[CardSharpCook]

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CSC, what kind of salary can you expect as a graduate of CIA? I realize that this is probably dependent upon many factors but what you you estimate the range and average to be? Also, do you want to own a restaurant some day? If you haven't done an ask me anything about cooking thread already I think it would be a hit.

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I earned 9.50 an hour upon graduation. I was offered a sous chef job, but turned it down in favor of working at a restaurant that would further my education. I imagine the sous chef offer would have been $25k-35k. Basically, the more desireable a job, the less it will pay to jobs at other restaurants that require similiar skills. For instance, working in a hotel, I might be getting 14-15 an hour doing unskilled work, but I'd go insane from boredom quite quickly. My roommate in Vegas and I talk about opening an upscale Thai-French restaurant - basically using our CIA training and combining it with his ethinic cooking skills to offer a fine-dining Thai experience that doesn't involve a menu with pictures or ordering by number. That dream is probably 5 years away at a minimum.