Students and alumni have a wide array of career placement services available to them through direct job listings, networking within Christian Chefs International, the Christian Chefs Conference, and personal placement recommendations from CCA faculty. See Alumni Services for more information.

What is a "Chef"?

A chef is a well experienced and educated food-service manager. It takes many years of experience to achieve this, and many of the greatest chefs in the world started their careers with a culinary education.

Once a student graduates with a from culinary school, he/she may qualify for the following entry-level positions and can work their way up to being a successful chef:

• Prep Cook
• Line Cook
• Banquet Cook
• Garde Manger
• Tournant
• Camp Cook
• Personal Chef

After more experience you may also qualify for further positions:

• Chef de Partie (Station Chef)
• Banquet Chef
• Sous Chef
• Executive Sous Chef
• Assistant Food Service Manager
• Food Service Manager
• Executive Chef
• Food & Beverage Manager
• Culinary Educator
• Master Chef
• Food Writer/Photographer
• Food Television