Where a chef can go next
12 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a chef already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Chefs are culinary professionals with a flair for creativity and innovation to provide a unique gastronomic experience.
- Highest coverage recorded
- 79%
- Destinations
- 12each with a full record
- Within reach
- 8difficulty under 55
- Skills on file
- 49required or supplementary
Table 1 · Within reach
- grill cook 79% covered · difficulty 24.6
- fish cook 72% covered · difficulty 32
- cook 70% covered · difficulty 37.4
- diet cook 67% covered · difficulty 39.1
- pizzaiolo 67% covered · difficulty 33
- private chef 65% covered · difficulty 44
- head chef 58% covered · difficulty 52.1
- kitchen porter 42% covered · difficulty 51.2
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
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chef is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a chef already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.