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Do you want to become a trained chef?

Posted Nov 05 2009 10:02pm

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Are you looking to go back to school to train to become a chef?

Not long ago on CNN, they had a feature about a town in the U.S. that used to specialize in a particular manufacturing expertise but because of the recession the plants in the area had shut down or moved their operation and business to China.

Most people in the town had made the decision to go back to school to study to become chefs!

These people are onto something because …

… “according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, chefs, cooks, and food preparation workers held nearly 3.1 million jobs in 2006. And here’s a tip on where the culinary careers are — meals-to-go (e.g., prepared foods sections of grocery stores) and contract food service (e.g., catering). These healthy culinary careers are projected to grow much faster than the average for all occupations through 2016!!!”

If you are also looking for a culinary career, you’ll have to find a good culinary school!

The best place to start with by finding a guide that will allow you to find the right culinary school for you!

There are plenty of culinary schools to choose from — the American Culinary Federation Foundation Accrediting Commission currently accredits more than 165 formal culinary training programs in the U.S., which lead to an associate degree, certificate, or diploma.

Theoretical culinary coursework covers menu planning, minimizing waste, nutrition, portion control, proper food storage procedures, public health regulations, purchasing and inventory methods, and sanitation. Culinary training may also include banquet service, computer accounting and inventory software, and food service management.

Of course, culinary schools provide endless opportunities to get up to your elbows in the culinary arts. You won’t just read about meal preparation, you’ll practice it. Cooking schools teach good knife techniques, safe food-handling procedures, and proper use and care of kitchen equipment. Your culinary training may also incorporate advanced cooking techniques; cooking for banquets, buffets, or parties; and cuisines and cooking styles from around the world.

With education from culinary schools, you can often bypass the lower-skilled kitchen jobs and move right into a cook or chef position. Formal culinary training can also make your resume more appetizing to upscale restaurant employers. Plus, culinary schools typically require an internship with a local restaurant or other food preparation facility, which provides the real-world experience you’ll need to catapult your culinary career.

I’m not a trained chef myself, but if I decided to turn my 10+ years of knowledge in the kitchen into a career, then I’d be looking at schools like:

> Le Cordon Bleu

> The Art Institutes

> Culinary Academy of Austin

> Kitchen Academy

If you’ve got unlimited resources, you might actually go to France and train in the land of gastronomy excellence!

Regardless, you’ll want to have the right information on hand and if you click on the following link you’ll be able to get all the information you need to make the right decision about become a trained chef or about changing career to do something you are passionate about.

Find a culinary school in your area: Culinary Arts School – information on becoming a training to become a chef!

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