I always have my eyes open for job possibilities, even when I'm happily employed my eyes stay open for a new opportunity. There is the odd employer that realizes how much work and time those in the culinary industry put into their passion but the mass majority seem clueless. Why is it that people are posting jobs saying that you must have your Red Seal, formally trained with 5+ years of experience yet they are only willing to pay minimum wage or a tiny bit more than that? Do they not realize that culinary school is expensive? That most trained chefs have thousands of dollars of knives and other tools? How can anyone expect someone with all this training and these tools to work for minimum? Honestly if I want to work for minimum wage I'll go work at Burger King and get paid the same to make Whoppers all day long. Why should I waste my time and money to get paid the same as a high school kid flipping burgers.
One thing that sticks in my mind is an ad I saw a couple months back. The person was offering $700 to cook 3 meals a day for 10 people for 7 days. That works out to about $3.34 per person per meal. How is anyone supposed to even get supplies for that cheap let alone the cost of my time and skills.
I think a lot of people take cooks and chefs for granted, thinking we are all willing to work for pennies and don't have bills to pay. I guess what I'm trying to say is if you want good food be prepared to pay for it, not just for the ingredients but for the person in the kitchen taking time to make you a meal to remember.
Don't get me wrong, I love what I do and the industry I'm in but sometimes it can be a little frustrating to see all these underpaying job postings. I hope you all have a happy new year and all that stuff.
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