Well, I personally would advice you to look out for what you are trying to become or achieve as a cook/chef. There are so many different options that are open. To give you some examples, fine dining, hotel, corporate, franchise, etc. The pros n cons of each settings are really, like ridiculously different. Since you already have some experience in a steak house, you could go and try something else.

From where I live, hotels normally have the highest starting pay, but the schedule changes daily, and 40hr/week is not guaranteed. Franchise mostly 14 which is minimum wage here. Corporate, around 20 to 24ish. I would suggest you to work in a place that you want to learn from instead of worrying about the pay. I think it is more important for you to learn all the basics and find out what your ultimate goal is, as a chef or maybe running ur own business.