From pastry chef to head chef
12 of the 32 essential skills of a head chef are already essential for a pastry chef — about 38% 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.
- 12
- skills carry over
- 20
- would be new
- 38%
- of the target job covered
- 32
- essential skills of a head chef
What a head chef does
Head chefs manage the kitchen to oversee the preparation, cooking and service of food.
What carries over
12 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
- food waste monitoring systems
- handover the food preparation area
- maintain a safe, hygienic and secure working environment
- manage staff
- plan menus
- types of whisks
- use cooking techniques
- use culinary finishing techniques
- use reheating techniques
- use resource-efficient technologies in hospitality
What would be new
20 skillsEssential for a head chef and not for a pastry chef. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- assist customers
- compile cooking recipes
- control of expenses
- develop food waste reduction strategies
- estimate costs of required supplies
- food storage
- handle customer complaints
- keep up with eating out trends
- manage budgets
- manage hospitality revenue
- manage stock rotation
- monitor the use of kitchen equipment
- perform procurement processes
- plan shifts of employees
- recruit employees
- set prices of menu items
- supervise food quality
- train employees
- train staff to reduce food waste
- use food preparation techniques
Other moves from pastry chef
2 roles- chef16 skills in common
- head pastry chef11 skills in common
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How far are you from being a head 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.