If you have a passion for food, a good business sense, a way with people and the love of being involved in special occasions then catering may be a good career path for you. For those interested in pursuing the career path in catering it helps to have both education and experience in the culinary arts – the study of food and nutrition and the ability to prepare incredible meals are essential for those in the catering field.

The difference between catering and cooking on the line in a busy restaurant lies in the ability to socialize and communicate with the people that you are cooking for. Often, when cooking on the line in even the best restaurants, you’ll never even have a glimpse of the people that you are preparing food for but in catering you may meet with clients before the event is even planned and be face to face with all of the attendees during at least some point of the occasion that you are cooking for. This represents an entirely different kind of pressure from the pressure that you may be accustomed to when working in even the busiest of kitchens.

Do you have any experience as a cook? If yes, you should think about finding offshore catering jobs. Jobs on oil rigs are famous for paying double what you would normally earn in another industry. And if you have never worked as a cook in the past? Then why not try for an entry level position like a steward? In the rest of this article, we will cover: