">__**Restaurants and Hotels:**__In a normal restaurant environment the executive chef has the opportunity to earn anywhere from $40,000 upwards, and in a five star luxury environment you can earn up to $100,000 annually. The sous chef can earn between $60,000 and $80,000 annually, while the chef de partie can earn from $35,000 to $70,000 per year. The demi chef in a restaurant or hotel resort can earn chef wages in the region of $30,000 to $45,000. A commis chef makes a yearly chef salary of about $20,000 to $30,000. The chef salary for a pastry chef is around $4500 per month. Assistant cooks can earn various chef wages as do the food preparers for a hotel or restaurant. As an assistant cook you are looking in the region of $20,000 per year

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">__**Catering and Retail:**__In the catering industry, you can expect to earn an average chef salary of $35,000 to $75,000 per year. The extreme low catering salary is around $22,000 while the high salary for an urban caterer with a high profile and elite clientele can reach $200,000. This all depends on the type of catering business, the areas you operate in, the clients you market towards, and the size of the catering company. The executive chef earns about $45,000 per year, while the sous chef makes about $35,000. The commis chef in a catering company can earn around $27,000 per year, and the chef de partie earns an average of $30,000. The demi chef earns between $25,000 and $30,000 annual chef salary. Assistant cooks make around $22,000 while food preparers also earn in this region. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;">media type="custom" key="23189528"

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