Cooking and Nutrition Education is an undergraduate major in colleges and universities in China.

The specialty of cooking and nutrition education trains senior professional and technical personnel with skilled cooking skills, generous cooking science theory, corresponding catering management knowledge and marketing business ability; Graduates can engage in technical and management work in large and medium-sized hotels and group catering departments, and can also engage in teaching and scientific research work in middle and high-level cooking school or related scientific research departments.

What are the employment prospects of cooking and nutrition education?

Cooking and nutrition education mainly studies the basic knowledge and skills of cooking, nutrition, management and education, and conducts research on food nutrition, management of catering enterprises and teaching in higher vocational colleges. For example, the research and development of medicinal meals and nutritious meals, the reasonable proportion of dishes' nutrition, and the teaching of cooking and nutrition majors in technical schools.

The jobs of chefs and catering managers are called golden rice bowl jobs in the community, which have the characteristics of easy employment and high income. The graduates of this major mainly become a high-quality culinary professional with fine theory, strong technical force, operation and management, which can adapt to the socialist market economic system.