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Updated: 12/19/2007 4:05:18 PM |
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 (ARA) - Does your heart sing at the thought of slicing, dicing, braising and plating your way through life? Amateur chefs often spend time daydreaming about a career in culinary arts. The good news is from five-star restaurants to family dining, catering and even as a personal chef, culinary jobs are in high demand.
Culinary Arts as a Career
According to the Department of Labor, culinary careers offer a wide range of responsibilities and earning potential. The specific responsibilities of most cooks are determined by a number of factors, including the type of restaurant in which they work. Institution and cafeteria cooks, for example, work in the kitchens of schools, cafeterias, businesses and hospitals. For each meal, they prepare a large quantity of a limited number of entrees, vegetables, and desserts.
Restaurant cooks usually prepare a wider selection of dishes, cooking most orders individually. Short-order cooks prepare foods in restaurants and coffee shops that emphasize fast service and quick food preparation. Fast-food cooks prepare a limited selection of menu items in fast-food restaurants.
Some cooks do not work in restaurant or food service kitchens. Private household cooks, or personal chefs, plan and prepare meals in private homes according to the client's tastes or dietary needs. They order groceries and supplies, clean the kitchen and wash dishes and utensils. They may also serve meals.
Research chefs combine culinary skills with knowledge of food science to develop recipes and test new formulas, experiment with flavors and visual appeal of prepared foods and test new products and equipment for chain restaurants, food growers and processors, manufacturers and marketers.
Grocery and specialty food stores often employ chefs, cooks, and food preparation workers to develop recipes and prepare meals for customers to carry out.
Continuing Culinary Education
Caterers and skilled cooks are always in demand and can earn good money for their services. Whether overseeing large banquets or small get-togethers, it is possible to supplement time in the kitchen with online courses to learn how to prepare everything from hors d'oeuvres to complete 10-course meals. Some online course topics include Menu Planning and Controlling Food Costs, Plate and Buffet Presentation and Food Styles of Catering.
Interested in getting your Culinary or Hospitality degree online today? To search the Internet's top colleges to find the culinary program or hospitality management degree that is right for you, visit eLearner's culinary arts page or hospitality management page.
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