Direct the preparation, seasoning, and cooking of salads, soups, fish, meats, vegetables, desserts, or other foods. May plan and price menu items, order supplies, and keep records and accounts. May participate in cooking.

Other names for Chefs and Head Cooks: Banquet Chef, Bread and Pastry Baker, Cake Froster, Cake Icer, Cake Maker, Cake Mixer, Chef, Chef de Cuisine, Chef de Froid, Chef de Patite, Chief Cook, Confectioner, Cook, Cook Manager, Cooking Chef, Corporate Executive Chef, Culinary Artist, Culinary Chef, Culinary Specialist, Executive Chef, Executive Sous Chef, Food and Beverage Director, Garde Manger Chef, Head Baker, Head Chef, Head Cook, Head Pastry Chef, Kitchen Chef, Kitchen Manager, Line Cook, Master Chef, Menu Planner, Pantry Chef, Passenger Vessel Chef, Pastry Artist, Pastry Chef, Pastry Cook, Pastry Cook Apprentice, Personal Chef, Pie Maker, Salad Chef, School Cafeteria Head Cook, Second Baker, Sous Chef, Sushi Chef, Wedding Cake Designer,

• Check the quality of raw and cooked food products to ensure that standards are met.
• Monitor sanitation practices to ensure that employees follow standards and regulations.
• Check the quantity and quality of received products.
• Order or requisition food and other supplies needed to ensure efficient operation.
• Supervise and coordinate activities of cooks and workers engaged in food preparation.
• Inspect supplies, equipment, and work areas to ensure conformance to established standards.
• Determine how food should be presented, and create decorative food displays.
• Instruct cooks and other workers in the preparation, cooking, garnishing, and presentation of food.
• Estimate amounts and costs of required supplies, such as food and ingredients.
• Collaborate with other personnel to plan and develop recipes and menus, taking into account such factors as seasonal availability of ingredients and the likely number of customers.
• Analyze recipes to assign prices to menu items, based on food, labor, and overhead costs.
• Prepare and cook foods of all types, either on a regular basis or for special guests or functions.
• Determine production schedules and staff requirements necessary to ensure timely delivery of services.
• Recruit and hire staff, including cooks and other kitchen workers.
• Meet with customers to discuss menus for special occasions such as weddings, parties, and banquets.
• Demonstrate new cooking techniques and equipment to staff.
• Meet with sales representatives in order to negotiate prices and order supplies.
• Arrange for equipment purchases and repairs.
• Record production and operational data on specified forms.
• Plan, direct, and supervise the food preparation and cooking activities of multiple kitchens or restaurants in an establishment such as a restaurant chain, hospital, or hotel.
• Coordinate planning, budgeting, and purchasing for all the food operations within establishments such as clubs, hotels, or restaurant chains.

• Domestic apple corer
• Blast freezers
• Commercial use blenders
• Commercial use cutlery
• Commercial use cutlery
• Commercial use graters
• Commercial use barbeque ovens
• Commercial use food slicers
• Commercial use broilers
• Commercial use icing sets or bags
• Cappuccino or espresso machines
• Carbonated beverage dispenser
• Commercial use cutlery
• Commercial use coffee grinders
• Commercial use coffee or iced tea makers
• Commercial use dishwashers
• Commercial use convection ovens
• Commercial use conveyer toasters
• Domestic whipped cream maker
• Desktop computers
• Domestic double boilers
• Commercial use measuring cups
• Commercial use deep fryers
• Commercial use ranges
• Commercial use ranges
• Fire blankets
• Commercial use food choppers or cubers or dicers
• Commercial use food processors
• Commercial use smokers or smoke ovens
• Commercial use graters
• Domestic trash compactors
• Commercial use ranges
• Commercial use ranges
• Commercial use deep fryers
• Commercial use griddles
• Commercial use grills
• Commercial use hot dog grills
• Ice shaver machines or accessories
• Ice dispensers
• Commercial use heat lamps
• Domestic kitchen or food thermometers
• Non carbonated beverage dispenser
• Commercial use juicers
• Fire extinguishers
• Commercial use cutlery
• Domestic knife sharpeners
• Notebook computers
• Commercial use food slicers
• Commercial use food grinders
• Commercial use food slicers
• Domestic kitchen or food thermometers
• Domestic melon or butter baller
• Commercial use microwave ovens
• Commercial use mixers
• Commercial use cutlery
• Commercial use cutlery
• Domestic garnishing tools
• Commercial use pasta machines
• Personal computers
• Commercial use pizza ovens
• Commercial use graters
• Commercial use scales
• Commercial use high pressure steamers
• Domestic kitchen or food thermometers
• Commercial use rice cookers
• Commercial use rolling pins
• Commercial use rotisseries
• Commercial use broilers
• Commercial use cutlery
• Commercial use graters
• Domestic strainers or colanders
• Domestic sifter
• Commercial use food slicers
• Commercial use steamers
• Commercial use food warmers
• Domestic strainers or colanders
• Commercial use toasters
• Domestic kitchen tongs
• Domestic vegetable brush
• Commercial use peelers
• Commercial use waffle irons
• Commercial use woks

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Time accounting software

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Spreadsheet software

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