head pastry chef

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Skills & Competences

Essential Skills and Competences

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 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 use cooking techniques use culinary finishing techniques use reheating techniques

Essential Knowledge

food storage types of whisks

Optional Skills and Competences

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

Skills & Competences

Concept URI

Concept Uri

http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/b10dc548-10e1-4447-8406-5101ff170bbf

Status

released

Occupations

head pastry chef

Description

Skills & Competences

Skills & Competences

Concept URI