Also called: Tech Campus Chef, Corporate Dining Chef
Cooks and runs kitchens in company cafeterias, especially big tech campuses that feed employees for free.
You run a global-cuisine station at a tech campus, cooking for 1,500 employees with regular weekday hours. Menus change weekly and budgets for quality are high. It is a chef job with a normal schedule.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Associate's degree (2-year), about 2 years after high school. Culinary degree or restaurant experience.
Ways in: 2-year college, Trade school, On-the-job training. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Culinary Arts.
Growing faster than average (about 7% over 10 years).
Low risk for 10 years. Ordering apps help, but cooking fresh food daily for campus workers stays hands-on.
Classes: Culinary arts CTE, Business, Foods & Nutrition class.
Official data: O*NET occupation 35-1011.
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