Chef Resume Keywords & ATS Expectations

This is the live data our resume scanner uses when it detects a chef resume — the keyword tables, certifications, and titles from our culinary detection engine.

Core skills per the U.S. Department of Labor

Source: O*NET 35-1011.00 — Chefs and Head Cooks (onetonline.org, public domain)

menu developmentfood cost controlkitchen managementfood safetyinventory ordering

kitchen display systemsServSafe practicesinventory software

Keywords ATS systems expect on a chef resume

menu developmentfood costkitchen operationsmise en placefood safetyhaccpinventory kitchenordering foodplatingexpeditingstations kitchencoversservice kitchenbanquetsrecipe developmentscratch cookingbutcherysauceslabor cost kitchenwaste reduction

Certifications that anchor a chef resume

servsafeculinary degreecia graduateacf certifiedcertified executive cheffood handler

Adjacent titles recruiters search alongside "Chef"

executive chefsous chefhead chefchef de partieline cookprep cookpastry chefbakerkitchen managerculinary director

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Methodology: these lists come directly from the detection tables our scanner runs on every culinary resume, validated by a pinned regression suite. See our methodology.