From chef to cook
11 of the 15 essential skills of a cook are already essential for a chef — about 73% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 11
- skills carry over
- 4
- would be new
- 73%
- of the target job covered
- 15
- essential skills of a cook
What a cook does
Cooks are culinary operatives who are able to prepare and present food, normally in domestic and institutional environments.
What carries over
11 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- comply with food safety and hygiene
- control of expenses
- handover the food preparation area
- maintain kitchen equipment at correct temperature
- store raw food materials
- use cooking techniques
- use culinary finishing techniques
- use food cutting tools
- use food preparation techniques
- use reheating techniques
- work in a hospitality team
What would be new
4 skillsEssential for a cook and not for a chef. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
Other moves from chef
2 roles- pastry chef16 skills in common
- head chef13 skills in common
No account needed to start
How far are you from being a cook?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.