What About The Money?

In this article we are going to discuss money. This is a very important subject when it comes to deciding whether working in the food industry and going to chef school is for you. There is plenty of money to be made in the culinary industry. Of course, much of this depends on the area, and the type of establishment that you work in. Naturally a busier area will bring in pretty good money.

The best places to work in are expensive hotels and restaurants. Here is a quick breakdown of the money that you can make that depends on your position.

Head chefs and cooks: You can make anywhere from $7.39-$22.77 hourly to start.

To be more specific; if you are working in recreation services you can make $16.50 an hour; hotels and motels are $15.78 per hour, and eating and drinking places around $11.03 an hour to start.

Restaurant cooks: You can make anywhere from $8.33-$13.43 an hour to start.

If you work in recreational services you can make $9.65 and hour, hotels and motels; $9.97 hourly; eating and drinking places; $8.57 hourly to start.

Short order cooks: You can make anywhere from $6.32-$10.83 hourly to start.

If you work in Hotels and Motels; $8.44, recreation services and other miscellaneous places; $7.94, eating and drinking places; $7.57, Gas stations etc; $6.87, and grocery stores; $6.60 hourly to start.

Cafeteria Cooks: you can make anywhere from $6.70-$12.53 hourly to start.

In schools you can make $7.65; Nursing homes; $8.50; Hospitals $9.37; child care services $7.52 hourly to start.

Please Note that these are the starting hourly rates for the cook that is trying to get their experience. Naturally your pay will increase as your experience grows.

Our next set of articles is going to be a 2-part series on how to get started. Now that you have decided that being a chef and perhaps going to chef school is for you it is time to discover how to begin.

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