Also called: Chocolate Maker
Makes handmade chocolates and confections at chocolate shops, hotels and brands, tempering chocolate, piping fillings and designing collections.
Chocolatiers temper chocolate on marble slabs, pipe fillings, hand-paint bonbons, and design seasonal collections.
Estimate; owners of successful shops earn more.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Certificate, about 1 year after high school. Pastry or chocolate courses; on-the-job training.
Ways in: Trade school, On-the-job training, Self-taught. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Pastry Arts (trade school).
Growing about average. No separate BLS projection; estimate based on related occupations.
Low risk for 10 years. Tempering, piping and hand-painting bonbons is craft work; AI may help with design ideas and marketing.
Classes: Culinary arts or ProStart, Art, Chemistry, Business.
Official data: O*NET occupation 51-3011.
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