Özet:

Thanks to television food programs, the cooking profession has become popular today. This popularity has triggered the increase in the number of departments of universities that provide a bachelor's degree in gastronomy and cooking arts. This situation requires the conduct of studies on the selection and impact of TV programs on the career plans of students who want to get a gastronomic and cooking arts education. The aim of this study is to explore the impact of television food programs on the educational, career and professional plans of students studying at the University of Kütahya Dumlupınar. For this purpose, discussions were conducted with students studying in the Department of Gastronomy and Kitchen Arts. The research phantom was created using content analysis in the scientific approach of the facts. The study concluded that television food programs did not have an impact on the career education and career plans of students. The most important findings of the study are the elements such as the positive views of chefs in television food programs about their careers while making their career plans, the incentives of chefs to their career status with the comparison of the real-life kitchen situations reflected on the screen. The findings were made in academic and sector-based recommendations compared to the results of previous studies in the field in summer.

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