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

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Chef Skills List in Hospitality & Catering

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Chef role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Chef job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 80% of Chef job descriptions contained chef as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

chef
80%
management
40%
staff mentor
20%
stock control
20%
driver
20%
cost management
20%
recipes
20%
hospitality
20%
cook
20%
catering
20%
cafe
20%
culinary skills
20%
sanitation
20%
menu development
20%
menu costing
20%
leadership
20%
knife skills
20%
health safety
20%
food hygiene
20%
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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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