Chefs

(NOC 6241)
+12.34%
 

Requirement

To be a chef, you usually need a high school diploma and cook's trade certification, which is available in all provinces/territories, or equivalent credentials, training, and experience.

To be an executive chef, you usually need management training and several years of experience in commercial food preparation, including two years in a supervisory capacity and experience as a sous-chef, specialist chef or chef.

To be a sous-chef, specialist chef or chef, you usually need several years' experience in commercial food preparation.

Interprovincial trade certification (Red Seal) for cooks is also available to qualified chefs.

Chef de cuisine certification, administered by the Canadian Culinary Institute of the Canadian Federation of Chefs and Cooks (CFCC), is available to qualified chefs.

Most recent entrants have a trade/vocational certificate or community college diploma, and almost 1 in 20 has an undergraduate university degree.

Degrees Associated with This Career

Certificate
Diploma
Bachelor
Master

Useful Experience/Skills

Serving
Customer service
Bussing
Estimating amounts

Useful Secondary School Subjects

Cooking
Math
English

NAIT
Edmonton, Alberta, CA

Related Program(s):
Cook Certificate; Apprenticeship
Culinary Arts Diploma
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Business & Hotel Management School - Undergraduate Studies
Lucerne, CH

Related Program(s):
Culinary Arts Bachelor; Co-op
Culinary and Pastry Arts Certificate
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Centennial College
Toronto, Ontario, CA

Related Program(s):
Culinary Skills - Chef Training Certificate; Online
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Humber Polytechnic
Toronto, Ontario, CA

Related Program(s):
Culinary Skills Certificate; Co-op
Culinary Management Diploma; Co-op
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International Management Institute Switzerland
Luzern, CH

Related Program(s):
Diploma in Culinary Arts Diploma
Higher Diploma in Culinary Arts Diploma
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Canadore College
North Bay, Ontario, CA

Related Program(s):
Culinary Skills - Chef Training Certificate
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Modified on January 26, 2022