So You Are A Chef Managing Your Culinary Career

Whether you’re starting fresh from school or changing jobs in mid-career, braving today’s culinary job market can be bewildering. Where do you look? How do you target your search? How do you best present your education and experience? Where exactly do you even begin? Luckily, now there’s a guide that addresses these questions and many more. So You Are a Chef: Managing Your Culinary Career offers expert advice that covers the culinary job search from beginning to end. In a clear, accessible style, it illuminates important ideas with numerous examples, documents, forms, and other helpful features drawn directly from today’s culinary industry. The only book of its kind, So You Are a Chef will enable you to: Choose the right career path for your needs Create a clear, well-organized resume Prepare a portfolio that shows off your experience Find and contact potential employers Give a standout interview So You Are a Chef also includes a free CD-ROM containing documents and worksheets to assist you in brainstorming and organizing your job-search approach. Regardless of whether you just graduated or have been in the business for years, So You Are a Chef is your essential guide to finding, pursuing, and landing the culinary job of your dreams. LISA M. BREFERE, CEC, AAC, is a Certified Executive Chef with over thirty years of experience. A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, she is a member of the American Culinary Federation and the American Academy of Chefs and has been awarded the ACF Presidential Medallion for outstanding dedication to the profession. She has coauthored several books including Nutrition for Foodservice and Culinary Professionals. With her business partner, Brad Barnes, she cofounded GigaChef.com, an online tool for culinary professionals. KAREN EICH DRUMMOND, EDD, RD, FADA, LDN, FMP, is author and coauthor of numerous books, including Nutrition for Foodservice and Culinary Professionals and The Restaurant Training Program, both published by Wiley. BRAD BARNES, CMC, CCA, AAC, is one of fifty-nine Certified Master Chefs in the United States. A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, he is a member of the National Certification Commission for the American Culinary Federation and plays a pivotal role in revising culinary certification standards. A cofounder of GigaChef.com with Lisa M. Brefere, he has also coauthored the American Culinary Federation’s Guide to Culinary Certification, published by Wiley. Cover Photograph: Vincent LaRussa SO YOU ARE A CHEF Managing Your Culinary Career • • • • • Brefere • Drummond • Barnes THE ULTIMATE CAREER GUIDE FOR STUDENT AND PROFESSIONAL CHEFS Lisa M. Brefere, CEC, AAC Karen Eich Drummond, EdD, RD, FADA, LDN, FMP Brad Barnes, CMC, CCA, AAC SO YOU ARE A CHEF Managing Your Culinary Career ffirs.indd i 3/19/08 10:34:12 AM So You Are a Chef Managing Your Culinary Career •••••••••••••••••• Lisa M. Brefere CEC, AAC Karen Eich Drummond Ed.D, RD, FADA, LDN, FMP Brad Barnes CMC, AAC •••••••••••••••••• John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ffirs.indd i 3/19/08 10:34:12 AM This book is printed on acid-free paper. ⬁ Copyright © 2009 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.