How do I get started as a Personal Chef?

What is the best type of restaurant to work for to get started in becoming an Executive Chef?

  • I have alot of very good cooking skills and also have a love for food and being able to cook and try many different things. I have always wanted to cook and now I am ready to get ...show more

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    It helps to work in restaurants that has a good chef that you can train under. Don't forget a culinary school education which helps greatly. The basic title of "Executive Chef" means not only are you the chef of the kitchen, but you are also a manager. So do expect to hold a lot of responsibility like hiring and firing your kitchen crew, and lots of office paperwork while still doing what you love - cooking. Its not an easy balance.

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First is to get good track records of yourself. Start low and build your reputation up.

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If you want to become an Executive Chef, you need to go to a culinary school and work in food service industry. You can go to school part time and work in a hotel restaurant to gain work experience.

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A nice resort Hotel Restaurant doing anything to just get your foot in the door.

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