Food Jobs: 150 Great Jobs for Culinary Students, Career Changers and Food Lovers

by Irena Chalmers

Turn your passion for food into a career with the help of Irena Chalmers, alongside experts like Bobby Flay, Todd English, Anthony Bourdain, and more

You've always been passionate about "food," but how do you actually turn that into a career? Maybe you're considering culinary school, maybe you're about to graduate, or maybe you're looking for an exciting career change. How can you translate your zest for flavor into a satisfying profession?...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0825305926
• ISBN13: 9780825305924
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Beaufort Books
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.9" x 9.8"

Customer Reviews

The ultimate guide to careers in and out of the kitchen!

This is THE book I have been waiting for! From front of the house to back -- and down alleys you never even thought to explore, Irena Chalmers has created a comprehensive guide for any person interested in pursuing a career in the food industry. Food Jobs covers all the conventional occupations you can think of. PLUS, it goes on to include the unconventional and eccentric jobs for culinary and food study graduates like me that are looking to find their dream job and know it isn't located in a professional kitchen or behind an office desk. Irena has drawn on her years of experience and has done her research, interviewing experts from all arenas: chefs, food stylists, artists, publicists, retailers, farmers, writers, anthropologists, educators...you name it. This book is a must read!

fabulous, informative book

What a gift this book is! I've been struggling with my love of working with food. Not sure of where to go with it. Then along came this book and it swung the door wide open for me. There's more ideas and information on working in food than I would have thought possible. By the time I finished reading it everything shifted. There was an explosion of jobs I never even dreamt of and insights and information galore. I keep re-reading it and get more and more inspired each time. Thanks to the author for changing my stymied world view to one of expansiveness and hope. I'm giving it 5 stars. I wish it were possible to give it more.

A Unique Addition To The Career Planning Shelf

There are so many fantastic stories to learn from in this book... it truly lays out the breadth of possibilities in food jobs in a way that's never been done before. I think its best gift is that it is mind-expanding for the food career seeker... that is, many of the "jobs" in this book are due to innovations and entrepreneurial spirit, so they weren't really existing jobs before they were created out of the minds of these folks. So it's not so much a "how to get a job" book as much as a "how to create a job" book, and that is its true gift.

Reframing Options

Having worked in the hospitality industry for almost 30 years, this book can help anyone considering employment in foodservice. Instead of the traditional thinking of "what job fits my qualifications?", this book demonstrates how to make your place in the world by making a job or finding a job to fit your qualifications; to fit your personality and to fit your passion. For many people, this is a major paradigm shift. Irena has filled the pages with examples, testimonials and research demonstrating how to make your passion into a rewarding career. So, exactly how many people are out there that hate their jobs? Apparently they never read this book.

This book exceeded my expectations.

This book is very good for not only the food field but also for other "creative" jobs. I'm a flower designer but I started reading this book and picked up many great hints to extend my work and my career. I was inspired by the author's knowledge and writing style. I also appreciated learning about not only so many jobs which are involved with food, but also new ways of thinking about the job search process. Before you get a new job, or change your career direction, if you read this book you'll be sure to pick up lots of new ideas. This is a very interesting book on many levels.