Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a chef can go next

12 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a chef already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Chefs are culinary professionals with a flair for creativity and innovation to provide a unique gastronomic experience.

Also known as banqueting chef, chef de partie, chef de cuisine, commis chef, sous-chef, industrial chef, managing partner chef.

Technicians and associate professionals 49 skills on file 12 career moves 6 above 60% overlap Closest: grill cook, 79%

Fig. 2 · Career map 6 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
grill cook 79% covered fish cook 72% covered cook 70% covered diet cook 67% covered pizzaiolo 67% covered private chef 65% covered chef You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 6 nearest destinations from chef, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a chef already covers. All 12 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A chef needs 21 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • instruct kitchen personnel communication, collaboration and creativity
  • think creatively about food and beverages communication, collaboration and creativity
  • types of whisks services
  • use culinary finishing techniques assisting and caring
  • maintain kitchen equipment at correct temperature handling and moving
  • handover the food preparation area handling and moving
  • use reheating techniques assisting and caring
  • design indicators for food waste reduction information skills
  • develop food waste reduction strategies management skills
  • plan menus communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a chef does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Chef is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a chef’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.