page_title: Cook (profession)
section_title: Salary & Economics Value
hierarchical_section_title: Cook (profession) / Salary & Economics Value
caption_attribution_description: For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Interhotel "Stadt Berlin", Auszubildende ADN-ZB Settnik 21.3.1990 Berlin: Leistungsschau-Gemeinsam mit acht Auszubildenden aus dem Hotel "Berlin" im Westen der Stadt stellten sich 16 angehende Köche und Kellner des 2. Lehrjahres aus hauptstädtischen Interhotels dem Urteil von Fachleuten. Im Interhotel "Stadt Berlin" verwöhnten sie die Jury nach zahlreichen Vorspeisen mit "gespicktem Rinderfilet und tournierten Gemüse im Teigblatt mit "Kartoffelbirnen", und zum Abschluß gab es einen "Dialog der Früchte an Vanillekrem". Information added by Wikimedia users.English: Interhotel "Stadt Berlin" trainees 21 March 1990, Berlin: Exhibition - Together with eight trainees from the hotel "Berlin" in the west of the city, 16 aspiring chefs and waiters of the second academic year of the metropolitan Interhotels presented to professionals for judgement. The Interhotel "Stadt Berlin" spoiled the jury, after numerous appetizers, with "larded beef and turned vegetables in pastry sheet with "potato pears", and at the end a "dialog of fruits in vanilla creme".
context_page_description: A cook is a profession for individuals who prepare food for consumption in the food industry in settings such as restaurants. A cook is sometimes referred to as a chef, although in the culinary world, the terms are not interchangeable. Cooks' responsibilities include preparing food, managing food stations, cleaning the kitchen, and helping the chefs. Restaurants will give a title to the cooks according to their designated stations. Examples are broiler cooks, fry cooks, pantry cooks, and sauce cooks.
context_section_description: Based on the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of work opportunities for cooks is expected to go up by 6 percent during the time period of 2016 to 2026.  In 2016, the number of jobs for a cook was at 2,403,000. The rate is projected to increase slower than food preparation workers, bakers, and chefs (all of which are projected to increase by at least 8 percent from 2016 to 2026).
  In addition, cooks earn about $22,850 a year, which is about $10.99 an hour.
  As of October 2017, the average income for cooks was around C$33,400 a year.
  As of 2018 cooks in Australia earn about AU$20.48 for every hour of work.
caption: A group of professional and aspiring cooks in a hotel kitchen (1990)
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