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Chef duties and responsibilities

Chefs work with other kitchen staff to ensure that your kitchen runs effectively, and they have to be experts at ensuring food quality and maintaining kitchen equipment. Other duties and responsibilities that every good Chef has include:

Ensure that all dishes are cooked well and presented in an aesthetically pleasing way

Oversee food preparation, checking that all kitchen staff are performing their duties

Monitor equipment quality and order new equipment as needed

Help the restaurant determine how much food and supplies need to be ordered

Train new kitchen staff

Chef skills and qualifications

The most important skill for a Chef is the ability to cook well and arrange beautiful dishes, but they need lots of other qualifications as well, including:

Customer service

The ability to manage a team of cooks

Organization skills

Time management skills

Attention to detail

The ability to work under extreme pressure

The ability to communicate in a fast-moving environment

The ability to make good food consistently, even in a busy kitchen

High school diploma/CXC required (two-year culinary degree preferred)

7+ years' experience in an executive kitchen position

Demonstrated knowledge of current restaurant industry trends

Must possess culinary creativity

Strong knowledge of local, state and federal food sanitation regulations

Comfortable providing direction and supervision to kitchen staff

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