How to become a chef?

Hi, As per your query you may consider pursuing BHM (Bachelor degree in Hotel Management). While pursuing this course you may opt for specialization in: - Front office. - Food and beverage services. - Food and beverages production (cooking and baking) - House keeping. As you are interested in becoming chef so you may opt for Food and beverages production (cooking and baking) as your specialization. Under this specialization you will learn about: 1. Various culinary skills. 2. Preparation of food from various cuisines. Once you complete this course then yo may be recruited as junior or assistant chef. In the earlier stage you will assist the senior chef, but as soon as you gain experience and acquire more culinary skills you may be promoted as head chef for particular cuisine. In order to pursue this course you need to be 12th pass from any stream with English as one of the subjects, plus you need to take entrance test conducted by various institutes. For your reference find below some of the finest institutes in India offering course of your interest: - IHM- Mumbai. - IHM- Delhi. - IHM- Meerut, and many more institutes. BHM institutes in India link: <a href="https://hospitality.shiksha.com/bachelor-in-hotel-management-in-india-categorypage-6-84-264-0-0-1-1-2-0-none-1-0" style='word-wrap:break-word;'>https://hospitality.shiksha.com/bachelor-in-hotel-management-in-india-categorypage-6-84-264-0-0-1-1-2-0-none-1-0</a> Feel free to raise more questions. Appreciate by giving it thumbs up or marking as best. All the Best.

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IHM Meerut- Institute of Hotel Management Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition

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Hi, - A chef is one who prepares food in a hotel, restaurant, fast food joint or catering establishment. Beside being the chief cook, a chef plans menus, orders foodstuff, oversees preparation and supervises the kitchen staff. - To be a chef you must have a professional culinary training. To start your career as a chef you must complete your class X to join the Diploma Course in Food Craft. In order to opt for a degree course in Culinary Arts one must complete 10+2 in any stream. - As a chef, you have wide range of career prospects. You can be appointed in varied places like hotels, restaurants, air catering, railway catering etc. You can be a food writer. You can start up a business of your own. You also have a chance to go abroad and get job opportunities in hotels as the Indian recipes are the most demanded ones now a days. - As a chef you can get attractive salary and other benefits. The salary range differs in consideration to your experience and place where you work. Hope it helps. Please feel free to revert. Click on the thumbs up or mark it as the best, if you found this useful. Wish You Luck!

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Hello Raviraj, Here is your answer. Qualifying Exam In order to become a Chef, aspirants have to pursue the three-year Diploma course in Chef Management. They should pursue the course from a recognized Hotel Management institute so as to get a jump start career in top restaurants or hotels. Those who have done graduate degree course in Cuisine Technology or Hotel Management can as work as Chefs. Moreover, on the job training is required for these professionals. It takes years of experience to establish in this field. On completion of the course, majority of the Chefs work with full-service restaurants, hotels and special food services industry. In a business sense, these professionals can also start their own Cafeterias or Catering services. The pay scale of Chefs may vary with their designation and area of employment. Eligibility Complete the 10+2 years of School education or its equivalent. Enroll for the Diploma in Chef Management program. Otherwise, pursue the graduation program in Hotel management and Catering Technology. Gain on-the job training under the supervision of an expert Chef. Search out for career in international Hotels or any other public or private sector food industries. Skills required for a Chef An expert chef should have good knowledge about management in addition to their cooking expertise. He should have good knowledge about food and labor cost, public health regulations and fire code and so on. Chefs should have the capability to meet the customer needs and also be familiar with cooking as per the demand so as to shine in the sector. Hope above content is helpful. Please feel free to raise more questions. Appreciate by giving it thumbs up or marking as best. Wish you Good Luck !

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