Skills by Occupation
The skills each role needs — from the EU's official ESCO classification.
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head pastry chef
ESCO occupation · 31 essential, 12 optional skills. Click a skill to find jobs that mention it.
Essential skills
recruit employees
supervise food quality
use cooking techniques
handle customer complaints
ensure regular maintenance of kitchen equipment
manage revenue
dispose waste
estimate costs of required supplies
use reheating techniques
use culinary finishing techniques
food storage
set prices of menu items
manage budgets
manage staff
plan medium to long term objectives
maintain personal hygiene standards
plan menus
monitor the use of kitchen equipment
manage stock rotation
manage medium term objectives
comply with food safety and hygiene
order supplies
handover the food preparation area
decorate pastry for special events
create innovative desserts
maintain kitchen equipment at correct temperature
keep up with trends in eating out
schedule shifts
bake pastry for special events
maintain a safe, hygienic and secure working environment
apply procurement
Optional & specialised skills
Other matches: head chef · pastry chef · chef · grill cook · pizzaiolo
Coming next: live skill demand and trends — how often each skill
actually appears in job ads — arrive with the EURES / Cedefop integration. The skills above
are the canonical requirements for the role from the EU ESCO taxonomy.