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, 65% of Cook job descriptions contained cook as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

cook
65%
chef
59%
catering
42%
cooking
30%
kitchen
18%
food safety
18%
chef de partie
12%
no weekends
12%
fresh food
12%
daytimes
12%
day shifts
12%
cafe
12%
hygiene
12%
storage
9%
ordering
9%
nursery
9%
kitchen assistant
9%
food prep
9%
cleaning
9%
food hygiene
9%
flexible hours
6%
surrey
6%
public sector jobs
6%
public sector
6%
part time
6%
kitchen lead
6%
local government
6%
flexible
6%
bank staff
6%
bank
6%
friday 6pm-9pm and sunday 12pm-3pm
3%
rehabilitation
3%
offenders
3%
nutrition
3%
weekends
3%
short order cooking
3%
nurseries
3%
dbs
3%
monday to friday
3%
hospitality
3%
food preparation
3%
babies
3%
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