Understanding Portfolios for chefs and foodservice professionals

Here are the top 10 reasons why you need a Chef Portfolio -

1. Showcase Your Talent - everyone needs PR (a.k.a public relations/ publicity)
2. Build and Develop Your Career - creating and organizing your Chef Portfolio forces you to plan and evaluate your skills, goals, dreams, and future, it also shows you what you are missing in your skill set.Chefs are not made over night! The successful ones have a plan and work the plan. Being a good cook will just not cut it anymore - many other skills are needed and sought after by employers and must be developed and learned through career development, planning, and work experience.
3. Be Discovered! - you never know when someone is looking to hire a chef or cook with your background. Most positions are never posted or advertised. Recruiters, headhunters, and employment agencies are always looking for new talent.
4. Get a permanent professional industry e-mail forwarding address where you can be contacted - YourName@ChefEmail.com. By getting one, you NEVER have to change your e-mail address again.
5. Get a job or promotion! Many people think this is all Chef Portfolios do, but that is just not the case. A career portfolio has multiple uses -promotion, sales, certification, employment, career planning.
6. Promote yourself as a personal chef, private chef, or small catering company and start that small business you have always been dreaming of.
7. Chef portfolios are designed to grow with your career and gives you all the advantages of one Web Site that can change, develop, and grow with you as your career progresses. Use it as a portfolio, job search tool, a business Web Site, or a personal Web Site.
8. Promote your restaurant and get reservations!
9. No need to be a programmer.
. 10. 365 days a year 7 days a week 24 hours a day World Wide your career chef portfolio is promoting YOU and your culinary talents!