Assistant pastry cook

Cooks plan, organise, prepare and cook meals according to recipes or under the supervision of a chef in hotels, restaurants and other eating places, on board vessels, on passenger trains and in private households.

• planning meals and preparing and cooking food;
• planning, supervising and coordinating the work of kitchen helpers;
• checking the quality of food;
• weighing, measuring and mixing ingredients according to recipes and their own judgement;
• regulating the temperature of ovens, grills, furnaces and other kitchen equipment;
• inspecting and cleaning kitchen premises, utensils and serving areas to comply with sanitary and hygiene requirements;
• operating kitchen equipment such as grills, deep fryers or pans.
• Examples of occupations in this unit group:
• Cook
• Pastry cook