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Culinary Arts—Professional Baking and Pastry
School of Business and Information Systems
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Culinary Arts—Professional Baking and Pastry
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Pastry Chefs are directly involved in the planning, preparation, and creation of desserts, pastries, confections and ice cream. Chefs measure and mix ingredients such as flour, flavoring, and fruit to form desserts. They also knead dough into desired shapes, decorate products with icing designs, and fashion the table with pastry decorations such as statuaries and ornaments from paste and icing. Chefs must be able to requisition supplies or equipment, and maintain production records.
Chefs, cooks, and food preparation workers prepare, season, and cook a wide range of foods—from soups, snacks, and salads to entrees, side dishes, and desserts—in a variety of restaurants and other food services establishments. Food preparation workers peel and cut vegetables, trim meat, prepare poultry, and perform other duties such as keeping work areas clean and monitoring temperatures of ovens and stovetops. Fast-food cooks prepare a limited selection of menu items in fast-food restaurants. They cook and package batches of food, such as hamburgers and fried chicken, to be kept warm until served. Food preparation workers perform routine, repetitive tasks such as readying ingredients for complex dishes, slicing and dicing vegetables, and composing salads and cold items, under the direction of chefs and cooks.
Salary Information
Wages for chefs, cooks, and food preparation workers vary greatly according to region of the country and the type of food services establishment in which they work. Wages usually are highest in elegant restaurants and hotels, where many executive chefs are employed, and in major metropolitan areas.
Employment Outlook
Job openings for chefs, cooks, and food preparation workers are expected to be plentiful through 2012; however, competition for jobs in the top kitchens of higher end restaurants should be keen. Overall employment of chefs, cooks, and food preparation workers is expected to increase about as fast as the average for all occupations over the 2002-12 period. Employment of fast-food cooks however is expected to grow slower than the average.
For California, the growth/change rate for careers in Baking and Pastry Chefs will be about 20 percent, with a net change of about 4,200 openings.
Related Occupations
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School of Business and Information Systems
Majors at Southwestern College:
Culinary Arts—Professional Baking and Pastry
Search for Culinary Arts—Professional Baking and Pastry classes
Pastry Chefs are directly involved in the planning, preparation, and creation of desserts, pastries, confections and ice cream. Chefs measure and mix ingredients such as flour, flavoring, and fruit to form desserts. They also knead dough into desired shapes, decorate products with icing designs, and fashion the table with pastry decorations such as statuaries and ornaments from paste and icing. Chefs must be able to requisition supplies or equipment, and maintain production records.
Chefs, cooks, and food preparation workers prepare, season, and cook a wide range of foods—from soups, snacks, and salads to entrees, side dishes, and desserts—in a variety of restaurants and other food services establishments. Food preparation workers peel and cut vegetables, trim meat, prepare poultry, and perform other duties such as keeping work areas clean and monitoring temperatures of ovens and stovetops. Fast-food cooks prepare a limited selection of menu items in fast-food restaurants. They cook and package batches of food, such as hamburgers and fried chicken, to be kept warm until served. Food preparation workers perform routine, repetitive tasks such as readying ingredients for complex dishes, slicing and dicing vegetables, and composing salads and cold items, under the direction of chefs and cooks.
Salary Information
Wages for chefs, cooks, and food preparation workers vary greatly according to region of the country and the type of food services establishment in which they work. Wages usually are highest in elegant restaurants and hotels, where many executive chefs are employed, and in major metropolitan areas.
| Median | Experienced |
| $9.86 - $19.03 | $13.43 |
Employment Outlook
Job openings for chefs, cooks, and food preparation workers are expected to be plentiful through 2012; however, competition for jobs in the top kitchens of higher end restaurants should be keen. Overall employment of chefs, cooks, and food preparation workers is expected to increase about as fast as the average for all occupations over the 2002-12 period. Employment of fast-food cooks however is expected to grow slower than the average.
For California, the growth/change rate for careers in Baking and Pastry Chefs will be about 20 percent, with a net change of about 4,200 openings.
Related Occupations
- Chefs and Dinner Cooks
- Food Processing Workers
- Dietitians and Nutritionists
- Restaurant Managers
- Short
Order Cooks
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