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

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Cook Skills List in Hospitality & Catering

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Cook role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Cook job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 64% of Cook job descriptions contained cook as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

cook
64%
chef
60%
cooking
32%
kitchen assistant
28%
kitchen
28%
food safety
23%
food prep
23%
catering
23%
food hygiene
14%
dbs
14%
cleaning
14%
no weekends
10%
fresh food
10%
day shifts
10%
monday to friday
10%
chef de partie
10%
cafe
10%
daytimes
10%
experienced chef
5%
nursing homes
5%
food catering
5%
food preparation
5%
kitchen chef
5%
kitchen manager
5%
kitchen supervisor
5%
restaurant chef
5%
friday 6pm-9pm and sunday 12pm-3pm
5%
cook assistant
5%
chef assistant
5%
catering chef
5%
breakfast chef
5%
assistant chef
5%
rehabilitation
5%
offenders
5%
nutrition
5%
weekends
5%
short order cooking
5%
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