Le Cordon Blue: The Different Pay Scales In The Food Industry

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Starting out in the culinary and or Patisserie field, have you ever wondered what; is the different pay scales? How do they even rate pay within the food industry? Here is the data I have collected and researched about this topic. First I made a survey for the teachers to fill out about if they believe that the education that they received reflects upon what they make for a living. Now from reading these confidential surveys most said; furthermore, no it did not make an unlikeness to what they made in a year’s salary. When asking deeper of why they thought it had little to no effect on their wages. The surveys conveyed that the education is more of a tool to be used; moreover that most that have high ranking educations here at Le Cordon Blue …show more content…

When you're working with baking powder and a formula, you have to be exact. If not, things can go wrong.” (This quote is from Carla Hall). You come to find out that even years’ experience has little to do with salary in some of the jobs listed in the surveys. Executive Chefs, for example they have a graph showing some Executive Chefs making close to 80,000 a year; even though some have worked in the field longer. So what is the difference between Culinary and Pastry Executive Chefs: location, company, hard work, and sacrifice. So the interviews on youtube.com such as Sheila Lucero, prove to be true with most women saying that taking on responsibilities, as a chef has helped them become Executive Chefs. That they asked for the support of the staff and management and that was the big difference in making it to the …show more content…

the 2010 surveys of positions and wages are this. More ethnic groups are coming in strong in the 2010 polls have indicated that Hispanic and Asians are taking lead roles in the kitchen with higher pay. Salaries are plummeting nationwide, and it is causing the restaurants to budget and pull in professionals, to see how they are leaking money. Many in the back of the house (meaning kitchen) are finding that their salary pay fluctuates. These surveys are mostly men and less than 50% of the partakers were women. The salary gap in the 2010 survey displays at least ($10,000 – $20’000) dollar discrepancy between men and women. Who report the same experience in job training and who are in the same job position? The survey did not conclude or discuss who the primary source of income was in the job field for each household. So the facts have led to a question should women be asking for more