private chef

Code 3434.1.3

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.

Essential skills

Knowledge

  • food storage
  • food waste monitoring systems

Skills and competences

  • store raw food materials
  • store kitchen supplies
  • cook fish
  • cook seafood
  • cook meat dishes
  • cook dairy products
  • cook vegetable products
  • cook sauce products
  • communicate with customers
  • prepare desserts
  • prepare bakery products
  • cook pastry products
  • use resource-efficient technologies in hospitality
  • handle kitchen equipment
  • comply with food safety and hygiene
  • satisfy customers
  • execute chilling processes to food products
  • use cooking techniques
  • use food preparation techniques
  • use reheating techniques
  • use food cutting tools

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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences