Everybody wants to be a top ranking Chef, running his or her own restaurant and creating fabulous cuisine for the rich and famous. While this is not impossible, the years of work required are long and arduous. Only the best with exceptional skills in the culinary arts and dogged commitment are likely to succeed. You are more likely to find employment in smaller, local restaurants or cooking for ready prepared food production companies. You may find entry-level positions such as Sous Chef or Pastry Chef in smaller establishments.

Many Chefs learn on the job and work their way up through a restaurant without attending cooking school. With your qualification from Culinary Art School, you should be able to leapfrog the years of more menial takes generally given to apprentices. People now have more disposable income than ever and food is the new fashion. Going out to eat is now commonplace, and this combined with the rise in consumption of quality pre-prepared meals should mean that career prospects are good.