Tendencies of Gastronomy and Culinary Arts students in accordance with post-graduate career expectations: Research on private universities in İstanbul

Considering that the first thing that comes to mind when it comes to gastronomy and culinary arts, the food is produced and served, this issue does not consist of only this idea. Since gastronomy and culinary arts is related to many sciences and shed light on different points of view, it should be studied in many ways. In this study, gastronomy and culinary arts was investigated separately in terms of word meaning. Apart from that, the historical development was explained. Then the academic level in our country at the undergraduate level and how the students will direct their careers in the sector after graduating from the department were investigated. By this way, the career expectations of the students were revealed. For example, a foresight about the direction of the career plans of students who plan to combine their career expectations with entrepreneurial tendencies by doing private, family, public or self-employed business was acquired. The research was applied as a quantitative method and the survey technique was applied. The survey application was applied by sending a link to the participants via social media platforms and e-mail with the help of a browser-based word processor. The data obtained in the study were analysed using the SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) for Windows 25.0 program. Descriptive statistical methods (number, percentage, mean and standard deviation) were used while evaluating the data. In the analysis, the t test, Anova, Pearson correlation and Bonferroni method, which is the Post-Hoc test, were used, and the study was completed by making the conclusion and giving suggestions.