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

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Head Chef Skills List in Hospitality & Catering

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Head Chef role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Head Chef job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 88% of Head Chef job descriptions contained head chef as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

head chef
88%
hotel
20%
sous chef
16%
gastro pub
16%
contract catering
16%
london
16%
scotland
12%
4* hotel
12%
chef
12%
senior chef
12%
rosette
12%
pub
12%
executive chef
12%
hampshire
8%
andover
8%
5* hotel
8%
hertfordshire
8%
high volume
8%
staff dining
8%
chef manager
8%
restaurants
8%
hospitality
8%
training
8%
recruitment
8%
management
8%
leadership
8%
second chef
4%
salisbury
4%
stockbridge
4%
hospital
4%
care
4%
monday to friday
4%
fine dining
4%
winchester
4%
cooking
4%
fresh produce
4%
positive team player
4%
reliable
4%
recruiting
4%
scratch
4%
mentoring
4%
north london
4%
restaurant
4%
coshh
4%
mental health
4%
experienced chef
4%
italian restaurant
4%
soho
4%
benefits
4%
catering
4%
menu development
4%
stock control
4%
school
4%
caribbean
4%
catering manager
4%
essex
4%
head cook
4%
kitchen manager
4%
st albans
4%
golf
4%
golf club
4%
senior sous chef
4%
bar
4%
hertford
4%
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While these keywords are a good start, remember that every job is different. Instead of including all these keywords on your CV, identify the keywords most relevant to the job you're applying to and include those. For the best chance of success use our CV keyword scanner tool to help with this.

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