Arts & Media District
👨🏾🍳 Chef / Culinary Professional
Chefs design menus, cook at volume, manage kitchens, and control food cost and safety. Let's look at how someone gets there.
What they do
- Prep and cook to spec
- Manage food safety
- Control inventory cost
- Lead kitchen staff
Skills you use
- Knife skills
- Timing
- Leadership
- Cost math
School subjects that help
Training steps
- Line-cook experience
- Culinary school labs
Certifications & licenses
- ServSafe food handler/manager
Every route in
- Education or training
- Culinary program or kitchen apprenticeship.
- College path
- Culinary arts or hospitality management degree.
- Trade or apprenticeship path
- Work up from prep cook through apprenticeship.
- Ownership path
- Food trucks, catering, and restaurants.
The path from today
- TodayStudy Health & Physical Education, Mathematics, Career & College Readiness.
- Skills to buildKnife skills · Timing · Leadership · Cost math
- Training stepsLine-cook experience → Culinary school labs
- Education or trainingCulinary program or kitchen apprenticeship.
- Certifications & licensesServSafe food handler/manager
- CareerChef / Culinary Professional
Related Da VIP lessons
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What now
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