All Power to the Chef!
by Chef Mardav
Culinary Columnist
If you have that wonderful combination of creativity and organizing skills; diplomacy and a desire to feed people well; intelligence and sense of humor - plus a dozen other skills and traits - you are a good candidate for restaurant management training.
If cooking is your dream career, you might as well shoot for the top. Many of the successful young chefs who rule today's restaurant world began their restaurant training with culinary stardom in mind.
Just as most actors start out with fame and fortune in mind, so do some chefs. The difference with chefs is that they can actually train for stardom by combining restaurant management training courses along with their culinary classes.
Earning a Restaurant Management Degree
Culinary academies prepare chef's for a wide range of restaurant jobs. The courses usually include the use of traditional and ultra modern kitchen equipment, how to make sauces, salads, soups and desserts.
A chef should know and control every corner of his or her kitchen. A restaurant manager or executive chef earns his or her salary by knowing everything in the entire restaurant and how to make it run smoothly.
A hotel and restaurant management school will teach you how to order the best ingredients and utilize them in the most economical way. You'll learn how to predict trends and fads in food and to know when and how to change the restaurant's menu. You'll need to know how to deal with personnel issues and how to see problems even before they arise.
Nothing will prepare you for all the surprises you'll face, but your restaurant management training will certainly help you cope with them.
About the Author
Martin A. David consults as a Senior Technical Writer for a number of Silicon Valley firms. He is also a translator, specializing in Danish, French and Spanish literary works. He has written numerous feature articles for publications including the Los Angeles Times. He has also published a novel, and a non-fiction book in the area of dance. Martin earned his B.A. in Liberal Arts from Brooklyn College in his native New York. He currently chairs the Santa Clara Cultural Advisory Commission in Santa Clara, California.
Posted on March 2, 2005 at 3:14 PM
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