| When you say you want to become a good, | | | | right time. This makes cooking and working at the |
| professional chef someday, it actually takes more | | | | same time efficient for you and fellow chefs. |
| than just saying what you really want to be. If | | | | But for the meantime, you may want to put the |
| you are decided to be a chef and do all of the | | | | following common terms that are often used in |
| chef's job for a living, it is important that you | | | | the kitchen. |
| maintain the positive attitude that all chefs exhibit | | | | Kitchens on big establishments and hotels will |
| while working professionally regardless its in a | | | | always have a chef that has authority over |
| world-class hotel kitchen or not. | | | | everybody. The Executive Chef has the topmost |
| Dreaming big and doing what it takes to get what | | | | position relating to the kitchen hierarchy but this |
| you want needs hard work. Dreaming to become | | | | person has the most number of responsibilities to |
| a chef someday requires most of your time to | | | | fulfill as well. Next to him is the Head chef or also |
| work in the kitchen. But a person who aspires to | | | | called Chef de Cuisine which is usually referred to |
| become a chef has to know not only the cooking | | | | as the immediate superior of all the other cooks. |
| basics but also how the kitchen hierarchy works. | | | | He has the authority to hire or fire someone. |
| A large kitchen which is usually what large | | | | Next to him is the Sous chef which takes orders |
| establishments have, need all the management it | | | | from the Head Chef. A Sous Chef should follow |
| can get from everybody working in it. When you | | | | whatever it is that is instructed to him by the |
| are among the cooks in this type of kitchen, its | | | | Head Chef. |
| important to know who you can approach at the | | | | |