Full Description
Aspiring culinary professionals face so many choices as they launch themselves into a career that it can be overwhelming. From traditional restaurants, banquet facilities, and contract foodservice operations to bakeshop establishments, research and development, and food communications, this book provides practical advice on how to achieve success in any culinary field. Chapters of the book include A Culinary Career; Goal-Setting for Your Culinary Career; Résumés, Cover Letters, and Job Applications; Landing a Job: Interviewing and Negotiating; and The Novice Culinarian: Education and Experience; The Journeyman; and The Master Culinarian. This book offers advice to culinarians at all stages, including those in the middle of their careers, and experienced professionals with advice on how to network and how to mentor.
Contents
Foreword vi
1 A Culinary Career 1
2 Goal-setting for Your Culinary Career 39
3 Résumés, Cover Letters, and Job Applications 65
4 Landing a Job: Interviewing and Negotiating 103
5 the Novice Culinarian: Education and Experience 143
6 the Journeyman 177
7 the Master Culinarian 209
Appendix I: Salaries in the Culinary Industry 238
Appendix II: Job Outlook and Salaries for Specific Jobs And Careers in the Culinary Arts 241
Appendix III: Questions in the Interview 251
Appendix IV: Job Search and Professional Development Resources 259
Index 269
