A cook is a person who takes cooking as his profession and cooking as his main job. The profession of chef appeared very early, and there were full-time chefs in slave society. With the continuous improvement of social material civilization, the chef profession is also developing, and the team of full-time chefs is expanding. According to relevant statistics, at the beginning of the 20th century, the number of chefs in the world has grown to tens of millions. China is known as the culinary kingdom of the world, and the strength and quantity of chefs are second to none.

To some extent, the chef is the second parent of human beings. Non-governmental organizations in the world agreed to designate 65438+1October 20th as Chef's Day.

Professional requirements:

Cultural requirements, learning to be a chef requires certain cultural knowledge, tolerance and judgment. To learn chef cooking, you can apply for the relevant cooking school or go directly to the catering service place with the chef.

Moral character refers to the moral quality of a chef, that is, the level and accomplishment of a chef in political thought and moral quality.

As a chef in socialist China, in addition to the basic ideological and moral qualities of patriotism, love for the party and love for the people, according to the particularity of the cooking profession, the following points should be put forward in particular: First, the spirit of serving the people wholeheartedly; Second, the professionalism of loving one's job; Third, the spirit of loving the collective and the enterprise; The fourth is a firm concept of the legal system.