THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COOKING EDUCATION AND SECTOR SUCCESS: A RESEARCH ON FIVE-STAR HOTEL ESTABLISHMENTS IN ISTANBUL Cover Image

AŞÇILIK EĞİTİMİ VE SEKTÖR BAŞARISI ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİNİN DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ: BEŞ YILDIZLI OTEL İŞLETMELERİNDE ÇALIŞAN AŞÇILAR ÜZERİNE BİR ARAŞTIRMA
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COOKING EDUCATION AND SECTOR SUCCESS: A RESEARCH ON FIVE-STAR HOTEL ESTABLISHMENTS IN ISTANBUL

Author(s): Nalan Aslan, Yeliz Pekerşen
Subject(s): Vocational Education, Economic development, Tourism, Human Resources in Economy
Published by: Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü
Keywords: cooking education; vocational training; sector success;

Summary/Abstract: Cooking is an occupation that requires talent and continuous work and there has been recent increase in care and interest towards the field. In proportion with the increasing interest in the profession, cooking education gained importance. It is required to produce and carter in the standards of the demand of a customer who pays a certain fee for their eating and drinking experience. This situation requires cooking education. Cooks, who received a nice education, raise the quality of their workplace. The education of the cooks is important both for their own careers and for the companies in which they work to increase the quality of service and provide customer satisfaction. This situation directly affects profitability while increasing the performance of the business. The aim of this study is to correlate the thoughts related to cooking education with the sector success. The study was conducted on the cooks of 385 managers working in five-star hotel enterprises operating in Istanbul. As a result of the study, it was concluded that the participants' thoughts on the impact of cooking education on the success of the sector were positive. In addition, there was no significant difference in the opinions of the cooks working in hotel enterprises regarding the success of the culinary education sector; gender, age, marital status, income level, education status, kitchen education degree, kitchen staff status, kitchen task status, certificates, occupation period and the working time at work. However, there is a significant difference in accordance with the education institution.

  • Issue Year: 17/2019
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 93-122
  • Page Count: 30
  • Language: Turkish