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After a successful career running a kitchen or restaurant, some chefs choose to teach at the secondary or post-secondary leve. This career path provides them with regular working hours, steady earnings and the intrinsic rewards of teaching the next generation of chefs.
The 3 best things about this career- Regular working hours, sometimes with summers off
- The rewards of transferring your knowledge and skills to young people interested in the professional food world
- Culinary education is experiencing a boom, so there is excellent long term employment potential
Key ingredients for success- Solid culinary skills -- the content
- Teaching skills -- how to get students excited, how to develop and guide them
- Enjoy working in a complex organization that must provide instruction and run kitchens, storerooms, and dining rooms
Common job titles and positions
Where you can find these positions- High Schools
- Vocational High Schools
- Technical Colleges
- State Institutions
- Private Colleges
- Universities
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