Food Jobs: 150 Great Jobs for Culinary Students, Career Changers and FOOD Lovers

Food Jobs: 150 Great Jobs for Culinary Students, Career Changers and FOOD Lovers

by Irena Chalmers
Food Jobs: 150 Great Jobs for Culinary Students, Career Changers and FOOD Lovers

Food Jobs: 150 Great Jobs for Culinary Students, Career Changers and FOOD Lovers

by Irena Chalmers

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Overview

Turn your passion for food into a career with the help of Irena Chalmers, alongside experts like Bobby Flay, Todd English, Anthony Bourdain, and more!

You’ve always been passionate about “food,” but how do you actually turn that into a career? Maybe you're considering culinary school, maybe you're about to graduate, or maybe you're looking for an exciting career change. How can you translate your zest for flavor into a satisfying profession? Should you become a chef or open a specialty foods shop, write cookbooks or try your hand at food styling?

Culinary careers are as varied as they are fascinating—the only challenge is deciding which one is right for you. Filled with advice from food-world pros including luminaries such as Alice Waters, Chris Kimball, Betty Fussell and Darra Goldstein, Food Jobs will set you behind the stove of your dream career.

In this valuable resource, Chalmers introduces a world of opportunities and provides essential information for getting started, including testimonials from the best in the field, like Gordon Hamersley, Francois Payard, Danny Meyer, and more.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780825305924
Publisher: Beaufort Books, Incorporated
Publication date: 09/01/2008
Edition description: First Edition
Pages: 326
Product dimensions: 7.00(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

About The Author
Irena Chalmers (1935-2020) wore many hats in the food industry. The author of more than forty books, she regularly contributed to such publications as The New York Times, Food & Wine, Gastronomica, Food Arts, and Nation’s Restaurant News. She was a founding member and past president of both the International Association of Culinary Professionals and Les Dames d’Escoffier International, as well as a James Beard Foundation “Who’s Who” of Food And Beverage in America. Until her death in 2020, Chalmers divided her time between being a faculty member at The Culinary Institute of America, “The Last Word” columnist for Chef magazine, food essayist for WAMC/NPR Northeast Public Radio, blogger, consultant, and counselor to many about to embark on their own culinary adventure.

What People are Saying About This

Candy Wallace

"Irena Chalmers is a culinary Goddess. I for one am in the front of the line to purchase and devour anything she publishes."--(Candy Wallace, Executive Director, American Personal & Private Chef Association)

Betty Fussell

"Irena Chalmers should be right up there with Julia and Jim in spreading the word about good food in America. As the First Lady of Food books for three decades, Chalmers presence on the page or in a lecture hall charges the atmosphere with vitality, wit and wisdom."--(Betty Fussell, Food Historian and Author of The Story of Corn, My Kitchen Wars and Raising Steaks)

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