How is it that they are more male chefs as compared to female chefs, whereas the household kitchen is dominated by women.

Are working conditions not that conducive for females?

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Aman Kumar
8 years ago
Hi, Since, the gender ratio in India is 943 females per 1000 males according to 2011 census, you will definitely find more male employees than female employees in every sector of the economy including hospitality industry. Most of the people in India aren't aware of the opportunities that Hotel Man

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varun Oza
8 years ago
Cooking at home for family members is way different from cooking bulk food for hundreds and hundreds of customers. When you cook at home, it would usually require a few pounds of food materials whereas bulk cooking requires hundreds of pounds worth of groceries to be cooked. Cooking so much food at

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Santanu  Dasgupta
8 years ago
This is a very good question. Yes, it is true that the women take lead role in household kitchen, but they are not the leaders in hotels. There are various reasons for that. At home, it is more of a compulsion than choice. I would like to raise a question here in this forum to all the ladies, given

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8 years ago
This is a very popular argument as the current scenario support the statement in the questions.They are actually way fewer women chefs as compared to males. Some of the reasons are pretty clear: The extensive and long late working hours: they are no limits to the no. of hours that chefs need to put

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