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

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Chef Cook Skills List in Hospitality & Catering

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Chef Cook role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Chef Cook job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 56% of Chef Cook job descriptions contained chef as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

chef
56%
cook
45%
chef de partie
34%
cdp
30%
line chef
26%
catering
23%
food preparation
19%
line cook
19%
experienced chef
19%
sous chef
19%
hospitality
15%
kitchen chef
15%
clean
12%
chef assistant
12%
catering chef
12%
enhanced dbs
12%
supported living
12%
junior sous chef
12%
senior chef de partie
12%
demi chef de partie
12%
pastry chef
8%
restaurant sous chef
8%
food safety
8%
hygiene
8%
kitchen manager
8%
kitchen assistant
8%
breakfast chef
8%
assistant chef
4%
senior chef
4%
senior cook
4%
coshh
4%
assistant
4%
college
4%
menus
4%
cook assistant
4%
communication skills
4%
head chef
4%
time management
4%
welder
4%
tig
4%
stainless
4%
fabricator
4%
cooking
4%
head cook
4%
education
4%
executive chef
4%
catering manager
4%
recipes
4%
cafe
4%
kitchen porter
4%
catering assistant
4%
food catering
4%
food hygiene
4%
chef cook
4%
kitchen chef de partie
4%
restaurant chef
4%
caterer
4%
breakfast
4%
nursery
4%
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