Also called: Cooking School Instructor, Culinary Class Teacher
Teaches fun, hands-on cooking classes to the public at cooking schools, stores, and community centers.
A cooking class instructor sets up stations for 12 home cooks, demonstrates knife skills and a pasta recipe, helps each person cook, and finishes with everyone eating together.
Estimate; often part-time.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Certificate, about 1 year after high school. Culinary training or strong cooking experience.
Ways in: Trade school, Self-taught. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Culinary Arts.
Growing about average (about 4% over 10 years). Tracks self-enrichment teachers.
Low risk for 10 years. People sign up for the fun of cooking with a live teacher; videos don't replace that.
Classes: Culinary arts CTE, Speech, Foods & Nutrition class.
Official data: O*NET occupation 25-3021.
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