CHEF DE PARTIE

The employment outlook will be Limited for chefs (NOC 62200) in Ontario for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of new positions.
• Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are several unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

What Types of Employers Are Out There?

• Majority employed in restaurants

What are the Main Trends Affecting Employment?

• The high number of restaurants in the province will support opportunities for chefs
• However, consumer spending in restaurants is expected to be constrained due to economic uncertainty

What Skills Do I Need to Succeed?

• There is one voluntary skilled trade associated with this occupation in Ontario, namely, Chef
• Executive chefs often need experience as a sous-chef, specialist chef or chef, and experience in a supervisory role
• Sous-chefs, specialist chefs, and chefs may need several years of commercial cooking experience depending on the setting.

Here are some key facts about chefs in Ontario:

• Approximately 24,600 people work in this occupation.
• Chefs mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Food services and drinking places (NAICS 722): 76%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 79% compared to 81% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 21% compared to 19% for all occupations
• 39% of chefs work all year, while 61% work only part of the year, compared to 63% and 37% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 36 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• 13% of chefs are self-employed compared to an average of 15% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 74% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 26% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 17% compared to 9% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 28% compared to 25% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 13% compared to 8% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 28% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 10% compared to 24% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 13% for all occupations