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Cooks, Restaurant

SOC 35-2014.00

Prepare, season, and cook dishes such as soups, meats, vegetables, or desserts in restaurants. May order supplies, keep records and accounts, price items on menu, or plan menu.

8
Skills
8
Knowledge
2
Job Zone
No
Green

Top Skills 8

Monitoring
3.1
Active Listening
3.0
Speaking
3.0
Critical Thinking
3.0
Coordination
3.0
Time Management
3.0
Reading Comprehension
2.9
Social Perceptiveness
2.9

Knowledge Areas 8

Food Production
4.1
Customer and Personal Service
3.9
English Language
3.6
Production and Processing
3.0
Administration and Management
2.9
Education and Training
2.9
Mathematics
2.9
Public Safety and Security
2.7

Key Tasks

1Inspect and clean food preparation areas, such as equipment and work surfaces, or serving areas to ensure safe and sanitary food-handling practices.
2Ensure freshness of food and ingredients by checking for quality, keeping track of old and new items, and rotating stock.
3Ensure food is stored and cooked at correct temperature by regulating temperature of ovens, broilers, grills, and roasters.
4Season and cook food according to recipes or personal judgment and experience.
5Turn or stir foods to ensure even cooking.

Also Known As

Appetizer Preparer Assistant Cook Back Line Cook Banquet Cook Breakfast Cook Broil Cook Broiler Cook Cook Foreign Food Specialty Cook Fry Cook

Tools & Equipment

Blenders Boning knives Charbroilers Chefs' knives Cimeter knives

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