is a new major with good employment prospects.

This profession cultivates advanced technical applied professionals who have mastered the basic knowledge of modern cooking, nutrition and catering management, have strong cooking skills, and can engage in cooking operation, nutrition analysis and catering, as well as catering management.

with the steady development of China's national economy, people's living standards are improving day by day, which has promoted the vigorous development of China's tourism industry. The characteristics of specialization, marketization and internationalization of the catering industry have become increasingly prominent, and various catering enterprises have emerged in response to the market. The low quality of employees and the shortage of talents have become the bottleneck restricting the rapid development of the catering industry.

The market has been in short supply of professional and technical personnel with high education in cooking. In addition, with people's attention to health and nutrition and hygiene, professional personnel such as nutrition and catering are also in short supply. Therefore, this major has broad career development prospects.

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Employment position (career orientation):

① Chefs in major hotels, star-rated hotels, chain restaurants, restaurants, resorts, senior clubs, ocean cruise ships and other restaurants can engage in technical management of catering after grassroots exercise, such as chefs, executive chefs, catering department managers, etc.

② Cooking teaching and training in vocational schools in colleges and universities, as well as nutrition caterers in canteens and hospitals in major units.

③ Major food processing plants and catering products related enterprises are engaged in technician positions, such as fast food processing enterprises and seasoning enterprises.