Cultivate advanced technical application-oriented professionals who master the basic knowledge of modern cooking, nutrition and catering management, have strong cooking skills, and can engage in cooking operation, nutrition analysis and catering, as well as catering management.

(1) Industry overview and employment prospects;

With the steady development of China's national economy and the improvement of people's living standards, it has promoted the vigorous development of China's tourism industry, and the characteristics of specialization, marketization and internationalization of catering industry have become increasingly prominent. Various catering enterprises have emerged in response to the market, and the low quality of employees and the shortage of talents have become the bottleneck restricting the rapid development of the catering industry. Hohhot new oriental survey market shows that there is a shortage of professional and technical personnel with high academic qualifications in cooking. In addition, with people's attention to health and nutrition and hygiene, professionals such as nutrition and catering are in short supply. Therefore, this major has broad career development prospects.

(2) Students' jobs (career orientation):

Chefs in major hotels, star-rated hotels, chain restaurants, restaurants, resorts and senior clubs can engage in technical management of catering after grassroots exercise, such as chefs, executive chefs, catering department managers or hotel managers.

(2) Cooking teaching and training in vocational schools in colleges and universities, as well as nutrition catering staff in canteens and hospitals in major units.