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

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Executive Chef Skills List in Hospitality & Catering

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for an Executive Chef role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Executive Chef job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 69% of Executive Chef job descriptions contained head chef as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

head chef
69%
executive chef
43%
chef
37%
london
32%
restaurant
27%
senior chef
22%
sous chef
16%
hospitality
16%
culinary skills
11%
vegan
11%
catering
11%
food
11%
hotel
11%
kitchen
11%
fine dining
11%
senior cook
11%
plant based
11%
head cook
11%
monday to friday
11%
chef manager
11%
contract catering
11%
senior sous chef
11%
catering manager
11%
cook
11%
kitchen manager
11%
menu development
6%
restaurant general manager
6%
experienced chef
6%
food industry
6%
second chef
6%
cpu
6%
events
6%
exec chef
6%
corporate
6%
sponsorship
6%
hotels
6%
admin assistant
6%
rosette
6%
michelin star
6%
school
6%
paid overtime
6%
office administrator
6%
office administration assistant
6%
administrator
6%
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