Also called: Culinary Tour Guide
Leads groups to taste local foods at restaurants, markets, and bakeries.
You walk eight guests through six stops in a neighborhood, explaining the history of each dish as they taste it. You build relationships with restaurant owners. Many food tour guides start their own tour companies.
Plus tips.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. No degree required; love of food and local knowledge.
Ways in: On-the-job training, Self-taught. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Tourism Management, Culinary Arts.
Growing faster than average (about 5% over 10 years).
Low risk for 10 years. Walking groups through markets and tasting with them is a live, social experience.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply to food tour companies in your city; tours with alcohol may need 21
Classes: History, Culinary arts CTE, Speech.
Official data: O*NET occupation 39-7011.
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