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What is a Chef?
A chef is a person who cooks professionally for other people. Head chef What is a Head Chef? A Head Chef plans menus, estimates costs and supervises and coordinates the activities of Chefs and Cooks who prepare and cook food in catering and dining establishments. Head chef is often used to designate someone with the same duties as an executive chef, but there is usually someone in charge of them, possibly making the larger executive decisions such as direction of menu, final authority in staff management decisions, etc. A head chef or head cook is the kitchen boss. He or she not only has to be able to cook food and lead a team of kitchen workers but also has to figure out how much food will be needed for the week and order food and supplies. Yes, that means there will be math involved. Kitchen assistants Kitchen assistants are of two types, kitchen-hands and stewards. Kitchen-hands assist with basic food preparation tasks under the chef's direction. They carry out relatively unskilled tasks such as peeling potatoes and washing salad. Stewards are involved in the scullery, washing up and general cleaning duties. |
| List of chefs Cooks, Fast Food |
| What are the education requirements to be a chef or cook? |
| Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria |
| Cooks, Restaurant |
| Cooks, Short Order |
| Cooks, Wazwan, All Other |
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