This is the world of making people feel welcome: cooking and baking, running restaurants and hotels, planning events, guiding adventures, and creating the drinks, foods, and trips people remember for years. You can start with no degree at 16 and work your way up, or study food science, hospitality, or engineering and design the next famous dish, hotel, or roller coaster. Many people here eventually own their own business.
16 fields, 382 careers
Culinary Arts & Chefs(25): The people who actually cook: from the prep station and the line to the executive chef who designs the menu and runs the whole kitchen.
Restaurant & Food Service Management(22): Running the business side of eating out: the dining room, the staff, the money, and the guest experience, from a single cafe to a 500-unit…
Baking & Pastry(20): Bread, cakes, chocolate, candy, and desserts: the science-meets-art corner of food, from 3 a.m. bread ovens to sugar sculptures.
Catering, Food Trucks & Mobile Food(24): Food that goes to the people: catering weddings and galas, feeding film sets and wildfire camps, and running kitchens on wheels.
Food Innovation, Science & Media(23): Inventing new foods and telling food stories: test kitchens, flavor labs, food styling, cookbooks, TV, and teaching.
Specialty Food Shops & Markets(20): Selling great food face to face: cheese shops, fish counters, delis, farmers markets, wine shops, and grocery stores, plus the buyers who…
Institutional & Contract Dining(19): Feeding people where they live, learn, heal, and work: college dining halls, hospitals, corporate cafeterias, stadiums, and the huge…
Hotels, Resorts & Lodging(32): Running places where people sleep away from home, from roadside motels and B&Bs to 2,000-room resorts, and the hidden teams that make them…
Travel & Tourism(21): Planning trips, guiding visitors, and selling whole cities and countries as destinations, from your hometown walking tour to a three-week…
Adventure & Outdoor Tourism(28): Getting paid to take people into the wild: rivers, mountains, oceans, and ski slopes, plus the companies and resorts that run these…
Event & Meeting Planning(23): Designing and running gatherings: conferences, festivals, trade shows, marathons, product launches, and weddings, where everything has to…
Cruise Lines & Theme Parks(21): Floating cities and fantasy worlds: the crews who run cruise ships and the operators, performers, engineers, and designers who make theme…
Family Entertainment & Leisure Venues(17): Bowling alleys, escape rooms, trampoline parks, arcades, go-kart tracks, and roller rinks: the local places people go to play.
Casinos, Gaming & Sportsbooks(25): The business of games of chance: dealing cards, watching for cheaters, keeping slot machines running, setting sports odds, and running…
Private Clubs, Nightlife & Venues(20): Hospitality in places people gather to play and celebrate: country clubs and golf courses, yacht clubs, stadium suites, concert venues,…
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