Social work, sport and culture
Chef
Key facts
This job is hiring in the United States; its exposure to AI is medium. AI exposure: very low according to the ILO, moderate according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +6.1% (BLS).
The job
Chefs (ISCO 3434). Chefs design menus, create dishes and oversee the planning, organization, preparation and cooking of meals in hotels, restaurants and other eating places, on board ships, on passenger trains and in private households.
Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.
40 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- baker
- banqueting chef
- chef
- chef de cuisine
- chef de partie
- commis chef
- confectionary chef
- confectioner
- confiseur
- culinary expert
- dessert chef
- décorateur
- executive chef
- executive dessert chef
- executive pastry chef
- glacier
- head chef
- head of kitchen
- head pastry chef
- industrial chef
- industrial head chef
- kitchen manager
- managing partner chef
- managing partner head chef
- master chef
- master Chef
- master dessert chef
- master kitchen manager
- master pastry chef
- master patissier
- pastry chef
- pastry cook
- pastry decorator
- patissier
- patron cuisinier
- private chef
- private cook
- private culinary expert
- sous chef
- sous-chef
Training
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Gauges
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Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- ESCO, European classification of skills, competences, qualifications and occupations (job titles and O*NET crosswalk)European Commission · version 1.2 · official statistics
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.