Cooking and nutrition education majors mainly study cooking techniques and nutrition. They mainly learn basic knowledge and skills such as modern cooking theory, nutritional analysis, catering management, Chinese and western cooking operations, nutritional analysis and nutrition collocation, hotel management, etc. For example, according to the needs of dishes, cooking materials are processed, cut and seasoned, cold dishes are mixed in Chinese food, food carvings are designed, and egg tarts and other meals in western food are made and matched.
This major cultivates all-round development of morality, intelligence, physique and aesthetics, has good scientific and humanistic quality, understands the present situation and development trend of catering and food-related industries, grasps the basic knowledge of economics and management and the professional knowledge of cooking and nutrition, has solid cooking basic skills and food nutrition analysis and guidance ability, and can engage in management work in catering and food processing enterprises, as well as public nutrition guidance work in schools, institutions and other enterprises and institutions.
The employment direction and prospect of cooking and nutrition education major With the steady development of China's national economy and the continuous improvement of people's living standards, the employment of cooking technology and nutrition major has promoted the vigorous development of China's tourism industry. The characteristics of specialization, marketization and internationalization of catering industry are increasingly prominent. All kinds of catering enterprises should be born in the market, and the low quality of employees and the shortage of talents have become the bottleneck restricting the rapid development of the catering industry. Professional and technical personnel with higher cooking education in the market are in short supply. In addition, with people's attention to health and nutrition, professionals such as nutrition and catering are also in short supply. Therefore, this major has broad career development prospects.
Graduates majoring in cooking technology and nutrition mainly work as chefs in major hotels, star-rated hotels, chain restaurants, restaurants, resorts and senior clubs. After basic training, you can engage in catering technical management, such as chef, executive chef, catering manager or hotel manager. And cooking teaching and training in vocational schools, as well as nutrition catering personnel in canteens and hospitals in major units.