Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a head chef can go next

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

Head chefs manage the kitchen to oversee the preparation, cooking and service of food.

Also known as chef de cuisine, industrial head chef, sous chef, kitchen manager, patron cuisinier, executive chef, master chef, master kitchen manager, managing partner head chef, head of kitchen, master Chef.

Technicians and associate professionals 52 skills on file 5 career moves 3 above 60% overlap Closest: head pastry chef, 75%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
head pastry chef 75% covered pastry chef 69% covered chef 65% covered pizzaiolo 50% covered quick service restaurant team… 48% covered head chef You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from head 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 head chef already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A head chef needs 32 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
  • monitor the use of kitchen equipment assisting and caring
  • keep up with eating out trends information skills
  • compile cooking recipes communication, collaboration and creativity
  • manage hospitality revenue management skills
  • set prices of menu items information skills
  • estimate costs of required supplies information skills
  • types of whisks services
  • manage stock rotation management skills
  • ensure maintenance of kitchen equipment handling and moving
  • supervise food quality assisting and caring
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a head 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.