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

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Food Service Skills List in Hospitality & Catering

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Food Service role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Food Service job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 29% of Food Service job descriptions contained catering as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

catering
29%
food service
29%
kitchen
29%
kitchen assistant
15%
part time
15%
oxford
15%
kitchen supervisor
15%
food service assistant
15%
customer service
15%
cooking
15%
surrey
15%
public sector jobs
15%
public sector
15%
local government
15%
waiter
15%
teamwork
15%
barista
15%
time management
15%
sous chef
8%
senior chef
8%
second chef
8%
head chef
8%
executive chef
8%
cleaning
8%
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