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2026 Culinary Entry-level Jobs in Florida

If you love preparing food and coming up with delicious new recipes, then an entry-level job in culinary arts is for you. With the right training, you could even become the chef or head cook for a restaurant of your choice. With these positions, you can make a nice $40,630 per year just for doing something you love. Depending on where you work you might be responsible for creating new menu items or for simply following pre-designed recipes and creating standard menu options for diners. In addition to hands-on work with food, people with these jobs in culinary arts act as managers for the general kitchen staff and direct everything that goes on behind the scenes as food is prepared. Whether you have a culinary entry-level job as a chef or choose another position, you should know that you’ll generally have more freedom at independently owned restaurants. With chain restaurants, such as Olive Garden or Applebee’s, you usually have to follow the rules and the recipes set forth by the corporation. With smaller or locally owned restaurants, however, you can often play around with recipes and create your own dishes, something that many chefs enjoy. It is this love for freedom and cooking-creativity that inspires many people to bypass all the typical beginning culinary jobs and to open their own restaurants. If your restaurant is successful and if you’re able to juggle being a chef, a manger, and a business owner, you can enjoy creating your own schedule and earning around $48,130 or more per year.

Hungry Tarpon RestaurantIslamorada, FL

Line Cook

HillstoneMultiple Locations

Line Cook

$19-$19

PALM TERRACETampa, FL

cook

Monarch CommunitiesMultiple Locations

Executive Chef

$46,000-$46,000 per year

ANGELS CARE HEALTH SYSTEMS CURLEW CARE OF CLEARWATERClearwater, FL

Cook

INNOVATIVE REGENCY PARKEustis, FL

cook

The Living RoomWesley Chapel, FL

Line Cook

Fabio Viviani Hospitality GroupBradenton, FL

Bartender

BALLERINA RESTAURANT INCBal Harbour Village, FL

Prep Cook

DTR OF FLORIDA ASSOCIATES LLCSunny Isles Beach, FL

Line Cook

5 Star Service Group 5ssg IncFernandina Beach, FL

Prep Cook

Tazikis Mediterranean Cafe - Cafe FreskaMultiple Locations

Shift Leader

Horizons Group CareBradenton, FL

COOK

Grove Bay Hospitality GroupMiami Beach, FL

Pastry Chef

ANGELS CARE HEALTH SYSTEMS MAGNOLIA GARDENSPinellas Park, FL

ALF Cook

Sunness Supper ClubFort Lauderdale, FL

Line Cook

Peck's Old Port CoveCrystal River, FL

Cook

Calvary Chapel Fellowship of MelbourneWest Melbourne, FL

Cafe Manager

Victoria HR ServicesMiami Beach, FL

Cafe Chef

Wildflower FarmsMultiple Locations

Barista

Puff 'N Stuff CateringMultiple Locations

Event Chef

The Grove Cucina & WineHobe Sound, FL

Line Cook

Grove Bay Hospitality GroupMiami, FL

Prep Cook

Village Bread CafeJacksonville, FL

Line Cook

Nabulsi Consulting LLCSaint Petersburg, FL

Sous Chef

Grove Bay Hospitality GroupMultiple Locations

Line Cook

VIA ITALIA WOODFIRED PIZZA & BARTampa, FL

Pizza Maker

Aston Gardens at Sun City CenterSun City Center, FL

Full-Time Cook

Discovery Village Bonita SpringsBonita Springs, FL

Cook

Crazy Crab Kissimmee LlcLongwood, FL

sushiman

Brickell Lux Propery LlcDavie, FL

Line Cook

Discovery Village at MelbourneMelbourne, FL

Cook

VIA ITALIA WOODFIRED PIZZA & BARTampa, FL

Line Cook

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