What type of education do you need to be a caterer?

I am doing a report for my Foods and Nutrition Class, and I need to know how much education is needed to get a job in the catering bussiness. I also need to know the annual salary and a little information about the catering bussiness. For your needed information I will not be using your exact words in my report. I will translate them into what i what would say. So don't worry about plaigerism.What type of education do you need to be a caterer?
There is very good information at the US Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Outlook Handbook site:



http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos161.htm



This includes educational background, salaries, outlook, etc.



You may also find this helpful:



http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/caterin鈥?/a>

(an article on catering careers)



You may also want to contact one of the staff at the National Association of Catering Executives:

http://www.nace.net/html/staffpage.html



They may be able to give you some more good information, as well. The association has many local chapters, so there may be one near you.



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