Also called: Sports Team Chef
Cooks high-performance meals for pro or college teams, planning menus with the team dietitian and feeding players at home and on the road.
A team chef prepares a pregame meal for 60 players, plans menus with the dietitian, and packs snacks for road trips. Big appetites and special diets keep the kitchen busy.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Certificate, about 1 year after high school. Culinary school or a culinary certificate, then several years cooking in restaurants or hotels before joining a team's kitchen.
Ways in: Trade school. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Culinary Arts.
Growing faster than average. Growing.
Low risk for 10 years. AI helps plan menus around nutrition targets; cooking real meals for athletes at scale is hands-on work.
Classes: Culinary arts CTE, Health and nutrition, Chemistry.
Official data: O*NET occupation 35-1011.
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