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

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Chef Cook Skills List in Hospitality & Catering

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Chef Cook role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Chef Cook job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 63% of Chef Cook job descriptions contained chef as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

chef
63%
cook
50%
chef de partie
30%
cdp
25%
line chef
21%
catering
21%
experienced chef
21%
sous chef
17%
line cook
17%
kitchen chef
17%
demi chef de partie
13%
supported living
13%
enhanced dbs
13%
clean
13%
senior chef de partie
13%
food preparation
13%
catering chef
13%
hospitality
13%
chef assistant
13%
junior sous chef
9%
breakfast chef
9%
cooking
9%
kitchen assistant
9%
pastry chef
9%
restaurant sous chef
9%
kitchen manager
9%
college
5%
catering manager
5%
executive chef
5%
head chef
5%
head cook
5%
senior chef
5%
senior cook
5%
fabricator
5%
assistant
5%
menus
5%
kitchen porter
5%
communication skills
5%
food industry
5%
time management
5%
kitchen chef de partie
5%
food catering
5%
food hygiene
5%
cook assistant
5%
restaurant chef
5%
caterer
5%
education
5%
nursery
5%
breakfast
5%
recipes
5%
assistant chef
5%
chef cook
5%
welder
5%
tig
5%
stainless
5%
catering assistant
5%
coshh
5%
cafe
5%
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