Catalog 2020-2021

Culinary Arts

Employment

Chefs, head cooks, and food preparation and serving supervisors held 982,740 jobs nationally in 2015. Food preparation and serving supervisors held 88 percent of these jobs and chefs and head cooks held the remaining 12 percent. Employment of chefs, head cooks, and food preparation and serving supervisors is expected to increase by 9 percent from 2015 through 2024.

 

 

Source:

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2016-2017 edition, Chefs and Head Cooks.