Do you need a certificate to be a chef now?

You don't have to have a certificate to be a chef, but a certificate is a chef's skill certificate. If you want to have a good development, you need a chef's certificate.

A chef is a person who takes cooking as his profession and cooking as his main job. The profession of chef appeared very early, and there were full-time chefs in slave society. With the continuous improvement of social material civilization, the chef profession is also developing, and the team of full-time chefs is expanding. According to relevant statistics, at the beginning of the 20th century, the number of chefs in the world has grown to tens of millions. China is known as the culinary kingdom of the world, and the strength and quantity of chefs are second to none.

The Decision of Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security on Abolishing the Regulations on Recruiting Skilled Workers has been discussed and passed at the 76th ministerial meeting of Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security on 201510. It is hereby promulgated and shall come into force as of the date of promulgation. There is an invalid stipulation on the recruitment of skilled workers: the following personnel must hold certificates: business personnel, service personnel, salespersons, salesmen, publication distributors, Chinese medicine buyers and sellers, appraisers, medical commodity buyers and sellers, Chinese medicine dispensers, refrigeration workers, Chinese food chefs, Chinese pastry chefs, western pastry chefs, bartenders, nutrition caterers and restaurant waiters. Professional lecturers, property managers, boiler operators, beauticians, hairdressers, photographers, opticians, opticians, home electronics repairmen, home appliances repairmen, photographic equipment repairmen, clocks repairmen, office equipment repairmen, nurses, domestic servants and elderly care workers. The China chef in this regulation is what we usually call a chef. This proves that the chef's license has been completely cancelled.