Occupations/35-2014.00
Cooks, Restaurant
Prepare, season, and cook dishes such as soups, meats, vegetables, or desserts in restaurants. May order supplies, keep records and accounts, price items on menu, or plan menu.
Usually a high school diploma, plus some experience or short training.
AI automation risk
60%
Mixed exposure
Human characteristics
34%
Fewer uniquely human demands
Task orientation
65%
Higher automation risk
A day in this job
- Mostly human
Coordinate and supervise work of kitchen staff.
- Mostly routine
Inspect and clean food preparation areas, such as equipment, work surfaces, and serving areas, to ensure safe and sanitary food-handling practices.
- Mostly routine
Ensure freshness of food and ingredients by checking for quality, keeping track of old and new items, and rotating stock.
Split from the wording of these tasks, shown next to the occupation’s AI risk. It is not a separate score for each task, and it is not a forecast that the job disappears.
Core tasks
- 01Ensure food is stored and cooked at correct temperature by regulating temperature of ovens, broilers, grills, and roasters.
- 02Inspect and clean food preparation areas, such as equipment, work surfaces, and serving areas, to ensure safe and sanitary food-handling practices.
- 03Portion, arrange, and garnish food, and serve food to waiters or patrons.
- 04Ensure freshness of food and ingredients by checking for quality, keeping track of old and new items, and rotating stock.
- 05Season and cook food according to recipes or personal judgment and experience.
- 06Coordinate and supervise work of kitchen staff.
Model drivers (O*NET 1–5)
- Repeating same tasks3.26
- Degree of automation2.30
- Time sitting1.23
- Originality (ability)2.25
- Conflict situations2.48
- Hands-on objects/tools4.55
- Outdoors / weather2.07
- Disease exposure1.00
- Decision freedom3.78
Top abilities
- Near Vision3.50
- Manual Dexterity3.38
- Problem Sensitivity3.12
- Visual Color Discrimination3.00
- Trunk Strength3.00
- Time Sharing3.00
- Speech Recognition3.00
- Speech Clarity3.00
Essential skills
- Reading Comprehension2.75
- Active Listening2.88
- Writing2.25
- Speaking3.00
- Mathematics2.25
- Science1.38
- Critical Thinking3.00
- Active Learning2.75
- Learning Strategies2.00
- Monitoring3.00
CIP matches
Schools offering related programs
8 shown
Earnings are College Scorecard medians for that program, 1 and 2 years after completion. A dash means the Department suppressed the cell or the campus is not in the field file.
| Institution | Program | Tuition | Admit | Grad 6-yr | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boston University Boston, MA · Private nonprofit | Cooking and Related Culinary Arts, General 12.0500 | $65,200 | 14% | 89% | 1 yr $42,682 2 yr $42,682 Master's · CIP 12.05 |
Minneapolis Community and Technical College Minneapolis, MN · Public | Cooking and Related Culinary Arts, General 12.0500 | $5,900 | 100% | 28% | 1 yr $32,391 2 yr $18,771 Associate · CIP 12.05 |
Miami Dade College Miami, FL · Public | Cooking and Related Culinary Arts, General 12.0500 | $2,900 | 100% | 41% | 1 yr $28,598 2 yr — Associate · CIP 12.05 |
Ridgewater College Willmar, MN · Public | Cooking and Related Culinary Arts, General 12.0500 | $6,100 | 100% | 36% | 1 yr — 2 yr — Not reported |
The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX · Public | Cooking and Related Culinary Arts, General 12.0500 | $11,700 | 31% | 88% | 1 yr — 2 yr — Certificate · CIP 12.05 |
New York University New York, NY · Private nonprofit | Cooking and Related Culinary Arts, General 12.0500 | $60,400 | 12% | 88% | 1 yr — 2 yr — Associate · CIP 12.05 |
Northern Virginia Community College Annandale, VA · Public | Cooking and Related Culinary Arts, General 12.0500 | $5,700 | 100% | 35% | 1 yr — 2 yr — Certificate · CIP 12.05 |
Columbus State Community College Columbus, OH · Public | Cooking and Related Culinary Arts, General 12.0500 | $4,800 | 100% | 25% | 1 yr — 2 yr — Not reported |