Cooks prepare, cook and present meals and specialty foods.
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People in this occupation:
- may be responsible for overseeing staff, planning menus or managing kitchen activity
- may work under the direction of dietitians or chefs
- work in restaurants, hotels and resorts, hospitals, cruise ships, central food commissaries, educational institutions, catering companies and a wide range of other establishments
- should be well organized and able to work under pressure
- enjoy working with their hands and have an interest in preparing food
- have strong communication and teamwork skills, since they must work within a team of kitchen staff
Apprentice cooks are included in this unit group.
Common job titles
- cook, construction camp / ship
- cook, diet kitchen / dietary
- cook, hospitality
- cook, journeyman / journeywoman
- cook, licensed
- cook, specialty - ethnic / kosher / halal
- cook, construction camp / ship
- cook, diet kitchen / dietary
- cook, hospitality
- cook, journeyman / journeywoman
- cook, licensed
- cook, specialty - ethnic / kosher / halal