Shorten Career Steps as a Short Order Cookby Kirk Bangstad There’s a story of an aspiring opera singer who quit his job as an insurance salesman in Michigan and moved to Chicago to work with his voice teacher 5 days a week. Apparently, he worked as a short order cook in the mornings to earn enough to pay his teacher in the afternoons. He would then return to his short order cook job at night to make enough money to pay his rent and all his other monthly necessities. This story illuminates how the job of a short order cook can help people who need a flexible occupation. A Short Order Cook’s JobShort order cooks tend to work in shifts around mealtimes, such as breakfast, lunch, and dinner. To be a short order cook, you generally don’t need as much experience as you would need to be a restaurant chef, though a bit of education at a culinary school can help your employment prospects. A short order cook’s chef education usually includes a few days of training in a restaurant. Although short order cooks generally don’t get paid as much as chefs (they make around $8 an hour, on average), the job is good for those who want experience to become chefs, or who need a job to pay the bills and can’t enroll full-time in a culinary school. Working as a short order cook can supplement your formal chef education and give you the experience to get your foot in the door. If you love food, and want to try your hand at cooking for a living, find a job as a short order cook. It just may lead you to a culinary school! SourcesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics About the AuthorKirk Bangstad is a singer living in Chicago, IL. Having received his B.A. in Government at Harvard, Kirk previously worked as a management consultant.
Posted on June 21, 2006 at 02:54 PM
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