Career Questions tagged Culinary Arts

I am 20 years old and want to make a career in Baking or Pastry Arts. I enjoy baking for my friends and family and seeing the enjoyment when everyone tries my desserts. I'll like to start as a baker's assistant or something similar to that, so I'm able to get more experience before I branch off...

What do you have to do to become a chef at a restaurant

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What training did you go through to become the chef you are today and how did you go about it. Was it mostly over the years moving up in the job or was it more education and training in a classroom like setting.

What made you want to become a chef working in a restaurant. Did you decide to do it for the love of food or for a deeper meaning.

What part of being a chef brings the most joy is it the art of making the meal for an individual or is it a much larger aspect.

What is the average salary in this career?

When you start your career how does the day typically start?

What do you like most/least about this career

Student at the David L. Carrasco Job Corps Center, improving my culinary arts training.

Student at the David L. Carrasco Job Corps Center, improving my culinary arts training.

I've been cooking all my life and I like think I have a passion for it.

thank you!

As a chef, are you allowed to cook without anyone watching you. I am very self-conscious and don't want anyone watching me. Thanks for your answer.

will it be too much?
is it a weird mix?

What are the best and worst things about being in the cooking industry?

Why should I join this industry?

What are the benefits of being a cook/chef in a restaurant?

It's for an informational interview as well and needed to ask someone some questions in the interview.

What are three important things I should know about working in a kitchen?

What are some tools of the trade I should be familiar with?

What steps would you recommend I take to prepare to enter this field?

What steps would you recommend I take to prepare to enter this field?
What related fields do you think I should consider looking into?
What are the most effective strategies for seeking a position in this field?

1. What steps would you recommend I take to prepare to enter this field?
2. What related fields do you think I should consider looking into?
3. What are the most effective strategies for seeking a position in this field?

Hello, I am a student who is just starting job corps in culinary arts. I am interested in culinary art in the cooking skill and becoming a chef, but I have some doubts about it.

In your opinion, how difficult is it for recent graduates of a college or job training program to get hired in CA - not difficult, somewhat difficult, or very difficult?

need some help

Hi i'm a student at job corps taking culinary-arts since i enjoy cooking and wanted to learn more about it i know it be able to help me with cooking skills and what to do in the kitchen but will it help me get a job in a restaurant or just a fast-food place

being a cook is really time consuming but you also have passion for it

I'm asking this question about culinary arts because I want to know if it's worth it.

Since I was nine years old, I have been involved in the culinary arts. As a teenager, I worked in the kitchen of a few restaurants. Recently, I've wondered if Culinary Arts might be for me.

For someone that's new in the culinary field what are ways to keep your pallet enhanced?

I'm fairly new into the culinary world, what are some things that can help me get started.

Before Job corps, I used to work in the kitchen at Easterseals Academy. I would prepare trays and make lunches for the students. I found myself working in a kitchen for three years and enjoyed it. I want to make this my career since I have worked in restaurants.