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Job Description
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.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 35-1011.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 47,390.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 22.00
- Currently, there are 134,190 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Chefs and Head Cooks”.
Also Known As…
- Chefs and Head Cooks
- Line Cook
- Head Cook
- Executive Sous Chef
- Executive Chef (Ex Chef)
- Corporate Executive Chef
- Cook
- Chef, Instructor
- Chef
- Certified Executive Chef (CEC)
- Banquet Chef
- Wedding Cake Designer
- Sushi Chef
- Sous Chef
- Second Baker
- School Cafeteria Head Cook
- Salad Chef
- Pie Maker
- Personal Chef
- Pastry Cook Apprentice
- Pastry Cook
- Pastry Artist
- Passenger Vessel Chef
- Pantry Chef
- Menu Planner
- Master Chef
- Kitchen Supervisor
- Kitchen Manager
- Head Pastry Chef
- Head Chef
- Head Baker
- Culinary Specialist
- Culinary Chef
- Culinary Artist
- Cooking Chef
- Cook Manager
- Confectioner
- Chocolatier
- Chief Cook
- Chef Manager
- Chef de Froid
- Chef de Cuisine
- Cake Mixer
- Cake Maker
- Cake Icer
- Cake Froster
- Bread and Pastry Baker
Tasks for “Kitchen Chef”
- Order or requisition food or other supplies needed to ensure efficient operation.
- Determine production schedules and staff requirements necessary to ensure timely delivery of services.
- Estimate amounts and costs of required supplies, such as food and ingredients.
- Recruit and hire staff, such as cooks and other kitchen workers.
- Inspect supplies, equipment, or work areas to ensure conformance to established standards.
- Arrange for equipment purchases or repairs.
- Check the quality of raw or cooked food products to ensure that standards are met.
- Meet with sales representatives to negotiate prices or order supplies.
- Check the quantity and quality of received products.
- Demonstrate new cooking techniques or equipment to staff.
- Meet with customers to discuss menus for special occasions, such as weddings, parties, or banquets.
- Monitor sanitation practices to ensure that employees follow standards and regulations.
- Instruct cooks or other workers in the preparation, cooking, garnishing, or presentation of food.
- Prepare and cook foods of all types, either on a regular basis or for special guests or functions.
- Determine how food should be presented and create decorative food displays.
- Coordinate planning, budgeting, or purchasing for all the food operations within establishments such as clubs, hotels, or restaurant chains.
- Plan, direct, or supervise the food preparation or cooking activities of multiple kitchens or restaurants in an establishment such as a restaurant chain, hospital, or hotel.
- Analyze recipes to assign prices to menu items, based on food, labor, and overhead costs.
- Supervise or coordinate activities of cooks or workers engaged in food preparation.
- Collaborate with other personnel to plan and develop recipes or menus, taking into account such factors as seasonal availability of ingredients or the likely number of customers.
- Record production or operational data on specified forms.
Related Technology & Tools
- Cake decorating tools
- Oyster knives
- Convection ovens
- Slicing machines
- Commercial dishwashers
- Food processors
- Desktop computers
- Conveyer ovens
- Waffle makers
- Pressurized steam cookers
- Garbage compactors
- Woks
- Steam tables
- Blast chillers
- Instant-read pocket thermometers
- Refrigerator thermometers
- Gas stoves
- Blenders
- Juice dispensers
- Dry or liquid measuring cups
- Plane graters
- Vegetable brushes
- Carbonated beverage dispensers
- Kitchen fire extinguishers
- Steam kettles
- Bone saws
- Serrated blade knives
- Commercial coffee grinders
- Fruit zesters
- Fire suppression blankets
- Apple corers
- Rolling pins
- Melon ballers
- Commercial microwave ovens
- Box graters
- Grills
- Boning knives
- Infrared heat lamps
- Toasters
- Laptop computers
- Sieves
- Food smokers
- Electric ovens
- Hot dog cookers
- Mandolines
- Meat slicers
- Juice extractors
- Bread slicers
- Griddles
- Rotisserie units
- Ice shaving or crushing equipment
- Cream whippers
- Rice cookers
- Gas ovens
- Cappuccino makers
- Chefs' knives
- Electric stoves
- Double boilers
- Broilers
- Strainers
- Meat grinders
- Braziers
- Kitchen tongs
- Ice-making machines
- Paring knives
- Food shredders
- Gas-powered deep-fat fryers
- Pasta machines
- Knife sharpeners
- Commercial coffeemakers
- Vegetable peelers
- Personal computers
- Parisian cutters
- Portion scales
- Pizza ovens
- Kitchen shears
- Salamanders
- Mixers
- Electric deep-fat fryers
- Food dicers
- Sifters
- Meat thermometers
- Microsoft Excel
- ReServe Interactive
- Culinary Software Services ChefTec
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Email software
- SoftCafe MenuPro
- ADP eTIME
- Internet browser software
- Menu planning software
- Google spreadsheet
- EGS F&B Control
- Delphi Technology
- EGS CALCMENU
- Sage MAS 90 ERP
- GNOME Gnutrition
- Microsoft Office
- Nutrition analysis software
- Barrington Software CookenPro Commercial
- Food Software.com IPro Restaurant Inventory, Recipe & Menu Software
- Axxya Systems Nutritionist Pro
- CostGuard