How do they match: Cooks, Restaurant

  • Foreign Food Specialty Cook
  • Specialty Foods Cook

  • Bake, roast, broil, and steam meats, fish, vegetables, and other foods.
  • Ensure food is stored and cooked at correct temperature by regulating temperature of ovens, broilers, grills, and roasters.
  • Ensure freshness of food and ingredients by checking for quality, keeping track of old and new items, and rotating stock.
  • Estimate expected food consumption, requisition or purchase supplies, or procure food from storage.
  • Inspect and clean food preparation areas, such as equipment, work surfaces, and serving areas, to ensure safe and sanitary food-handling practices.
  • Observe and test foods to determine if they have been cooked sufficiently, using methods such as tasting, smelling, or piercing them with utensils.
  • Portion, arrange, and garnish food, and serve food to waiters or patrons.
  • Season and cook food according to recipes or personal judgment and experience.
  • Turn or stir foods to ensure even cooking.

  • Arrange food for serving.
  • Assist chefs or caterers with food or drink preparation.
  • Check quality of foods or supplies.
  • Clean food preparation areas, facilities, or equipment.
  • Cook foods.
  • Coordinate activities of food service staff.
  • Cut cooked or raw foods.
  • Estimate supplies, ingredients, or staff requirements for food preparation activities.
  • Maintain food, beverage, or equipment inventories.
  • Prepare foods for cooking or serving.
  • Record operational or production data.
  • Serve food or beverages.