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"I am very proud I graduated from the CCC Nursing Department." Elvene Vestal |
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Career Opportunities
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Culinary Arts graduates can work as chefs, cooks, catering managers or other food service professionals. Chefs plan and direct the overall kitchen operations including purchasing, inventory control, food production and planning menus. They must be familiar with a variety of the field's concepts, practices and procedures. Many typically supervise kitchen workers and cooking assistants and report directly to top management. One if the most appealing qualities of jobs in culinary arts fields is the variety of settings in which one can find employment. Consider the options of working in restaurants, country clubs, casinos, hospitals, hotels and resorts, cruise ships, educational institutions and health care facilities. For more information on salaries and careers in the field, check the web sites developed by the California Employment Development Department Occupational Employment Statistics and the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics. The base salaries for cooks and chefs in the San Francisco area in the first quarter of 2008 ranged from $28,300 to $47,371, depending on the setting and level of responsibility of the chef.
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