Who will have the unenviable task of teaching basic food handling and storage  ?

And as for personal Hygiene and sanitation of the working area, the mind boggles.

The 400,000 to 900,000 b is per year not month.

 

A "cook" is not a Chef.  A "cook" in California usually works at IHOP or Denny''s and makes what I listed. 

 

A "Chef" at a nice restaurant makes 400,000 b a month.

9 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

The 400,000 to 900,000 b is per year not month.

 

A "cook" is not a Chef.  A "cook" in California usually works at IHOP or Denny''s and makes what I listed. 

 

A "Chef" at a nice restaurant makes 400,000 b a month.

Perhaps I'm old and/or an ignoramus, but I thought a chef was male and a cook female?

 

40 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

Perhaps I'm old and/or an ignoramus, but I thought a chef was male and a cook female?

 

Not old and ignorant many you do not know about this.

I have family in the business.

The "cooks" lets say in California make minimum wage.

Making burgers, eggs, and soup.

A Chef can be male or female and are involved in higher end restaurants with varied menus.

 

On topic, no way those Thai cooks are making what they say every month.

Just bad info.

 

12 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

On topic, no way those Thai cooks are making what they say every month.

Whaaat, Thais lying about their salary? Unheard of! 

Ohh so Thai cooks can cook abroad. weird that foreigner cooks are not welcome here the same.

3 minutes ago, Destiny1990 said:

Ohh so Thai cooks can cook abroad. weird that foreigner cooks are not welcome here the same.

Not sure about "cooks".

But as you probably know many Falang "Chefs" in Bangkok at high end hotels and roof top restaurants.

8 minutes ago, bkk6060 said:

Not sure about "cooks".

But as you probably know many Falang "Chefs" in Bangkok at high end hotels and roof top restaurants.

Yeah because that where i have my daily dinners ?.but just saying they are expecting tolerance abroad while themselves are not so tolerant.

I thought it said “crooks” at first.

 

But they don’t need certification if they are employed in the Government, police, poor persons welfare, education, electronics recycling, slimming pills, whitening cosmetics, temple administration or Customs departments (did I leave anyone out?) apparently!

Well, glad they have their priorities right...guess this is way at the top of the list of things to fix....pfft.

Sure this certificate will look great on the visa application. 

11 hours ago, webfact said:

Thai cooks abroad are paid 400,000 - 900,000 baht/month.

And which country would that be, I wonder? Because at some $156,000 to $350,000 plus per annum, they must all be in the executive chef range. 

11 hours ago, lopburi3 said:

No way.  Suspect they have the decimal in the wrong place.  Average US salary is about 50k per month

So the average us worker makes $usa600 pa.

Rubbish

The standard will be low and the certificate which everyone will get will mean diddly <deleted>, but someone will exploit the new revenue stream.

13 hours ago, webfact said:

Govt will establish standards for Thai cooks

I'd have more confidence if it was the other way around, and the cooks were supervising the government.

 

Some sage advice from Lao-tzu, who knew a thing or two about cooking:

"Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it."

Edited June 27, 20188 yr by lamyai3

2 minutes ago, lamyai3 said:

I'd have more confidence if it was the other way around, and the cooks were supervising the government.

 

Some sage advice from Lao-Tzu, who knew a thing or two about cooking:

"Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it."

As long as the cooks weren't managing a whore-house. As the old saying goes: Too many cooks spoil the brothel.

 

My Thai BIL has been a cook in the USA for about 7 years.  He's not making the big bucks.  Maybe 65,000 Baht per month.  Now that the SIL just opened a restaurant, he may do better.

 

He certainly doesn't need a certificate of qualification.  After all, he ran his own motorcycle repair shop for about 20 years. 555

 

 

Edited June 27, 20188 yr by Damrongsak

11 hours ago, Expatthailover said:

So the average us worker makes $usa600 pa.

Rubbish

I have no idea how you came up with that $600 per year figure?  It is not what I said.

 

The average Thai Cook salary in the USA is about 50,000 baht per month (at 30 baht per dollar) as I stated.  Some make more and others make less.  They are not making 400-900,000 baht per month as stated in the news report.

I hope the new standard for cooks ABROAD is a little bit higher as the standard for ThaiVisa editors.

 

3 minutes ago, Confuscious said:

I hope the new standard for cooks ABROAD is a little bit higher as the standard for ThaiVisa editors.

 

Clearly some kind of an aboration aberration.

 

From what I've noticed in many places the standards of cooking are pretty bad. The food tastes either too salty or too sweet. And the usage of poor ingredients is rampant.

On 6/28/2018 at 9:09 AM, Confuscious said:

I hope the new standard for cooks ABROAD is a little bit higher as the standard for ThaiVisa editors.

 

Might want to edit your comment before you look silly. 

On 6/27/2018 at 4:12 AM, leeneeds said:

Really! they need to be tested by  Gordon Ramsey,

and if past muster they gain accreditation

one wonders what  the reactions would be like when he watches

handling and treatment of produce prior to the taste testing,

given his no holds barred approach to call it as he sees it. 

 

I seem to remember him doing a tv programme from Thailand, as do all tv chefs as far as I can tell. I seem to recall him enthusing about the fantastic food he was going to try and then trying some really spicy stuff that he couldn't eat. I don't remember him swearing at all or even complaining about it. I think that's all for show.

There is already some testing of Thai cooks by the Department of Skill Development which is part of the Ministry of Labour. My wife used to do it a lot at one time. I'm not sure of the standards that were set but they could always be higher.

On 6/27/2018 at 8:50 AM, Anak Nakal said:

Make rule for Thai cook abroad?

Meddle!

No country care about Thai certificate.

This just bureaucracy/take money from people.

Thailand should first set some standards for cooks and kitchens in their own country.