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Cooks' responsibilities include preparing food, managing food stations, cleaning the kitchen, and helping the chefs. [1] Restaurants will give a title to the cooks according to their designated stations. [2] Examples are broiler cooks, fry cooks, pantry cooks, and sauce cooks. A cook at work (15th- or 16th-century German illustration)
The term can refer to the head of kitchen staff in a great house or to the cook-housekeeper, a far less prestigious position involving more physical labour.. The cook in an English great house was traditionally female; today's residences may employ a head cook or chef who may be of either gender.
Cuisinier (cook) is an independent position, usually preparing specific dishes in a station; may also be referred to as a cuisinier de partie. [3] Commis (junior cook / assistant cook) also works in a specific station, but reports directly to the chef de partie and takes care of the tools for the station. [3] Apprenti(e) (apprentice)
Examples include the sous-chef, who acts as the second-in-command in a kitchen, and the chef de partie, who handles a specific area of production. The kitchen brigade system is a hierarchy found in restaurants and hotels employing extensive staff, many of which use the word "chef" in their titles.
A chef de partie, station chef or line cook [1] is a chef in charge of a particular area of production in a restaurant. In large kitchens, each chef de partie might have several cooks or assistants. In most kitchens, however, the chef de partie is the only worker in that department.
The International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO) is an International Labour Organization (ILO) classification structure for organizing information on labour and jobs. It is part of the international family of economic and social classifications of the United Nations. [ 1 ]
The sous-chef has many responsibilities, because the executive chef has a more overarching role. Sous-chefs must plan and direct how the food is presented on the plate, keep their kitchen staff in order, train new chefs, create the work schedule, and make sure all the food that goes to customers is of the best quality to maintain high standards.
The chef then will shop for all needed ingredients, prepare the meal(s) on a designated "cook date" in the client's home, package the meals for the refrigerator or freezer, clean the kitchen, and leave detailed reheating instructions. Some personal chefs also provide the same services for one-time events such as dinner parties, or special events.