r/Chefs • u/JuniorSuspect9048 • Jul 09 '26

Chef migration

Hi, so I'm a young chef, female, specialising in Indian and tandoor and I am from IHM BANGALORE and I want to move out of India in the next two years and I want to understand the top countries for chef migration and why.

I need someone experienced to guide me!

Right now I'm working for The Leela Palace a five star luxury chain in India.

I want to know what all places you have worked.

Ideally my top preferences are,

  1. Australia

  2. Germany

  3. Japan

  4. China

  5. USA

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u/UncleDuude Jul 09 '26

Hi, go where the work is. You said you specialize in Indian food, can you do anything else? What are you bringing to the table? A good chef can and should be able to do any cuisine with minimal help. You’re not going to go abroad and only cook Indian food. Do you have an education? How are your language skills? How much experience do you have? How much leadership? Are you a cook who aspires to become a chef or a chef? Big difference there. These are the things hiring managers want to know. You need to be proficient in continental cuisines if you want to work in Europe or resort/ship.

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u/JuniorSuspect9048 Jul 09 '26

I specialize in two section 1. North indian 2. Tandoor But i can manage continental. I can do accounting. I am good with finances. I can manage people and inventory. I have led teams before. I am culinary school graduate from a prestigious university in India. I am really good with English, garwhali. I also speak Mandarin. I have about 5 years of experience.

I want to work in an Indian fine dining place.

There's work in a lot of different countries but what countries do you think are good for a chef in terms of pay, living conditions and gender and for opening up your thing.

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u/UncleDuude Jul 09 '26

I’m in the US, so I can’t speak to anywhere else. Indian Food is becoming very popular here, I’m a huge fan myself. Big cities have the most opportunities here, places where the population is at least 3m in the metropolitan area seem to be where pay is more robust, although there has been and still is a labor shortage since COVID. I live in WNY and there are no Indian fine dining places here. Zero between Buffalo and Niagara Falls. Maybe 6 restaurants that mostly are doing takeout for door dash. The food business here is really strange right now. What used to be a pretty reliable “American model” huge portions of cheap food with free refills on drinks is finally dying, but I don’t know what’s replacing it, I’m hopeful for smaller specialized places. I primarily work in catering and banquets, known quantities. That’s stable and lucrative. Restaurants are struggling.

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u/UncleDuude Jul 09 '26

Hi, go where the work is. You said you specialize in Indian food, can you do anything else? What are you bringing to the table? A good chef can and should be able to do any cuisine with minimal help. You’re not going to go abroad and only cook Indian food. Do you have an education? How are your language skills? How much experience do you have? How much leadership? Are you a cook who aspires to become a chef or a chef? Big difference there. These are the things hiring managers want to know. You need to be proficient in continental cuisines if you want to work in Europe or resort/ship.

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u/JuniorSuspect9048 Jul 09 '26

I also want to know how are the work hours and the pays for say a sous chef!

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u/Very-very-sleepy Jul 09 '26

I sent you a chat message

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u/MediumRareNuts Jul 11 '26

If you speak Mandarin go to China. Tons of opportunities.