Becoming a Chef? Find the Right Chef Jobs

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Becoming a Chef? Find the Right Chef Jobs

No matter the talent you have, or how prestigious the culinary school you graduate from, you can’t expect to become a chef; or an executive chef overnight. For example, the executive chef is responsible for the success or failure of an entire restaurant. It takes time to earn that level of expertise and trust. Here are some simple steps to becoming a chef, to help you plan your chef career properly.

Commis Chef- This is where you start your training, a “junior chef” in the commis chef position. This is where, in the culinary arts you learn, to decide whether this is the right career for you. During this position, you will receive the training you need to work up the ladder, get a feel for what it’s like to work in a professional kitchen, and get up-close supervision from other top chefs’. Duties include prep work, setting up the cookware and sauces, and cleaning the kitchen. You don’t need experience to start in this position, salaries generally top out at about 20K a year. But it is where you need to start, in order to keep moving up.

Chef de Partie- Otherwise known as line cooks. Many cooks in a professional kitchen obtain this title. These chefs are responsible for cooking specific foods for one specific section of the kitchen, such as fried foods, pastries, fish, salads and others, depending on the restaurant. After the chef in training receives their training in all different types of cooking, a Commis Chef can often move up into the position of Chef de Partie. The average salary for this chef position is usually around 30K per year.
Sous Chef- The Sous Chef is the chief assistant, or right hand-man, of the Executive Chef. This is a position usually an administrative and culinary one as well. Sous Chefs are mainly responsible for creating schedules for the kitchen, handling customers and filling in for the Chef de Parties whenever necessary. In the absence of the Executive Chef, the Sous Chef will run the kitchen. The Sous Chef is already experienced as a Chef de Partie in several areas and the average salary for a Sous Chef is about 40K a year.

Executive Chef- The Executive Chef may do some of the cooking, but the main focus of this positions is mostly managerial. The duty of the Executive Chef include hiring the kitchen staff, determines portion sizes of the meals, coordinates the preparing of the meals, sets the kitchen budget and many other things. The Executive Chef pretty much the visionary behind a restaurant and is involved heavily around all the decision makings that have to do with the restaurant. The average salary of the Executive Chef ranges around 70K a year, although if you are lucky enough to make it big time it can be much higher.
By getting a better understanding and feel of the ladder to climb to become a top chef, you can plan your career much better. Strategize how to best meet your goals, dreams and aspirations. Just note that many chefs are totally comfortable and happy working as a Chef de Partie or as a Sous Chef. So if any of these positions cater to your liking more, now you can shape your culinary career on the right path.
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