Occupation Atlasprivate chef
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/a256838b-0843-4ad2-a2fb-4531f94e63d8
private chef
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.
Job Zone
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Zone 3: Medium Preparation Needed
Medium preparation. Vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or an associate degree, with one to two years of training that combines experience and informal instruction.
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Occupational interest profile
RSARealistic · Social · Artistic — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic4.98
- S Social3.78
- A Artistic3.77
- C Conventional3.71
- E Enterprising3.55
- I Investigative1.40
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Cooks, Private Household (35-2013.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (24)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- communicate with customers
- comply with food safety and hygiene
- cook dairy products
- cook fish
- cook meat dishes
- cook pastry products
- cook sauce products
- cook seafood
- cook vegetable products
- execute chilling processes to food products
- food storage
- food waste monitoring systems
- handle kitchen equipment
- prepare bakery products
- prepare desserts
- satisfy customers
- store kitchen supplies
- store raw food materials
- types of whisks
- use cooking techniques
- use food cutting tools
- use food preparation techniques
- use reheating techniques
- use resource-efficient technologies in hospitality
Optional (26)
- arrange special events
- blend food ingredients
- buy groceries
- clean surfaces
- compile cooking recipes
- composition of diets
- create decorative food displays
- dispose food waste
- ensure cleanliness of food preparation area
- ensure maintenance of kitchen equipment
- food allergies
- give instructions to staff
- identify nutritional properties of food
- knead food products
- manage staff
- molecular gastronomy
- operate mixing of food products
- plan menus
- prepare dietary meals
- prepare pasta
- prepare pizza
- prepare salad dressings
- prepare sandwiches
- provide food and beverages
- serve food in table service
- train employees
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
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