The chef is divided into many levels, and each level has a different certificate, representing the identity and seniority of the chef. The lowest level of chef is the junior chef, and generally graduated from the technical school are intermediate chef, is intermediate in the lower three chef, is also "rookie" level. Holding the third level chef certificate for two years, as advertised "free further training", in fact, the chef after the completion of the promotion of training are free of charge, the time is not long, as long as the mastery of a few key dishes practice. If you pass the exam, the third certificate can be replaced by a second certificate. After two years of holding a level two certificate, you will be eligible to take the training again and take the exam for a level one certificate. Level 3, Level 2 and Level 1 are the lowest to highest levels within the Intermediate Chef category. If you have held a Level 1 certificate for two years and are over 30 years old, you will be eligible to attempt your first Dragon Gate Jump and take the Senior Chef Specialty Chef training exam. At the end of the day, the certificate a piece of paper only, cooking belongs to the category of martial arts, in the end, how much can need to be proved in practice, just graduated from the culinary school of small masters, the need to grow from the roughing, playing the lotus, food preparation, and other positions, it is not possible to one step up to go to the big hotels to stir-fry.

Special chef is not the highest level of chef, technician is the highest realm of chef. If the special level chef before that layer of hurdles are in the cocoon, through the examination to become a technician in order to become a butterfly. Became a technician, did the chef, not only high wages, there are many other income, such as should be hired by the chef school, to give students on the class, as some of the competition judges and so on.

Chefs are categorized into two types: red chefs and white chefs. The red case mainly refers to meat and vegetables and the cooking category of the bowl, steam bowl, including braised meat, crispy meat, honey meat, bad meat, pork ribs, meat ... "White case" is to do pasta, rolling noodles, pancakes, making snacks, which is "white case" master of things, and "red case" on the chicken, duck, fish, meat to be strictly separate.