Özet:

The food and beverage sector is compose a major source of employment in our day. While considering the importance of food and beverage in tourism sector, especially in terms of income, employment and customer satisfaction the need for educated workforce in this field increases day by day. When considering the role of kitchen as a heart of the hotel management, it is vital important that the staff would be educated and prone to this area. In this regard, the main purpose of this study is aimed to measure the attitudes of the students at the secondary education level in tourism sector towards the kitchen department. On the other hand, it has been tried to determine whether the students' attitudes towards the kitchen department differ or not according to some demographic characteristics. Survey method was used to collect data in the research. Fethiye Anatolian Hotel Management and Tourism Vocational High School, Muğla Anatolian Hotel Management and Tourism Vocational High School and Köyceğiz Anatolian Hotel Management and Tourism Vocational High School students consist of the universe of the research in the secondary education level in Muğla province. The sample of the study is consist of 250 students in the 2016-2017 academic year of the high schools which provide tourism education at the above mentioned secondary education level. According to the results obtained from the research, it was concluded that the attitudes of the students in tourism education to the kitchen department at the secondary education level were positive.  

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