Executive Chef Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Hospitality & Catering

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Executive Chef Skills List in Hospitality & Catering

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for an Executive Chef role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Executive Chef job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 70% of Executive Chef job descriptions contained head chef as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

head chef
70%
executive chef
43%
chef
43%
london
27%
senior chef
24%
hospitality
20%
oxford
20%
restaurant
20%
senior sous chef
16%
kitchen
16%
food
16%
catering
16%
fine dining
12%
cook
12%
menu development
12%
brackley
12%
high volume
12%
milton keynes
12%
northampton
12%
executive
8%
cooking
8%
weddings
8%
cpu
8%
events
8%
menu costing
8%
exec chef
8%
food safety
8%
chef manager
8%
boutique hotels
8%
towcester
8%
sous chef
8%
vegan
8%
plant based
8%
hotel
8%
culinary skills
8%
sponsorship
4%
michelin star
4%
transport
4%
restaurant manager
4%
restaurant management
4%
rosette
4%
contract catering
4%
corporate
4%
assistant restaurant manager
4%
monday to friday
4%
hotels
4%
senior cook
4%
food industry
4%
restaurant general manager
4%
catering manager
4%
experienced chef
4%
head cook
4%
kitchen manager
4%
second chef
4%
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