2 Brilliant Reasons to Quit Your 9-5 and Become a Freelance Chef

Sick and tired of making your boss rich while you struggle to make ends meet each month? Or are you someone who has had just about enough of the corporate world and looking for a career change that will inspire you to get out of bed in the morning? If you have a flair for experimenting with different flavours, techniques, ingredients, and different cuisine, then you should look at becoming a chef, and here’s why.

#1 Job Growth and Prospects

While many industries are struggling, recent growth in the culinary industry is just getting started. People love food, and as long as people need to eat, explore new flavours and cuisine, restaurants will always make money.

A lucrative industry where you don’t need any higher education to transcend, becoming a chef doesn’t just limit you to opening up your own catering business or working as a chef in a restaurant in South Africa. As a chef, the world is your oyster, which means you can travel the world and find jobs in restaurants, health spas, and clubs.

Or, if you love the ocean, then work on a cruise liner or a superyacht in France, America or the Caribbean. Whether you want to open a restaurant, become a private chef for celebrities or private parties and functions, or even start your very own catering business, you can do it all. Yes, food is big money, and people have no problem paying for it, which means this is one industry where you can earn big.

#2 Freedom of Creativity

Not only is this industry financially rewarding and exciting, but this is an industry that will allow for freedom of creativity. In a people-oriented environment where you use your skills and showcase your creations, becoming a chef is incredibly fulfilling. And did we mention it makes no difference if covered in tattoos? If you can cook, bake, soufflé, and create authentic dishes, people will view you as a Rock star.

Yes, being a chef today differs from how it was a decade ago. Thanks to chefs like Gordon Ramsey, Marco Pierre White, Wolfgang Puck, Nigella, Rachael Ray and Jamie Oliver, chefs are treated like celebrities. But to become a chef, you must complete a City & Guilds chef course through an established and highly recognised Culinary Academy like CTIA.

Achieve a Golden Passport into any Restaurant

Distinguished as a Golden Passport into any restaurant, a City & Guilds qualification from SA Chefs Training & Innovation Academy tells people you are educated by one the best culinary schools in the world. That means a high-paying chef job will not be hard to find in any country you desire.

You only live once, and life is too short to spend it in a job that is making you miserable. Whether you’re a beginner or a chef wanting to add to your recipe repertoire, you’ll love the diverse range of chef courses at SA Chefs Training & Innovation Academy. Make a change today and become a chef by enrolling in one of our exciting chef courses in Franschhoek, Cape Town or Centurion.