Chefs & Head Cooks

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Chef, Cook, Executive Chef (Ex Chef), Sous Chef

What they do:
Direct and may participate in the preparation, seasoning, and cooking of salads, soups, fish, meats, vegetables, desserts, or other foods. May plan and price menu items, order supplies, and keep records and accounts.
On the job, you would:
  • Monitor sanitation practices to ensure that employees follow standards and regulations.
  • Check the quality of raw or cooked food products to ensure that standards are met.
  • Determine production schedules and staff requirements necessary to ensure timely delivery of services.

Knowledge

Manufactured or Agricultural Goods

  • food production
  • manufacture and distribution of products

Business

  • customer service
  • management

Education and Training

  • teaching and course design

Math and Science

  • arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics

Skills

Basic Skills

  • keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
  • talking to others

Social

  • changing what is done based on other people's actions
  • understanding people's reactions

Resource Management

  • managing your time and the time of other people
  • selecting and managing the best workers for a job

Abilities

Verbal

  • communicate by speaking
  • listen and understand what people say

Ideas and Logic

  • notice when problems happen
  • use rules to solve problems

Attention

  • pay attention to something without being distracted
  • do two or more things at the same time

Hand and Finger Use

  • hold or move items with your hands

Personality

People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business.

They do well at jobs that need:

  • Dependability
  • Initiative
  • Adaptability/Flexibility
  • Leadership
  • Stress Tolerance
  • Attention to Detail

Technology

You might use software like this on the job:

Spreadsheet software

  • Google Sheets Hot Technology
  • Microsoft Excel Hot Technology In Demand

Instant messaging software

  • GroupMe

Data base user interface and query software

  • Culinary Software Services ChefTec
  • ReServe Interactive

Education

Education: (rated 3 of 5)
associate's degree or
certificate after high school
usually needed

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