The Complete Idiot's Guide to Success as a Chef: Turn Your Talent for Cooking into a Satisfying Career

Leslie Bilderback CMB

feb 2007 · Distribuido por Penguin

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How to thrive in one of today’s top ten “dream professions.”

Despite the long hours, arduous training, and grueling physical work, the allure of being a professional chef has made it one of the fastest growing career markets in America today. In this must-have guide, a master chef and baker gives practical, up-to-date advice on everything aspiring chefs (and expert chefs looking for the next career move) need to know, including how to apprentice at a five-star restaurant, connect with renowned chefs and bakers, open their own restaurant, and much, much more.
•  Expert author with decades of restaurant experience.
•  One of today’s top ten “dream professions” in America.
•  Culinary institutes have seen an explosion in their enrollment of between 50% to 100% annually.
•  Covers gourmet restaurants, upscale hotels, catering, specialty food shops, gourmet takeout, bakeries, and much more.

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Leslie Bilderback, certified Master Chef for nearly 20 years, has worked at prestigious restaurants and trained hundreds of new chefs in the rigorous Le Cordon Bleu Academy Program in the California School of Culinary Arts. She is the author The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Success as a Chef, The Complete Idiot’s Guides to Spices and Herbs, and The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Good Food from the Good Book.