Product DescriptionCareers for Gourmets & Others Who Relish Food lets you explore the job market through the unique lens of your own interest. It reveals dozens of ways to pursue your passion for food and make a living--including the training and education needed to polish your hobby and interest into a satisfying career.
What Others Say
What a great book!
I have decided to go to pastry school and wanted to know what other option there are instead of working in a kitchen. Careers for Gourmets & Others Who Relish Food, Second Edition give every career imagineable for the cooking industry. It give the pros and cons of going into that field. I have been greatly enlighten.
Very superficial overview of a expansive field
I'd size Careers for Gourmets & Others Who Relish Food, Second Edition up as one small step beyond a 'welcome to the wonderful world of the dining/wine business' pamphlet you'd pick up at an employment agency or something. An inconclusive introduction at best.
I bought Careers for Gourmets & Others Who Relish Food, Second Edition because I have trained as a chef, and because I have a passion for food, but I don't aspire to the life of a chef. I wanted insight into how to break into alternative divisions of the industry, such as wine, gourmet food, small business ideas, etc. Such information is not to be found in any useful degree here. Rather, Careers for Gourmets & Others Who Relish Food, Second Edition rarely spends more than a half page paragraph under any one heading, for instance, in describing the various posts within a typical restaurant kitchen, or going into possibilities ... Read More
Excellent Book
This was an excellent book for the person that wants to become a chef. I want to become a chef and Careers for Gourmets & Others Who Relish Food, Second Edition was very helpful to me. I enjoyed Careers for Gourmets & Others Who Relish Food, Second Edition very much. Thank you for publishing a book that is this informative.
Bring your culinary career into focus!!
Much of the growth in the culinary arts has taken place without notice. Most people still associate the role of the chef in the kitchen as the only outlet for someone who has a passion for food. They are unaware of the many possibilities that exist from research and development to writing about food. Mary Donovan's Careers for Gourmets and Others Who Relish Food is an essential culinary resource, allowing people with a passion for food to determine the best path to follow in the culinary industry.
She presents the culinary arts in a straight-ahead manner that helps to dispel many commonly held notions. The public's perception of the cook is gained from the TV chefs who never sweat on camera and never seem to be under any stress. ... Read More
