head pastry chef
ISCO: 3434. Skills: 47. Essential: 31.
Essential skills
- bake pastry for special events
- comply with food safety and hygiene
- create innovative desserts
- decorate pastry for special events
- ensure maintenance of kitchen equipment
- estimate costs of required supplies
- food storage
- handle customer complaints
- handover the food preparation area
- keep up with eating out trends
- maintain a safe, hygienic and secure working environment
- maintain kitchen equipment at correct temperature
- maintain personal hygiene standards
- manage budgets
- manage medium term objectives
- manage revenue
- manage staff
- manage stock rotation
- monitor the use of kitchen equipment
- order supplies
- perform procurement processes
- plan medium to long term objectives
- plan menus
- plan shifts of employees
- recruit employees
- set prices of menu items
- supervise food quality
- types of whisks
- use cooking techniques
- use culinary finishing techniques
- use reheating techniques
Supporting skills
- advise guests on menus for special events
- assist customers
- check deliveries on receipt
- compile cooking recipes
- conduct research on food waste prevention
- create decorative food displays
- design indicators for food waste reduction
- develop food waste reduction strategies
- handle surveillance equipment
- prepare bakery products
- prepare canapés
- prepare desserts
- store raw food materials
- train employees
- train staff to reduce food waste
- use food cutting tools