How women should groom themselves to enter the professional kitchen by Ms. Arti Sultania
How women should groom themselves to enter the professional kitchen: Women are, by nature, homemakers. They are the ones who take care of the family, who cook and clean and maintain the home. This being said, it is surprising that few women choose to make a career in food production. Though many women work in hotels, they are usually in housekeeping, front office, or in administration. Few women chefs have ventured out to start a career in the professional kitchen. This domain was, and is, a male dominated one, and the best chefs today are men. This could be, perhaps, due to the high physical strain required, the long and odd working hours, and the often extreme working conditions. Many women can have a difficult time balancing the workplace and the home. A straightforward solution for the eccentric timings in the hotel industry is for women to adopt fields where they can work in straight shifts, i.e. from 9 to 5, such as pastry, garde manger etc. Women are getting ready to accept way...
