Hotel / Hospitality Management

An actual 'chef de cuisine' (the original meaning) is the number one in a restaurant kitchen. That is the most prestigious job in the kitchen, as well as the one with the highest pay.
It's a job that usually requires many years of experience as a commis, demi-chef de partie, chef de partie and finally sous-chef. Most cooks don't make it that far, to be blunt. And make no mistake: no matter what some of the less savory 'culinary colleges' may tell you, you don't graduate as a chef. You graduate as a cook. You might skip being commis and get hired as demi-chef or chef de partie if you're good and managed to get some work experience during your studies, but no sane restaurateur will let some greenhorn fresh out of a training run their kitchen.

Hi,
Since, the gender ratio in India is 943 females per 1000 males according to 2011 census, you will definitely find more male employees than female employees in every sector of the economy including hospitality industry.
Most of the people in India aren't aware of the opportunities that Hotel Management may provide to the Graduates and therefore they don't send their children for the course. Most for people have this misconception in mind that hotel Industry isn't safe for girls. Hotel Industry is absolutely safe for girls. There are a lot of girls working in Hotel Industry safely.
There are long and extended working hours but all the reputed 5 star brands provide late night home drop to all the employees.
I am a hotelier and I've experienced hospitality industry very closely and I would say that it is absolutely safe for girls.

Hello,
As the famous saying goes “There will be as many opinions as men". What this means is that there will be as many opinions as you ask! Everybody has a right to have an opinion. But, there are some questions wherein both possible opinions may be correct. It depends on the issue in question and the personal experience of the one dishing out opinions. Higher studies or job first, and then higher studies is also one such topic where there will be enough people vociferously arguing that only their viewpoint is correct. But, life is not black & white, it's actually different shades of grey. If one starts on job after initial study, the touch with study vanishes. Also with availability of money habits change. Also, in some cases family size increases. In such scenario, taking out two years or so without any pay only for studies and at the same time supporting family is tough task. Of course if wife is earning then again things are different. On the other hand, once a student is in the flow of study environment, it's much easier to continue the study, finish it off and then once and for all take up job.To conclude, I would say that it's a choice of the individual.

For courses like hotel management, there is no need for any entrance exams.
There are many institutions which give admission to the candidates without any exam and also without considering their board percentages.
The only thing you should have is money which you can spend for the large fees of those institutions.
Some of the institutions which offer hotel management courses are as follows-
1. Oberoi Centre for Learning and Development
2. Institute of Hotel Management (IHM)
3. Welcomgroup Graduate School of Hotel Administration (WGSHA)
4. Institute of Hotel Management (IHM)
5. Institute of Hotel Management (IHM)
6. Institute of Hotel Management (IHM)
7. Institute of Hotel Management (IHM)
8. Institute of Hotel Management (IHM)
9. Institute of Hotel Management (IHM)
10. Christ College

Directorate of Technical Education conducts hotel management and catering technology entrance exam for admission in hotel management course.
There are 100 questions in the exam from the following topics-
Current Affairs and General Awareness: Latest Events, Sports and Games, Geography, Tourist Spots, Aptitude for Service Sector, Business and Trade, Countries and Currencies.
Numerical Ability and Scientific Aptitude: Data / Table analysis, Calculation of fraction, percentages, square roots, Health and Nutrition, Basic Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics, Profit and Loss, Simple and Compound Interest, Graph, Pie-Chart and Bar Diagram.
English Language: Adverbs, Adjectives, antonyms, Synonyms, Phrases and Idioms, Sentence Improvement and Reading Comprehension.
Reasoning and Logical Deduction: Geometrical designs and Identification, Numerical Series Completion, Inference from 4 Sentences, Odd One Out and Numerical Pattern.

Hi,
STEP is Systematic Training and Education Program by Oberoi Hotels and Resorts.
In STEP program the candidate learns while working in any one of the Oberoi's properties.
Oberoi provides a degree of Bachelors of Hotel management from Indira Gandhi National Open University.
So, STEP is basically a distance course when learning happens inside the hotel and there is no formal classroom based study.
On the other hand, IHM-Aurangabad provides a full time Bachelor's in Hotel management. The student learns in the classroom, the practicals happen in a systematic way and the students are sent for Industrial Training for 4-5 months in various hotels where they gain practical experience.
In my opinion IHM, Aurangabad is better than STEP as the learning is systematic, a fixed curriculum is followed. There are managerial subjects that are taught by experienced professors.

Executive Chef (aka Group Chef) - Only the largest establishments have an executive chef, salary range around Rs. 1.5-2 lakh.
Head chef- The head chef generally controls the whole kitchen, from managing kitchen staff and controlling kitchen costs to liaising with suppliers and creating the menus. Salary scale range 1-1.5 lakh.
Sous Chef- The role will typically overlap with the head chefs, but the sous chef will tend to be more hands on and actively involved in the day-to-day running of the kitchen, the sous chef will also fill in for the head chef when they are off, salary range 50 k to 1 lakh.
Commis- A commis is a junior member of staff that works under a chef de partie in order to learn the ins and outs of a specific station, these are often people that have recently completed, or are still undertaking, formal culinary training. Salary scale is around 25k.
Dishwasher/porters- asks include basic food preparation such as washing salad and peeling potatoes, in addition to basic cleaning duties. The person responsible for washing dishes and cutlery. Salary scale between 10-20k.