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A Career as an Executive Chef

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Many of us want to make a career in the hospitality industry and hotels and restaurants are quite excellent choices for that. A popular job in the restaurant and hotels is that of chefs. This is an extremely responsible position that ensures the health and safety in the kitchen, recipe devotion, cost control, staff training, etc. Have you ever thought of making a career as an executive chef? An executive chef is responsible for handling a team of chefs and cooks that take care of the above said responsibilities in a restaurant or hotel. In addition, an executive chef also needs to plan and develop the menu ensuring the quality and reputation of the eatery.

Do you find the career of executive chef an interesting position? Then you need to deal with certain aspects to make a career as an executive chef. First, safe food handling certification needs to be obtained. The prime responsibility of restaurant management is to ensure the safety of the food being served to the customers. Restaurant management would like you to have the capability of providing a high level of safety in the foods. If there is a bad report of a customer illness due to eating bad served food it can wash away the goodwill of the restaurant and result in a huge loss of customers.

Cooking skills are obviously the most essential requirement to become an executive chef. Make sure that you possess the professional skill of cooking and you can do this by spending several years in the food service industry. As the position of executive chef is a senior position who will be handling the other chefs in the restaurants, experience is a must. Joining a few professional cooking classes and experience in management might also help. An executive chef must possess managerial skills as he needs to express the skills for managing the menu, staffs and costs. Good leadership skills are also required.



Physical fitness is also very essential in the position of an executive chef. Almost the entire work time of an executive chef is spent on his feet and hence staying in shape is essential. Healthy weight and regular exercise regimes must be maintained by an executive chef. Several restaurants are considering this aspect while hiring en executive chef.

Like any other job, a good quality resume is a must in this industry also. Make sure that every following job is illustrating more responsibility than the preceding jobs in your resume. If any job experience is not worthy enough and that doesn't mark your improvement, then do not mention such experiences in the resume.

Dressing is very important in the hotel and restaurant jobs. However, it doesn't mean that an executive chef needs to be a fashion freak but complete neatness and cleanness is required. When you go for the interview, the interviewer must get an impression that you have a neat and clean personality. Work on your appearance and impress the interviewer with your skills, experience, and knowledge.
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