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

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Head Chef Skills List in Hospitality & Catering

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Head Chef role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Head Chef job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 84% of Head Chef job descriptions contained head chef as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

head chef
84%
gastro pub
23%
pub
17%
hotel
17%
sous chef
17%
london
17%
contract catering
17%
rosette
17%
hertfordshire
12%
high volume
12%
5* hotel
12%
staff dining
12%
management
12%
senior chef
12%
chef
12%
hampshire
12%
scotland
12%
andover
12%
north london
6%
cooking
6%
scratch
6%
reliable
6%
positive team player
6%
leadership
6%
fresh produce
6%
stock control
6%
restaurant
6%
coshh
6%
mental health
6%
mentoring
6%
recruiting
6%
recruitment
6%
restaurants
6%
training
6%
cost management
6%
hospitality
6%
st albans
6%
chef manager
6%
golf
6%
golf club
6%
senior sous chef
6%
bar
6%
hertford
6%
essex
6%
fine dining
6%
winchester
6%
monday to friday
6%
4* hotel
6%
care
6%
hospital
6%
executive chef
6%
second chef
6%
salisbury
6%
stockbridge
6%
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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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