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Cooks prepare and cook meals in various establishments like hotels, restaurants, and private homes. Their salaries vary depending on the establishment, ranging from P9,000 to P15,000 monthly for cooks in the Philippines. Cooks can advance in their career by gaining experience and training to become head cooks, chefs, sous-chefs, or executive chefs. While no formal education is required, most employers prefer high school graduates with vocational training or work experience. Employment opportunities will increase as more households dine out or travel due to higher incomes and leisure time.

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Cook A4

Cooks prepare and cook meals in various establishments like hotels, restaurants, and private homes. Their salaries vary depending on the establishment, ranging from P9,000 to P15,000 monthly for cooks in the Philippines. Cooks can advance in their career by gaining experience and training to become head cooks, chefs, sous-chefs, or executive chefs. While no formal education is required, most employers prefer high school graduates with vocational training or work experience. Employment opportunities will increase as more households dine out or travel due to higher incomes and leisure time.

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COOK

Cooks prepare and cook a wide variety of food stuffs in hotels, restaurants and other public eating places, on board ships and in privcate households establishments.

Tasks

Salary/Compensation
Salaries of cooks vary greatly according to the type of establishment in which they work. Salaries are usually highest in elegant restaurants and hotels. The monthly salary of cooks ranges from P9,000 to 15,000.

Prepare and cook complete meals or individual dishes and foods; Cook special meals for patients as instructed by a dietician; Oversee subordinate personnel in preparation cooking and handling; Plan menus; Determine size of food portions; Monitor and order kitchen supplies;

Prospects for Career Advancement


Advancement opportunities for ccooks depend on their training, work experience, and ability to perform more responsibile and sophisticated tasks. A number of them may advance to Head Cook, Chef and specialist chefs, Sous-chef and Executive chef. Others go into business as caterers or restaurant owners, while others become instructors in culinary schools.

Basic Educational Requirement


There is no specific educational requirement for Cooks. However, most employers prefer to hire high school graduates, and those who had several years of work experience, on the jobtraining, and/or vocational training.

Employment Opportunities
Employment growth will be spurred by increases in population, household income, and leisure time that will allow people to dine out and take vacations more often. In addtion, growth in the number of twoincome households will lead more families to opt for the convenience of dining out.

Skills and Competencies


Management of material resources; Management of personnel resources; Coordination; Implementation and planning.

Cost of Training *
The cost of training in commercial cookery is around P6,000. Basic kitchen skills and techniques in preparing stocks, soups and sauces are learned here. This cooking course will also teach the participants new recipes for breakfast, lunch and dinner through the hands-on session.
* Based on 2007 rates

Physical Attributes and Characteristics


Have a keen sense of taste and smell; Can withstand the pressure and strain of standing for hours at a time; Manual dexterity; Can withstand constant pressure to prepare meals quickly; Work well as a part of a team; Neat. Physically fit (free from communicable diseases).

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