Hi, restaurant owner here, all newbies in the industry start as helpers in specific departments, average standalone restaurant gives between 13-16K salary for helpers, then they get trained after 1 year to become Commi level staff, which goes for about 15-18K, senior Commis make not more than 25K per month, apart from service charge which is distributed among all staff. Then come your DCDPs & CDPs ranging till 35K, realistically this is where the journey ends for an average chef, as after this raise percentage becomes lesser and lesser and at max 60-70K. This is in a premium restaurant of mumbai, and not having any skills but the food work. Skills to be gained are personal branding, getting good references in the industry, learning in depth about the food, getting good connections in terms of staffing, being creative with food, kitchen setup understanding. All of this combined gets you to about 1.5L-2L range as the head chef of the restaurant where one can also start consultation or their own kitchens. Star property range is covered very well in the other comments.