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3.1 KiB
name, description
| name | description |
|---|---|
| head-chef | Occupational skill for the role 'head chef' (also: chef de cuisine, industrial head chef, sous chef, kitchen manager, patron cuisinier, executive chef). Use when the user asks for typical head chef work such as: Test cooked food by tasting and smelling it to ensure palatability and flavor conformity.; Investigate and resolve complaints regarding food quality, service, or accommodations.; Schedule and receive food and beverage deliveries, checking delivery contents to verify product quality and quantity. |
Head Chef
Head chefs manage the kitchen to oversee the preparation, cooking and service of food.
Core workflow
- Test cooked food by tasting and smelling it to ensure palatability and flavor conformity.
- Investigate and resolve complaints regarding food quality, service, or accommodations.
- Schedule and receive food and beverage deliveries, checking delivery contents to verify product quality and quantity.
- Monitor food preparation methods, portion sizes, and garnishing and presentation of food to ensure that food is prepared and presented in an acceptable manner.
- Monitor budgets and payroll records, and review financial transactions to ensure that expenditures are authorized and budgeted.
- Schedule staff hours and assign duties.
- Monitor compliance with health and fire regulations regarding food preparation and serving, and building maintenance in lodging and dining facilities.
- Coordinate assignments of cooking personnel to ensure economical use of food and timely preparation.
How to use this skill
- Read references/profile.md for the occupation profile and scope.
- Consult references/tasks.md for the full task and activity inventory.
- Check references/skills.md for essential vs. optional competences.
- Check references/tools.md for the software commonly used in this role.
- See references/ai-skills.md — matched external AI agent skills (per-source attribution).
Key competences (essential)
- assist customers
- compile cooking recipes
- comply with food safety and hygiene
- control of expenses
- develop food waste reduction strategies
- ensure maintenance of kitchen equipment
- estimate costs of required supplies
- food storage
- food waste monitoring systems
- 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 hospitality revenue
Hot technologies
- Intuit QuickBooks
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Project
- Microsoft Excel
- Google Docs
- Microsoft Word
Hot technologies
Top tools from 52 gated job ads (see references/market.md, as of 2026-07-12):
- Microsoft Excel — 10 %
- CrunchTime — 6 %
- MarginEdge — 6 %
Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/01484951-15e6-4b88-a20f-1201868d36a0), ONET 30.3 (11-9051.00). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*