Chef Jobs And Training

You could phone and ask. Or, they will tell you during your first week what to buy.

I have a friend who wishes to work in England as a chef. where would he go for help initially ? No time wasters please! Thanks.
he is 38 years old, he can pay his own airfare. He worked in Japan previously.

The best thing to do is to get in contact with the home office to make sure he’d be able to get a visa for the type of job he is after. As far as i know they are discouraging eastern trained individuals (ie doctors and nurses) and trying to recruit from European countries instead with or without train profession.

You could also look at jobs in the newspaper contact the employers and ask them if they would be willing to employ immigrant workers from far east. It cost employers in time and money to go through the motion.

Unfortunately if he lived in a rich country he may get fairer response and won’t think twice about letting him in UK.

As long as people value good food and natural ingredients, I don’t see the future chef’s job to be very different than what it is today. Perhaps there will be new kitchen technology that will make cooking faster and more efficient but the future chef will still have to be a multi-tasker. I can see more kitchens staffed by only one chef if these technologies come to pass but I can’t see how we can develop robots to replace human chefs. Cooking is as much art as it is science. Right now, my bread machine can never make bread as good as those from a bakery.

am doing a research paper on pastry chefs and i need to know the following:
the education required
3 colleges that offer the degree and the requirements
earning potential I.E $$$
and a description of the job

hope this helps

Also, it’d be nice if you actually knew the right answers instead of taking a wild guess. If you happen to take a wild guess, please tell me that you are. =)

Anything in West Hollywood. To work there you need LOTS of experience, so start local and work up to it. Sous chefs there are paid about 49,000 a year, so the executive chef would be more than that. Hope that helps.

I’m currently studying in university right now, in an arts course not related and have no formal training in pastry making or cooking. However, I am extremely interested and willing to learn, is it possible to get that kind of job, if say pay is not a factor? I just want to make desserts haha.

Any other suggestion to go about doing it?

Yea it’s possible when and if you run into the right person that’s willing to have the time to show you.

The "illegal" immigrant chef I work with tried to rape me one night after closing, and when I told my boss and he spoke to the chef the following day and he denied everything and called me a lier. He said it was just an excuses to not work anymore. Than said I had other problems saying I call out sick (I just got over the flu). What legal actions can I take.

Seek a good lawyer or file an EEOC complaint and they will investigate the charges. If upheld they will give a signed statement o proceed and do so. You have 180 days from the event to file a sexual harassment case.

My brother just got a job as a chef at a fairly prestigous restaurant (its his first real chef job) and they dont have breaks there. everyone just takes ’smoking’ breaks for like 10 mins. So for 10 hours he got a 15 min break cause everyone is sooo busy. But he gets to bring home free food lol. is that normal? isnt it illegal not to give breaks?

Yup, I’ve worked in several kitchens over the past few months. Most big name restaurants will probably demand their employees to take breaks to avoid lawsuits… But most restaurants, good ones even, don’t really have scheduled breaks for everyone. A lot of times, it would be up to each cook or chef to just find time to have a small bite here and there and/or have a cigarette break. It all depends on how busy it is and how much we have to do. Maybe for someone who’s worked in a normal 9-5 job or the like, would see this as inhuman, but for people who work in a kitchen, its normal.

In my experience, getting a 35 minute break makes me lose my momentum in working. It also makes me sleepy. So I’d rather keep going and get short breaks instead.

I’m 16 years old and I want to go to college for Culinary and Fashion Design. I want to be an Accessories Designer and have my own Cosmetic, Fragrance and Handbag Line. And I want to be a Pastry Chef also. I only know how to bake, Cakes, Pies, Cookies, Brownies and Bars and Puddings and different kinds of Fruit Deserts. Can I still become a Pastry Chef?

Since I have no clue where to start, which one should I do first? I’m so confused. Also, What are some good ideas or books to check out at the library since I’m kind of a Beginner in Culinary. How much money will I make doing these two(I’m just curious to know) These are two jobs that I would really like to do.

Thanks

Baby girl you can do whatever you want…Just follow your heart and take one day at a time e-mail me modirisgirl@yahoo.com…..Good Luck

Just doing research for my paper in English.

Define Gourmet Chef, what is involved, I was a chef for over 20+ years and worked abroad in Hotels and other operations, if you could define what you mean, maybe I could be more specific in my answer.