2. Chef Paul Hancock
Executive Chef
“is the person in charge of the
kitchen. Everything that
goes out of the kitchen is the
responsibility of the
executive chef ; therefore, it
is essential for the person
with this job to be able to
maintain complete control of
the kitchen at all times and
to command the respect of
his kitchen staff.”
20yrs of experience
3. Brief Biography
Started cooking at a young age
lived in South Carolina.
Worked in a kitchen while in school
Studied Business Administration
Worked at a bank felt a strong calling in the kitchen and went back
Traveled to learn different things about cooking
Worked with Various of chefs like Chef Larry Mack
Became Sou Chef in Florida working his way up
And now he is an executive Chef in Catalina Island now running 3
restaurants there.
4. Education
ACF Certification (American Culinary Foundation)
Trained in France for 2yrs
Continuing School (Online)
Everything he knows he learned from other
Chefs he previously worked with.
- Went to collage for Business Administration
5. Salary Ranges
Experience is Everything
- If you are starting it ranges from $9.00-$15.00
- Executive Chef about 50,-150,000yr
- Corporate 150,-250,000yr
- If you market yourself well there is no limit to how
much you could get paid
6. Career Map
Try to Learn as much as you can
Learn from different chefs ask Questions
If Possible Travel to learn different techniques from around the
world
Follow your dream if you love cooking be determine and give
it your all
Be the best that you can be
7. How to succeed
1st- Have the Desire and be determine, and Passion
2nd- Flexibility
3rd- Learn everything you can because there is always
something new to learn.
4th- Be discipline ( On time, be clean from top to bottom)
Advice:
“Do it the best that you can and never apologize because
you can always get better doing it and by getting better
and the more repetition the better it will become”
10. Fun Question
IF he was stranded in an island what five ingredients
would he want and what would he create with them?
1. Yeast-Start growing crops, and make wine, beer
2. Eggs- 101 ways to cook an egg
3. Wheat- Make flour and open up his own bakery there
4. Chocolate- Loves chocolate so needs to have it
5. Cow- Could make cheese, milk and it’s a source of
Protein
11. Citations
Chef Paul Hancock : Executive Chef in Catalina Island
Executive Chef Job Description: by Hcarrers
http://www.hcareers.com/
