Tourism and in turn hospitality industry is booming in leaps and bounds. Tourism in India is predicted to be the second largest employer by 2019 providing direct employments. There are huge career opportunities available for the students in these sectors. Few years back, being a chef was looked down upon. However, today because of the social media and overall awareness, this profession has got popularity and status as well. Further, due to globalization, chefs have greater overseas career opportunities like cruise lines, Cookery shows, Health clubs, Casinos, Hotels, Specialty Restaurants, Motels, Inns, Fast Food Chains, Industrial Caterings, Flight Kitchens etc. This paper aims to study if the students in India today are keen to take up culinary profession abroad. It also tried to find out the preferred destinations by the students for the culinary profession. The professional attributes which the employers look for, while recruiting and the skills perceived by the students as essential are evaluated during the research. The gap between the curriculum and industry expectation is studied as well. The research shows that the industry perceives soft skills and attitude as important attributes as skills can be taught and honed. The students however perceive knowledge and culinary skills as required attributes. This paper aims to provide guidelines to the students looking forward to take up culinary profession abroad about the attributes /qualities they should possess.
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