From head chef to head pastry chef
22 of the 31 essential skills of a head pastry chef are already essential for a head chef — about 71% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from head chef in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 22
- skills carry over
- 9
- would be new
- 71%
- of the target job covered
- 31
- essential skills of a head pastry chef
What a head pastry chef does
Head pastry chefs manage pastry staff and ensure the preparation, cooking and presentation of desserts, sweet products and pastry products.
What carries over
22 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- comply with food safety and hygiene
- ensure maintenance of kitchen equipment
- estimate costs of required supplies
- food storage
- handle customer complaints
- handover the food preparation area
- keep up with eating out trends
- maintain a safe, hygienic and secure working environment
- manage budgets
- manage staff
- manage stock rotation
- monitor the use of kitchen equipment
- perform procurement processes
- plan menus
- plan shifts of employees
- recruit employees
- set prices of menu items
- supervise food quality
- types of whisks
- use cooking techniques
- use culinary finishing techniques
- use reheating techniques
What would be new
9 skillsEssential for a head pastry chef and not for a head 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 head chef
2 roles- restaurant manager14 skills in common
- chef13 skills in common
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How far are you from being a head pastry chef?
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.