Three Hot Culinary Careers

From your favorite Thanksgiving feast to the perfect burger on a summer night, you already know that cooking can be elevated to an art form. What you might not know is the number of careers that may be possible with distance learning.
Thinking about culinary careers may have you conjuring up images of chefs and eight hours slaving over the stove, but working with food isn't always about cooking. Here are three other hot culinary careers:

Catering

If you're known for your get-togethers and you think you can bring your skills to weddings, corporate parties, and other group events, starting your own catering company may be right up your alley. If you want to build a catering company from scratch, you'll need a dedicated employee base, a set of solid references, and the recipes to back up your business.

• Career Training: Catering & Gourmet Cooking
• Best For: Cooks with a strong business sense, in communities that respond to word-of-mouth promotion

Food Service Manager

Food service management isn't just for restaurants. Culinary managers are needed in healthcare facilities, institutional and government locations, and elementary and secondary schools. In the food service business, management work can be found wherever people come together to eat.

• Career Training: Restaurant and Hospitality Management
• Best For: Food service professionals looking to advance in the field

Fine Dining Management
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that job applicants with degrees in restaurant and hospitality management should have an edge when competing for jobs at upscale restaurants. When new restaurants open, owners often look for managers with the educational background to match their existing skills.

• Career Training: Hotel and Restaurant Management
• Best For: Food service professionals with management or restaurant experience living in larger markets

Source:
Bureau of Labor Statistics, "Food Service Managers"

Amelia Gray is a teacher and freelance writer in San Marcos, TX. Amelia earned a Bachelor's Degree in English Literature from Arizona State University.