Food Preparation and Serving
If you love to cook, consider a career in the food preparation and serving industry where you will get to make a living doing what you love.
If you love to cook, imagine how much you will love getting paid to do it! In the food preparation and serving industry you can be a chef, cook or server.
Chefs and cooks work at restaurants and other places that serve food. They prepare menus, develop recipes, supervise workers, budget, order supplies and ingredients and help make sure safety and sanitation standards are met.
Cooks work more directly with food preparation with ingredients, pans, ovens, grills, blenders and more. They sometimes work in teams at larger restaurants.
Food serving is also a rewarding career that will give you the chance to work directly with customers. You will take orders and serve dishes and make sure people are comfortable and enjoying their restaurant experience. A very fast-paced and customer-oriented job, this is a great area for those who love to work with people.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts the job opportunities in food service to be good. People in this field make a variety of salaries depending on what they do and where they work.
Careers
Bartenders
Bartenders use excellent social, organization and memorization skills to serve customers and help people feel at home.
Chefs and Head Cooks
Chefs and head cooks are involved in almost every step of food preparation: planning menus, creating recipes, ordering food, preparing dishes and deciding how to present them.
Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food
Food preparation and serving workers have the enjoyable job of preparing and serving foods at restaurants, cafeterias, cafes and more.