Running the Show: Culinary Management Combines Your Love of Cooking with Your Knack for Business
If you're already working in the culinary field, maybe as a chef or in a catering business, you probably already have both a love and understanding of the field and a background you can build on by taking courses in culinary management.
Courses in culinary management go beyond cooking and into the business side of feeding people. Coursework can include human resources, accounting, business communications, food safety, wine service, hospitality, and some computer classes too.
What is Culinary Management?
Culinary management offers the best of both worlds if you happen to be in love with both business and food. With a degree in culinary management, you could find yourself:
- Working as a food inspector for the health department
- Opening your own restaurant or catering business
- Working as a food and beverage manager for a cruise ship or fancy hotel
Food and beverage managers in large hotels and upscale resorts and even on cruise ships are hospitality workers, and customer service is chief among their concerns. They're responsible for working with executive chefs to determine menus and with customers to determine what they want. They're responsible for the food every step of the way, from ordering through preparation through delivery to the table of hungry customers. A culinary management position mixes a thorough knowledge of cooking with an equally thorough understanding of business principles and customer relations.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, careers in the culinary management field are expected to keep growing through 2016. Although growth is slow, culinary management jobs are available and those with a degree will be the most competitive. Food service managers in 2007 made a median annual salary of $44,570. If you love both food and business, culinary management may be the career for you.
Sources
Food Service Managers(http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos024.htm)
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