DETERMINATION OF PROFESSIONAL ATTITUDE OF CULINARY PROGRAM STUDENTS: AN APPLICATION IN UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL

The aim of this research is to determine the attitudes to the culinary profession associate degree students in the culinary program. For this purpose, it was carried out a survey of 158 students studying at E?irdir Vocational High School and Yalvaç Vocational High School. Distribution, frequency, t-test and ANOVA analyzes were conducted by using the data obtained from surveys. As a result of this analysis, it was determined that the students are considering specialization in one area of culinary profession more and culinary profession satisfy themselves financially and morally. However, it was established that they will adopted their profession less their experience in the culinary profession increase and they willingly chose culinary program. Likewise, in terms of gender variable of students who participated in the survey, it was concluded that there is a significant difference among attitudes towards the culinary profession.