What are the working conditions for culinary arts?

Answer 1

Some large kitchens have more than one chef on the payroll. The chef's are the chiefs of the kitchen, they oversee the production of the food that is served to their customers. It can be a stressfull job and with long hours, up to fifty hours a week is not uncommon. The executive chef is responsible for the huge amount of paper work that is required, while the sous chef is in charge of the cooks and general operations of the kitchen on a day to day basis. The sous chef reports directly to executive chef.

Answer 2

Work hours in restaurants may include early mornings, late evenings, holidays, and weekends. Work schedules of chefs, cooks and other kitchen workers in factory and school cafeterias may be more regular. Nearly 3 in 10 cooks and 1 out of 5 other kitchen and food preparation workers have part-time schedules, compared to 1 out of 7 workers throughout the economy.