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Originally Posted by Katsunami
Hey! 
(Ever looked at how many women are top chefs? I only ever hear or see men  ) |
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Originally Posted by wodin
Glass ceiling? Even in the kitchen?
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Well Julia Child springs to mind.
But there are very few females holding top kitchen positions in restaurants as you note.
There is a bit of a glass ceiling, not in company hiring practices, but in hierarchy in the hospitality industry.
People in my experience generally perceive the chef as male. And male chefs and cooks seem to be more aggressively seeking career advancement. There are many exceptions of course.
And women of my generation at least, were brought up that cooking in the home was their duty and did not see it as a glamorous or lucrative career choice.
Not to mention that even today a server in a good or even reasonable restaurant, male or female, make upwards of four times as much as the top kitchen staff. (not in all countries but many).
I was speaking of cooking at home in my original post which seemed clear from the post I was responding to but I guess not
My father was a chef who worked 60+hours a week and rarely cooked at home.
I have worked quite a few years on and off in the hospitality industry, even once as a cook, which I didn't care for although I was considered a success by my employer and the customers, and again in my experience, few male chefs or even line cooks cook at home. The wife and kids want to eat their cooking they come to the restaurant.
Helen