Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a private chef can go next

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

Private chefs comply with food and sanitation rules to prepare meals for their employers. They take into consideration the employer’s intolerances to specific ingredients or their preferences and cook the meals in the employer's home. Private chefs may also be asked to organise small dinner parties or other types of celebrations for special occasions.

Also known as private culinary expert, culinary expert, private cook.

Technicians and associate professionals 50 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: pastry chef, 59%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
pastry chef 59% covered pizzaiolo 56% covered chef 55% covered diet cook 53% covered grill cook 51% covered private chef You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from private 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 private 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 private chef needs 24 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
  • handle kitchen equipment assisting and caring
  • cook fish assisting and caring
  • cook dairy products assisting and caring
  • cook meat dishes assisting and caring
  • cook pastry products assisting and caring
  • prepare desserts assisting and caring
  • cook sauce products assisting and caring
  • cook seafood assisting and caring
  • types of whisks services
  • cook vegetable products assisting and caring
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Private 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 private 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.