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Sous chefs are second-in-command in kitchens, reporting to the head chef, overseeing the preparation and cooking of food at restaurants, diners, and other operations where somebody can get a bite to eat. Sous chefs make sure that a kitchen is a well-oiled machine, preparing food, managing the kitchen staff to make sure food prepared quickly and as delicious as possible, and enforcing food safety standards.
Experience is the key. Most sous chefs start in other positions in the kitchen, from the dishwasher, cook, etc., and learn the skills they need on the job to move up. However, some will gain experience through training at a Hotel Management/ Catering school, with 2 and 4-year degrees are available. Sous chefs looking for more advanced training can get involved in apprenticeships through culinary schools and other organizations. These typically last two years.
Tasks performed by Sous Chef are:
1. Assist management of food preparation, planning, and production.
2. Substitute for the executive chef or line cooks when off-duty or during staff shortages.
3. Supervise kitchen staff.
Their pay is generally in the range of 1.5-2.5 LPA. They are generally full-time workers and act as chefs in master chef's absence.

Hi,
The first thing that comes to my mind by the word chef is passion, to work as a chef one has to be very passionate. To start a good career in food Production or to be a chef you should have a Degree in hospitality or hotel management or a diploma in same. Basically, you should be a hospitality graduate and then you can get into a management trainee program and after the completion of the program you will be a JR. SOUS CHEF but to reach to this level you have to have very good knowledge about food and all the basic and non-basic terms and methods of cooking.
If you start your career as management trainee you will get somewhere around INR 25000 to INR 30000 per month and your salary increases to INR 30000 to INR 40000 after the completion of the management trainee program.

Hi Yash,
To become a chef you must have a professional culinary training. To start your career as a chef, you must complete your class X to join the Diploma course in food craft. In order to opt for a degree course in culinary arts, one must complete 10+2 in any stream.
- Some of the institutes offering training are:
*Indian Institute of Hotel Management and Culinary Arts
*International Institute of Hotel Management
*IHM Meerut
*Christ University
*Welcomgroup Graduate School of Hotel Administration
- As a chef, you have a wide range of career prospects.
You can be appointed in varied places like hotels, restaurants, air catering, railway catering etc.
You can be a food writer.
You can start up a business of your own.
You also have a chance to go abroad and get job opportunities in hotels as the Indian recipes are the most demanded ones nowadays.
- As a chef you can get attractive salary and other benefits. The salary range differs from consideration to your experience and place where you work.