Job prospects Meat Chef in Ontario
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Job opportunities in Ontario
These outlooks were updated on November 29, 2023.
Prospects over the next 3 years
The employment outlook will be good for Chefs (NOC 62200) in Ontario for the 2023-2025 period.
The following factors contributed to this outlook:
- Employment growth will lead to several new positions.
- A moderate number of positions will become available due to retirements.
What Types of Employers Are Out There?
- Majority employed in restaurants
What are the Main Trends Affecting Employment?
- The high number of restaurants in the province will support opportunities for chefs
- Elevated levels of travel and tourism activity expected over the forecast period
- Opportunities in the ethnic cuisine market and specialized eateries
What Skills Do I Need to Succeed?
- There is one voluntary skilled trade associated with this occupation in Ontario, namely, Chef
- Executive chefs often need experience as a sous-chef, specialist chef or chef, and experience in a supervisory role
- Sous-chefs, specialist chefs, and chefs may need several years of commercial cooking experience depending on the setting.
Here are some key facts about Chefs in Ontario:
- Approximately 20,850 people work in this occupation.
- Chefs mainly work in the following sectors:
- Food services and drinking places (NAICS 722): 75%
- The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
- Full-time workers: 79% compared to 81% for all occupations
- Part-time workers: 21% compared to 19% for all occupations
- 39% of chefs work all year, while 61% work only part of the year, compared to 63% and 37% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 36 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
- 13% of chefs are self-employed compared to an average of 15% for all occupations.
- The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
- Men: 74% compared to 52% for all occupations
- Women: 26% compared to 48% for all occupations
- The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
- no high school diploma: 17% compared to 9% for all occupations
- high school diploma or equivalent: 28% compared to 25% for all occupations
- apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 13% compared to 8% for all occupations
- college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 28% compared to 22% for all occupations
- bachelor's degree: 10% compared to 24% for all occupations
- university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 13% for all occupations
Breakdown by region
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