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

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Kitchen Skills List in Hospitality & Catering

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Kitchen role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Kitchen job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 29% of Kitchen job descriptions contained kitchen assistant as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

kitchen assistant
29%
kitchen porter
19%
catering assistant
19%
food prep
19%
pot washer
19%
cleaning
16%
communication skills
13%
new opening
13%
kitchen
10%
washing
10%
porter
10%
physical health
10%
chef
10%
catering
7%
basic food
7%
hospitality
7%
dishes
7%
health
7%
food hygiene
7%
housekeeping
4%
front of house
4%
health safety
4%
assistant
4%
cooking
4%
general assistants
4%
customer service
4%
hospital
4%
fast paced
4%
kitchen porters
4%
serving food
4%
food preparation
4%
pubs
4%
literacy
4%
central london
4%
restaurants
4%
numeracy
4%
waiter
4%
contract catering
4%
waitress
4%
london
4%
food safety
4%
knife skills
4%
order management
4%
back of house
4%
stock management
4%
bar
4%
team management
4%
care
4%
catering assistants
4%
management skills
4%
housekeeper
4%
education
4%
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