Culinary artist vs culinary specialist

The differences between culinary artists and culinary specialists can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a culinary artist has an average salary of $40,757, which is higher than the $37,641 average annual salary of a culinary specialist.

The top three skills for a culinary artist include dishes, food handling and food preparation. The most important skills for a culinary specialist are kitchen equipment, culinary, and food safety.

Culinary artist vs culinary specialist overview

	Culinary Artist	Culinary Specialist
Yearly salary	$40,757	$37,641
Hourly rate	$19.59	$18.10
Growth rate	15%	15%
Number of jobs	5,981	41,696
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 39%	High School Diploma, 37%
Average age	42	37
Years of experience	6	-

Culinary artist vs culinary specialist salary

Culinary artists and culinary specialists have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Culinary Artist	Culinary Specialist
Average salary	$40,757	$37,641
Salary range	Between $20,000 And $82,000	Between $23,000 And $60,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between culinary artist and culinary specialist education

There are a few differences between a culinary artist and a culinary specialist in terms of educational background:

	Culinary Artist	Culinary Specialist
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 39%	High School Diploma, 37%
Most common major	Business	Culinary Arts
Most common college	Boston University	-

Culinary artist vs culinary specialist demographics

Here are the differences between culinary artists' and culinary specialists' demographics:

	Culinary Artist	Culinary Specialist
Average age	42	37
Gender ratio	Male, 71.4% Female, 28.6%	Male, 71.8% Female, 28.2%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 10.2% Unknown, 5.3% Hispanic or Latino, 18.7% Asian, 8.4% White, 56.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	Black or African American, 11.7% Unknown, 5.2% Hispanic or Latino, 17.4% Asian, 7.0% White, 57.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%
LGBT Percentage	9%	10%

Differences between culinary artist and culinary specialist duties and responsibilities

Culinary artist example responsibilities.

Manage inventory and facilitate product orders of the culinary and science departments.
Create dishes to fulfill changing menu requirements on a daily basis.
Instruct cooks in the preparation, cooking, garnishing, and presentation of food.
Coordinate constant clean up in kitchen; operate grills, fryers, and microwaves.
Conceptualize and develop terrain models using Maya and partner with director and animators to correspond and produce effective shots.
Provide model of strong work ethic, assume leadership when in crisis, and professionally handle extremely hectic situations.

Culinary specialist example responsibilities.

Manage and lead a HACCP plan for the restaurant.
Manage user securities, roles, database backups, restore, fail-over management for SQL cluster.
Help maintain haccp records, and all sanitation rules.
Set up the batter cart, fryers, and chicken holding cabinet and collect all necessary small wares.
Design and fabricate menu items for guests with gluten sensitivitys, sulfates allergies, and low fat constraints.
Provide meals for patients with food allergies, food sensitivities, diseases and those revolving from surgical procedures, and pediatrics.

Culinary artist vs culinary specialist skills

Common culinary artist skills

Dishes, 34%
Food Handling, 31%
Food Preparation, 29%
Culinary, 4%
Cooking Techniques, 1%
Fine Dining, 1%

Common culinary specialist skills

Kitchen Equipment, 16%
Culinary, 16%
Food Safety, 12%
Patients, 11%
Cleanliness, 7%
Food Storage, 4%

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