"If food is your passion but you want to make it your profession, this is the book you've been looking for. An extraordinary resource jam-packed with creative options and honest advice."—Kathleen Flinn, author of the New York Times bestseller, The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry"Irena Chalmer is the ultimate food jobs matchmaker. Chalmer's marvelous book is a must-have for anyone thinking about a job in the culinary field as it is an excellent resource, brimming with wisdom and information. The reader is encouraged to follow their passion while using creativity and thought to land a dream job. With Chalmers' wit and humor the book makes for incredible reading as she delves into traditional food jobs as well as more rare occupations. Great Food Jobs 2 will inspire anyone to find the perfect culinary niche."— Stella Fong, Wine and Food Educator, Writer, Former Chairperson of IACP Cookbook Awards"Irena Chalmers's informative book is a masterful drawing of the curtain to reveal more food-related jobs than you ever imagined possible. Her joy in matchmaking people's interest in food with their other passions is genuine, and her light and engaging style makes for a fascinating and enjoyable read. A must-have for anyone contemplating a career in the food world."—Richard Grausman, Founder President, The Careers Through Culinary Arts Program (C-CAP)"This book is a revelation! Irena opens the larder door to an encyclopedia of specialized food occupations with solid research, wit and humor. Essential reading for all who share a passion for food."—Susan Sykes Hendee PhD HAAC CCE CHE"This is a book that allows you to dream and makes the brilliant Irena Chalmers your fairy godmother. As executive director of Culinary Command, a program for retraining veterans for careers in food and hospitality, we have added Great Food Jobs 2 to our curriculum. It brings hope, wonder and just plain fun to answering the question."—Chef David James Robinson, Founder/Executive Director, Culinary Command"Witty, inspiring and full of new ideas, this companion book to Food Jobs will give you exciting ways to think about jobs. Chalmers gives new meaning to thinking out of the box, and fills the book with clever stories and lessons. Buy it if you already own the previous Food Jobs, as there's all new information here."—Dianne Jacob, author, Will Write for Food"Great Food Jobs 2 is like having a food-career counselor in the palm of your hands. No one knows more than Irena Chalmers about the working world of food, and she spotlights both traditional and new opportunities for raising food passion to a professional level. Brava!"—Kate Heyhoe, Executive Editor, Global Gourmet"How does one learn about the myriad of career possibilities within the world of food? Meet Irena Chalmers. Ms. Chalmers (who really should consider changing her name to Charming) offers an enjoyable yet highly informative read in her latest creation. We are certainly all familiar with food, but are not equally familiar with where it all comes from, how it gets to us, how we are persuaded to choose one item over the other, why one is healthier than another, and how vast the foodservice industry. Great Food Jobs 2 is a career guide overflowing with factual information and personal reflections that will inspire and educate each and every reader."—Chet Koulik, Registrar and former Director of Career Services, The Culinary Institute of America"Irena Chalmers is a culinary individualist and food publishing leader who continuously thinks outside the box. Inventing, owning, and running businesses, she questions standards, digs for facts and figures, explores new territory. Which is why this second volume of Food Jobs is chockablock with ever more inventive ideas for navigating a career in the food field—and she probably has volume three up her sleeve!"—Pamela Mitchell, food entrepreneur and former editor at Every Day with Rachael Ray, Saveur, Everyday Food, and Food Wine magazines"Irena Chalmers knows more about the subject of working in the food world than any of the dozens of other experts we know. And what's amazing is that she has charmed and entranced so many of those dozens into helping her fill in all the remaining spaces, telling us about the things they know firsthand. Her book is a gentle guide to a hard-edged subject—warm and witty, stringing together ideas and advice like hundreds of sparkling beads on a string. Reference books are not really meant to be read from cover to cover, but this one casts an unexpected spell, and you'll find yourself staying up late—as did I—turning pages, immersed in Chalmers' graceful humor and good, practical sense. It almost made me wish I were back job-hunting again."—Nach Waxman, owner/founder of Kitchen Arts Letters
"Great Food Jobs 2 is like having a food-career counselor in the palm of your hands. No one knows more than Irena Chalmers about the working world of food, and she spotlights both traditional and new opportunities for raising food passion to a professional level. Brava!"—Kate Heyhoe, Executive Editor, Global Gourmet"What a wit! Irena Chalmers paints the world of food work with style and reality in the pages of her Great Food Jobs 2. Her ability to describe contemporary culinary work arenas beyond "chef" whets the appetite for a delicious work life. Consider such roles of Food Art Historian, Geographer, Kiosk chef, Water sommelier, or sous chef! Those and literally hundreds of options stretch culinary career ideas and make this THE book for chefs, novices, seasoned food pros, as well as agents, coaches and teachers."—Antonia Allegra, Founder, Symposium for Professional Food Writers
