So You Want to Be a Chef?

A real-world look at culinary careers—revised and updated

So You Want To Be a Chef? Your Guide to Culinary Careers, Second Edition offers the most comprehensive guide to over seventy-five different culinary jobs. The authors vividly describe the feel, the reality, the hours, the physical demands, the tradeoffs, and the benefits of working in various culinary settings, while interviews with a range of industry leaders offer helpful advice and inspiring vignettes. Workplaces covered include restaurants, hotels, clubs, business and industry, research and development, supermarkets, cruise ships, and many more areas of opportunity.

This Second Edition features:

• A new chapter on Research and Development chefs, an exciting emerging culinary field

• Advice from recent culinary school graduates on utilizing a culinary degree

• Expanded coverage of such on-site foodservice areas as health care, continuing care communities, and the armed forces

• A detailed appendix listing all professional culinary organizations mentioned in the book

In addition to careers in preparing food and meals, So You Want To Be a Chef? Second Edition also introduces food-related jobs such as Culinary Educator, Food Stylist, Food Photographer, Food Writer—even Celebrity Chef! Filled with real-world details, So You Want To Be a Chef? Second Edition offers an all-access preview of today''s many culinary careers.