As of January 12, 2020, chefs earn roughly 5,000 yuan to 30,000 yuan a month, depending on different restaurants, different positions, different benefits, etc..

Most of the chefs are on a commission system, which means that the chef's daily wage is linked to the good or bad of the fried food, and if the food goes wrong and is complained about by the customers, the money will definitely be deducted and fined. Experienced chefs usually seek stability rather than speed, and they know that it's easy to make mistakes if you're fast. Only novice chefs are often docked.

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Doing chef's people have the same problem, that is, work for a long time the body will also appear some minor illnesses, long time in the kitchen to smell those fumes, upside down frying, etc., will make the body overloaded, tired of a long time. Sickness is also very normal. At this time, although they have a high salary, but while working to see the doctor, is also the reason why they can not save money.

Excellent cooks pay close attention to details, even the folding of rags has a set of rules, because they understand that only by doing a good job in every detail can they do a good job in the whole thing.

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