CHEF SKILLS, EXPERIENCE, AND JOB REQUIREMENTS
Published: May 30, 2025 - The Chef demonstrates strong leadership and supervisory skills, effectively coordinating teams while ensuring compliance with OSHA, DOT, EPA, DNREC, JCAHO, and state sanitation codes. This position possesses excellent organizational abilities with proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook, capable of multitasking and meeting deadlines in a senior living or skilled nursing culinary environment. This role builds and maintains positive internal and external relationships to support hotel and company goals, backed by extensive experience in dining services as a Chef, Cook, Sous Chef, or Dietary Aide.
Essential Hard and Soft Skills for a Standout Chef Resume
- Recipe Creation
- Product Innovation
- Product Analysis
- Health Standards
- HACCP Documentation
- Inventory Management
- Stock Monitoring
- Menu Planning
- Food Preparation
- Food Safety
- Team Collaboration
- Time Management
- Staff Supervision
- Team Coordination
- Team Training
- Team Leadership
- Kitchen Management
- People Management
- Staff Training
- Cultural Sensitivity
Summary of Chef Knowledge and Qualifications on Resume
1. BA in Culinary Arts with 3 years of Experience
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, fluent and literate in English.
- Ability to work at a fast pace in an often crowded/noisy environment.
- Ability to meet professional appearance standards as prescribed by company policy.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, and Outlook).
- Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
- Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
- Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
- Ability to interact with guests, staff, and colleagues and resolve problems and conflicts in a diplomatic and tactful manner.
2. BA in Hospitality Management with 5 years of Experience
- Ability to handle multiple responsibilities simultaneously.
- Knowledge of OSHA, DOT, EPA, DNREC, and JCAHO safety codes, regulations, and requirements.
- Supervisory and team leadership skills, including coaching, engaging and developing employees.
- Ability to coordinate teams and delegate work.
- Ability to build relationships, internal and external, with the hotel and the Company
- Excellent planning and organizational skills
- Ability to multitask and meet deadlines
- Proficiency with computers and computer programs, including Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook
- Experience with dining services in a Chef, Cook, Sous Chef or Dietary Aide role
- Understanding of state sanitation codes
- Ability to work according to the necessary schedule to meet job requirements, with or without reasonable accommodation, is an essential function of this position
- Experience in a senior living or skilled nursing culinary environment
3. BS in Culinary Arts with 4 years of Experience
- Ability to build positive and strong relationships with associates, coworkers and residents.
- Ability to handle multiple jobs and priorities, accept direction from superiors or other experienced staff, share job knowledge or resident information with other experienced staff, and shares job knowledge or resident information with others.
- Experience in giving and welcoming feedback, operating and maintaining kitchen equipment in a clean and sanitary manner
- Knowledge of food handling, preparation, cooking and service.
- Able to read and follow recipes and printed production guides, cleaning schedules and logs.
- Able to read and follow recipes and printed production guides, cleaning schedules, and logs.
- Able to inspire, motivate and train staff while ensuring the successful completion of all assigned tasks
- Familiar with food hygiene and kitchen Health and Safety.
- Knowledge of Menu Planning, for special diets such as diabetes, celiac, low-fat fat and
- Sound knowledge of Health & Safety and Food Safety regulations
4. BS in Food Science with 3 years of Experience
- Experience supervising a commercial kitchen, private club, or other similar food service setting.
- Strong knowledge of county and state food sanitation regulations.
- Extensive knowledge of food production and cooking techniques.
- Strong business acumen and financial evaluation skills and competency.
- Ability to delegate multiple tasks.
- Well-developed leadership, communication, and interpersonal relationship skills.
- Experience of contract catering
- Good team-working skills with a flexible approach to work, and strong leadership skills