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, 34% of Kitchen job descriptions contained communication skills as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

communication skills
34%
food hygiene
27%
kitchen assistant
27%
literacy
20%
numeracy
20%
kitchen
14%
kitchen porter
14%
porter
14%
food safety
14%
full time
7%
food quality
7%
serving assistant
7%
shop assistant
7%
hospitality
7%
waiter
7%
management
7%
waitress
7%
kitchen staff
7%
assistant
7%
kitchen manager
7%
london
7%
catering
7%
positive team player
7%
hospital
7%
reliable
7%
temporary
7%
serving food
7%
transport
7%
basic food
7%
baker
7%
dishes
7%
barista
7%
health
7%
catering assistant
7%
customer service assistant
7%
health & safety legislation
7%
washing
7%
food prep
7%
healthcare
7%
cleaning
7%
food services assistant
7%
physical health
7%
front of house assistant
7%
school
7%
flexible
7%
host
7%
entry level
7%
team player
7%
service assistant
7%
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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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