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

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Sous Chef Skills List in Hospitality & Catering

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Sous Chef role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Sous Chef job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 59% of Sous Chef job descriptions contained sous chef as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

sous chef
59%
chef
59%
catering
25%
chef de partie
18%
education
14%
school
14%
leadership
11%
food hygiene
11%
management
11%
hospitality
11%
monday to friday
11%
culinary skills
7%
team leader
7%
fine dining
7%
senior chef de partie
7%
contract catering
7%
hotels
7%
second chef
7%
communication skills
4%
stock control
4%
compliance
4%
stock management
4%
product quality
4%
technical skills
4%
training
4%
haccp
4%
fish
4%
records
4%
regulations
4%
michelin
4%
creativity
4%
canteen
4%
cooking
4%
fresh produce
4%
caterer
4%
high standards
4%
catering assistant
4%
gastro
4%
positive team player
4%
chef assistant
4%
chefs
4%
reliable
4%
catering officer
4%
daytimes
4%
transport
4%
breakfast
4%
restaurant
4%
lunch
4%
junior sous
4%
university
4%
communicator
4%
innovation
4%
senior sous
4%
restaurants
4%
menu development
4%
creative
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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