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Culinary & Pastry Careers
Unfold the layers of culinary and pastry arts! Immerse yourself in articles that celebrate these deliciously rewarding careers.
How Professional Chefs Keep Up with Culinary Trends
Professional chefs can keep up with culinary trends by networking with others, looking to younger generations, and practicing creative cooking.
How to Become a Pitmaster
Your ultimate guide on how to become a pitmaster or BBQ expert. Follow a step-by-step process to start on this path!
8 Steps Restaurants Can Take to Prepare for Inflation
Tips to cut restaurant costs as everything from food to labor to utilities gets more expensive. Plus find out what’s contributing to worldwide inflation.
What Does It Take to Be a Line Cook?
Thinking about starting a career as a line cook? Find out how to become a cook, what your daily responsibilities might look like, and how to advance.
5 Alternative Careers Out of Culinary School
Not all culinary students become chefs. Here are five alternative careers culinary school graduates can pursue.
What Culinary Training Do You Need for a Professional Cooking Career?
Culinary training is a long-term endeavor that starts with safety and sanitation, knife skills, flavors, and cooking techniques. Start at culinary school!
What Does It Mean to Be a Professional Cook?
A professional cook prepares and cooks food for a living, but is not necessarily a chef. Learn the difference and how you could start cooking professionally.
5 Effective Ways Chefs Can Communicate With Wait Staff
Great chefs are also skilled communicators. Here are five ways chefs can improve communication with wait staff.
How To Get A Job As A Pastry Chef
Are you hoping to start a career in baking and pastry? Learn what restaurant managers look for when hiring a pastry chef.
What Chefs Look For When Hiring Culinary School Graduates
Before you begin a professional cooking career, learn about what chefs may look for when hiring culinary school graduates.
How Chefs Can Manage Stress In a Professional Kitchen
There’s no denying a kitchen can be a stressful place to work. Here are ways chefs can manage stress in a professional kitchen.
5 More Ways to Manage Your Time as a Chef
Kitchens are busy places and chefs have to efficiently manage their time. Here are five time management techniques that chefs can adopt.
Starting a Career as a Garde-Manger
If you’re passionate about appetizers and desserts you may be interested in starting a career as a Garde-Manger. Learn more about this important position.
How to Become a Food Photographer
If you’re as happy behind a camera as you are in the kitchen, you may want to explore how to become a food photographer.
Am I Too Old to Become a Chef?
It’s okay if high school was a long time ago, and you’re on a 2nd (or 3rd) career. You’re still not too old to become a chef or go to culinary school.
6 Skills That All Restaurant Managers Need
As leaders in the restaurant world, managers are often well-rounded individuals. Here are 6 skills every great restaurant manager typically has.
What Does a Chef Consultant Do?
Chef consultants are valuable resources for coaching and advising restaurant owners and managers. What is a chef consultant, exactly? Let’s explore this role.
What It Takes To Be An Executive Chef
Think you’ve got what it takes to be an executive chef? Find out how you can set yourself up for success in your culinary career.
Kitchen Hierarchy Explained: Different Jobs in the Brigade de Cuisine
The brigade de cuisine keeps a kitchen running like a well-oiled machine. What are some of the roles on this team and what do they entail?
What Can You Do with a Plant-Based Foods Degree or Diploma?
The plant-based culinary market is growing at a fast clip. Find out where the future could take you with a degree or diploma in plant-based cuisine!
How Much Do Chefs Make?
Wondering how much chefs make? Find out the answer for several different types of chefs, and explore the many factors that impact a chef’s salary.
How to Become a Michelin Star Chef
Earning the title of Michelin Star chef is a goal that many culinary professionals dream of. We’re going to cover how chefs can obtain this award.
Career Options For Culinary School Graduates
What can you do with a culinary degree? The options are truly endless. Here are a few common culinary career paths.
How to Start a Career as a Chef Instructor
Learn the steps to becoming a Chef Instructor. Pass on your skills and knowledge, and provide mentorship to the next generation of chefs!
Who Hires Online Culinary School Graduates?
Culinary school is the vehicle to a long and fruitful culinary career. Here are some the places online culinary school graduates can expect to find work.
Career Options for Ex-Chefs
Looking for a culinary career change? Here are some popular options for those who want to hang up the chef's hat and try something new.
Top Remote Culinary Careers
Culinary careers aren’t limited to restaurant kitchens! Learn more about remote culinary jobs that provide a food-focused, flexible work environment.
How to Become a Wedding Cake Designer
Expert tips from Former Escoffier Chef Instructor and baker/designer Steve Konopelski on how to get started as a wedding cake designer. From education to practice to portfolio.
How New Chefs Can Stand Out in the Kitchen
If you’re a new chef who wants to make a great impression, read through our roundup of important chef skills and tips for success.
How Older Workers Can Change Careers and Enter the Culinary Industry
Older adults have different challenges and obligations than young ones. Here’s how they can get started in a new career in the culinary industry.
The Highest Paying Culinary Jobs and Positions
Culinary salaries vary based on education, experience, market, and more. Learn about five of the highest paying culinary jobs to see if they may be a good fit for you.
What Escoffier Chef Instructors Love Most About Their Jobs
Escoffier Chef Instructors share what lights them up in their culinary school jobs, from sharing their passion to providing mentorship and more.
Why a Culinary Degree Doesn’t Automatically Make You a “Chef”
Why aren’t culinary school graduates called “chefs?” Learn why experience and education combined are so important to earning the title of Chef in a professional kitchen.
How to Find a Mentor to Help You in Your Culinary Career
You know you want to find a culinary mentor. But where should you look? Here are some resources where you find guidance throughout your culinary career.
4 Traits All Restaurants Look for in Hiring New Chefs
What are the 4 traits restaurants look for when hiring new chefs? How can students learn these skills in culinary school?
Do You Eat Chaos for Breakfast? Great: You’ll Thrive in a Kitchen
Think you have what it takes to work in a commercial kitchen? Here’s how to know if you’ll thrive in this high-energy environment!
How Chefs Can Build Standout Resumes
Tips and tricks to make your chef resume the best it can be. Share your skills, impress the hiring manager, and earn that interview!
Chef Andre Natera Talks Food Trends, Culinary School and Hiring
Executive Chef Andre Natera recently took time out of his busy schedule to chat candidly with Auguste Escoffier School of...
Rhonda Adkins: Escoffier Graduate But Forever Student
Never stop learning…that’s Escoffier Online graduate Rhonda Adkins’ take on life. A 22 year veteran of the United States Air...
Your First Job In A Professional Kitchen
A successful culinary career requires both patience and dedication. Here are some tips for finding your first job and building your career in a professional kitchen.
