SECTOR Hospitality & Catering

Hospitality & Catering

Kitchens, bars, hotels — skills you can take anywhere.

4 trades Every route drawn out

Hospitality trains fast and promotes fast. A commis chef apprenticeship takes about a year; good chefs can be running a section within two or three.

It is demanding work with unsociable hours, but the skills travel — to any town, any country, or your own place.

4 Trades in this sector

Produce bread, pastry and cakes in craft bakeries and production plants.

Break, bone and prepare meat for retail counters, restaurants and food production.

Cook professionally — the trade with the shortest route from beginner to genuinely skilled.

Front of house in bars, hotels and restaurants — the fastest way into paid work with a qualification attached.