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, 68% of Executive Chef job descriptions contained head chef as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

head chef
68%
chef
48%
executive chef
48%
senior chef
29%
london
24%
restaurant
20%
hospitality
20%
catering
16%
oxford
16%
kitchen
16%
food
16%
cook
16%
fine dining
12%
menu development
12%
senior sous chef
12%
hotel
8%
food safety
8%
chef manager
8%
boutique hotels
8%
milton keynes
8%
sous chef
8%
northampton
8%
menu costing
8%
vegan
8%
plant based
8%
head cook
8%
kitchen manager
8%
weddings
8%
brackley
8%
culinary skills
8%
senior cook
8%
cooking
8%
catering manager
8%
executive
8%
high volume
8%
assistant restaurant manager
4%
transport
4%
towcester
4%
cpu
4%
events
4%
exec chef
4%
restaurant management
4%
restaurant manager
4%
second chef
4%
experienced chef
4%
restaurant general manager
4%
food industry
4%
sponsorship
4%
hotels
4%
monday to friday
4%
corporate
4%
contract catering
4%
rosette
4%
michelin star
4%
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