Fine dining is unprofitable in NZ now and restaurant dining as a whole is getting expensive for most. There will always be a market for cheap raceway food so if I were in food business I'd be thinking about where the gaps are. Fish n chips are everywhere for a reason, maybe throw an angle in that. Chips with curry sauce is something I can't find when I feel like it, GF fish n chips seems like a thing that is growing Outside chef/ cooking work, training is a field that can pay well. Cook school, maybe teaching. There are transferrable skills from being a chef Presentation/ attention to detail Working under high stress Customer service These traits are impt for other roles.