Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

head pastry cheftopastry chef

A head pastry chef already meets 71% of what the pastry chef role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.

From head pastry chef
71%
Overlap1
To pastry chef
23 Skills carried over
6 Required, not held
33.9 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

71%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

33.9/ 100

1 Share of the pastry chef role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the head pastry chef profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A pastry chef role treats 13 of its required skills as things a head pastry chef already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • comply with food safety and hygiene
  • ensure maintenance of kitchen equipment
  • handover the food preparation area
  • maintain a safe, hygienic and secure working environment
  • maintain kitchen equipment at correct temperature
  • manage staff

What stands in the way is 6 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 23 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A pastry chef role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a head pastry chef background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held prepare canapés assisting and caring
  • already held set prices of menu items information skills
  • already held prepare desserts assisting and caring
  • already held types of whisks services
  • already held ensure maintenance of kitchen equipment handling and moving
  • already held use culinary finishing techniques assisting and caring

All 23 carried skills, including the 13 the pastry chef role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 8 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required
  • required, not held think creatively about food and beverages required
  • required, not held work in a hospitality team required
  • required, not held maintain customer service required
02 assisting and caring 2 required
  • required, not held cook pastry products required
  • required, not held use resource-efficient technologies in hospitality required
03 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 required
  • required, not held food waste monitoring systems required
04 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held molecular gastronomy optional
05 information skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held ensure cleanliness of food preparation area optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a pastry chef role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 23 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held comply with food safety and hygiene skill
  • already held ensure maintenance of kitchen equipment skill
  • already held handover the food preparation area skill
  • already held maintain a safe, hygienic and secure working environment skill
  • already held maintain kitchen equipment at correct temperature skill
  • already held manage staff skill
  • already held plan menus skill
  • already held store raw food materials skill
  • already held types of whisks knowledge
  • already held use cooking techniques skill
  • already held use culinary finishing techniques skill
  • already held use food cutting tools skill
  • already held use reheating techniques skill
  • already held assist customers skill
  • already held create decorative food displays skill
  • already held handle surveillance equipment skill
  • already held order supplies skill
  • already held perform procurement processes skill
  • already held plan shifts of employees skill
  • already held prepare bakery products skill
  • already held prepare canapés skill
  • already held prepare desserts skill
  • already held set prices of menu items skill
2 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held ensure cleanliness of food preparation area optional
  • optional, not held molecular gastronomy optional
24 held skills the pastry chef role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise guests on menus for special events skill
  • not needed by the target role bake pastry for special events skill
  • not needed by the target role check deliveries on receipt skill
  • not needed by the target role compile cooking recipes skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct research on food waste prevention skill
  • not needed by the target role create innovative desserts skill
  • not needed by the target role decorate pastry for special events skill
  • not needed by the target role design indicators for food waste reduction skill
  • not needed by the target role develop food waste reduction strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role estimate costs of required supplies skill
  • not needed by the target role food storage knowledge
  • not needed by the target role handle customer complaints skill
  • not needed by the target role keep up with eating out trends skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain personal hygiene standards skill
  • not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
  • not needed by the target role manage medium term objectives skill
  • not needed by the target role manage revenue skill
  • not needed by the target role manage stock rotation skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor the use of kitchen equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role plan medium to long term objectives skill
  • not needed by the target role recruit employees skill
  • not needed by the target role supervise food quality skill
  • not needed by the target role train employees skill
  • not needed by the target role train staff to reduce food waste skill
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held food waste monitoring systems required
  • optional, not held molecular gastronomy optional
Index

Other moves recorded from head pastry chef

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Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.