subject: Cooking Up A Career: The Culinary Arts [print this page] If you love everything about the art of cooking, a career in the culinary arts might be right for you. Culinary artists arent just cooksthey are responsible for skillfully preparing meals that are as pleasing to the palate as to the eye. Culinary specialists work primarily in restaurants, hospitals and other institutions and corporations. Kitchen conditions vary depending on the type of business or restaurant you work in. But before you start working in the kitchen, youll need to get an education in the Culinary Arts by attending a cooking school and being trained as a professional cookusually referred to as a chef.
Types of Chefs
There are many types of chefs. Here is a brief list of some titles (not every restaurant or facility will use these titles).
Assistant chef
Banquet chef
Chef
Chef de cuisine
Chef de partie
Chef patissier
Cold foods chef
Corporate chef
Entremetier
Executive chef
Executive sous-chef
First sous-chef
Garde-manger chef
Head chef
Head rotisseur
Master chef
Meat chef
Meat, poultry and fish chef
Pasta chef
Pastry chef
Rotisserie chef
Saucier
Second chef
Sous-chef
Specialist chef
Specialty foods chef
Supervising chef
Working sous-chef
Becoming a Chef
Once youve decided to become a chef, you need to choose a culinary school. There are thousands of schools out there, and here are some helpful things to consider while making you decision.
