Looking for Work in Food Service

Have you ever thought: "I'm looking for work and I would like it to be in the restaurant business"? In this article you will find some information that will be useful for better understanding this sector.

I'm looking for work

Are you looking for a job in the restaurant industry? If yes, then this article is perfect! Here are some tips on how to get started
Start by checking out all your local restaurants and their websites - they usually have an online application form or register with human resources, as well as contact information for each specific location where there may be openings at any given time (if there isn't one listed directly at the front). From here it's just a matter of turning these vague clues into action: Send a cover letter expressing interest along with your resume and relevant certificates/diplomas.

I'm looking for a "safe" job

I'm looking for work

In Italy the demand for personnel in the catering sector is constantly growing. Despite the crisis, the sector is registering more and more workers without considering seasonal and occasional workers.

This exorbitant demand for personnel cannot be covered by professionals alone. There is a lack of pizza chefs, chefs, pastry chefs, artisan ice cream makers, barmen, as well as professional waiters.

Nowadays catering allows you to have a permanent contract, in the majority of cases.

In times of employment crisis, the restaurant sector needs these figures.

I'm looking for work in catering: Experience and practice are important.

I'm looking for work

If you have already sent CVs to restaurants, pizzerias or canteens without receiving a response, you may know that the reason may be lack of experience.

In this sector, practice is essential to truly learn the trade.

But, Italy has adopted a policy of mandatory minimum remuneration for internships, greatly increasing it.

• This definitely limited the abuse.

• but it destroyed the possibility of "Going to the Shop".

Furthermore, it is very unlikely that any business such as a pastry shop or a restaurant will hire an aspiring chef or pastry chef who is still novice as a "paid internship".

A restaurateur who decides to invest in you, giving you a salary, does so only if this brings an advantage to his business.

An intern requires time and resources, often slows down all production and makes innocent mistakes due to inexperience.

We need to study!

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Passion is fundamental in a hard and tiring job like this, but study is essential. The training guarantees recognized competence and some work experience in the sector.

In "cooking" there is a multitude of different professions and different opportunities. So you will have to focus on a particular goal.

Would you like to open your own place? enter a starred kitchen? being in contact with people, creating cocktails? Sommelier, or work in a canteen, or in a pizzeria? There are many possible paths you can take. Think about it carefully!

Some clarification...

Cook and chef are two different figures!

Lately the term chef has been used to define anyone who works in the kitchen! However, the Chef is the leader of the kitchen, he decides the menus, the recipes and manages the orders.

The hierarchy in the kitchen includes the chef at the top, then the sous chef, followed by the chef de partie, the various cooks assigned to the stations up to the commis and the plongeurs.

The basics of cooking

Cooking evolves but without the starting bases and a deep knowledge of the ingredients it will be difficult. The cuisine is not a successful dish. School is the beginning, then come books, updates, study, tastings, research for new raw materials. Don't forget, then, that mental organization of work is necessary. Managing a service is not easy. The same goes for the room. The work shifts are long and passion is essential in a job in this sector.