HORSE PUCKEY. Been there, done that. Unless you own the restaurant, mid 70's is about tops around here.
A culinary school graduate that lands a job as a kitchen manager/chef/everything else can expect maybe $12/hr out of school.
And standing on your feet (there are no chairs in kitchens) for 17 hours a day can wreck your health.
My degree and skills get me cushy little party gigs where I get free booze, good food, and get to meet interesting people that I don't have to kill.
I pay the bills another way.
/johnny
Where’s “here?” In Des Moines, Biloxi/Gulfport and Dallas/Ft. Worth (the markets I’m familiar with) an executive chef at a hotel, casino, 4 star restaurant or similar should be at leat in the ninties up to $200.
Just recently I read where culinary school grads are having a hard time finding a job. Lured to culinary school by what appears to be the cushy gigs of celebrity chefs, few realize how hard the work really is and what it will take to be like the chefs on TV.
And of course, between Obama telling us not to eat so much and massive job losses, where are those culinary grads going to work if folks don’t have the money to spend in restaurants?
LOL! Good way of putting it.