Culinary Students Need Resume Flavor to Stand Out. Exec Chef Mark Dowling of Escoffier Online Culinary Academy Shares the 5 “Courses” Your Resume Should Follow

The food industry is a bright spot in the still-struggling job market – though it may not offer the highest wages, its boasting faster growth than others, with 10 million employees nationwide and growing. That means more competition for culinary grads. So how can future chefs stand out? Add more flavor to your traditional resume, says Chef Mark X. Dowling, VP of Academics and Executive Chef for the Escoffier Online Culinary Academy, and make sure your employer clearly sees that you understand what they're looking for. Chef Mark of Escoffier Online has hired many young chefs and mentored many more students as they enter the job market. He recommends aspiring professional create their resume to follow a traditional 5 course meal – from the amuse bouche to the dessert!