Food Jobs is a book by Irena Chalmers that profiles 150 careers in the culinary industry, from fortune cooking message writer to executive chef. It contains essays and quotes by real-life chefs and culinary experts like Bobby Flay, Anthony Bourdain, Danny Meyer, Alice Waters, and Todd English.
It was published in 2008. It was later awarded the 2008 Gourmand World Cookbook Award for Best Book for Food Professionals in the U.S. and 2008 Gourmand World Cookbook Award for Best Book for Food Professionals in the World.
Food jobs also refers to employment in a particular sector - the food and drink industry. Jobs in the food industry form a substantial percentage of the total workforce in the UK, EU and USA. Food jobs can be in various disciplines including manufacturing, engineering, new product development, sales, marketing, finance, human resources and many more.