| 簡介：主廚是廚房所有大小事物的統籌，除了烹
飪，也負責管理廚房與人事。成為主廚前需
經過基本功的訓練；成為主廚後，也必須不
斷精進廚藝，永保學習的心。
The Road to Becoming a Chef
Food brings joy to many people, but for some, it can be an object of passion. Those who truly love food—eating it, preparing it, creating new dishes with it—may become chefs, thus turning their passion into a career.
You might think that a chef's job is only to cook, but in reality, chefs do much more than that. Cooks spend their time cooking in a restaurant's kitchen. Chefs, however, are in charge of the kitchen. Chefs hire and manage kitchen workers, plan menus, create recipes, and decide which food suppliers to order products from. They taste foods to check flavors and examine dishes to see if all of the items are well arranged.
Good chefs are also skilled in time management. They make sure that each course of a meal is served neither too slowly nor too quickly. This may sound simple, but when dozens of tables must be served at once, managing time can be hard. In the end, chefs direct all of their efforts towards one goal—to give customers a delicious and memorable meal.
邁向主廚之路
食物帶給許多人歡樂，但對有些人而言，它可能是一種讓人投入熱情的事物。那些真心喜愛食物──喜愛享用、準備、用它創造新菜餚的人或許會成為主廚，由此將他們的熱情變成一項事業。
你可能認為主廚的工作只是在烹調，但實際上，主廚做的事遠不只做菜。廚師花時間在餐廳廚房煮東西。而主廚卻是負責管理整個廚房。主廚負責雇用和管理廚房的工作人員、規畫菜單、設計食譜，還要決定向哪家食物供應商訂貨。他們要品嚐食物確認味道，並檢查菜餚，看看是否所有東西都安排妥當。
好的主廚對時間管理也很有一套。他們要確保每道菜的上菜速度不會太慢也不會太快。這聽起來或許容易，但當有許多桌必須同時上菜時，時間的管理可能不容易。最終，主廚一切的努力都朝著一個目標──給顧客美味又難忘的一餐。
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