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Overview
Kitchen assistants support cooks by preparing ingredients, keeping work areas clean, rotating stock, handling deliveries and maintaining basic kitchen equipment.
In job descriptions, look for food safety, portion sizes, vegetable preparation, sandwiches, bakery products, dairy or egg preparation, cleaning chemicals, kitchen surfaces, deliveries and waste reduction.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Kitchen assistant work keeps food preparation and cleaning moving around cooks. The role handles ingredients, surfaces, equipment, deliveries, stock rotation and simple preparation so service can continue safely.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes food safety, hygiene, portion sizes, vegetable preparation, sandwiches, bakery products, dairy or egg preparation, delivery checks, cleaning chemicals and keeping equipment at the right temperature.
Salary context
Salary context depends on service volume, opening hours, cleaning responsibility, delivery handling, preparation range, shift pattern, hygiene accountability and whether the role supports catering or larger kitchens.
Career paths
Development can move toward cook trainee, catering assistant, commis kitchen work, stock or delivery coordination, food preparation lead or kitchen hygiene responsibility.
Good to know
Check whether adverts name dish preparation, vegetable work, bakery tasks, sandwiches, portioning, waste reduction, stock rotation, delivery checks, cleaning routines and temperature control.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific pay data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Restaurants and mobile food service activities
This is one example. Another occupation in this activity is pizzaiolo.
Explore this activityThese examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
See occupations connected to this ESCO occupation in the official O*NET–ESCO mapping. The relationship type comes from the source and is not a ranking or recommendation.
O*NET relationships: 1
Food Preparation Workers
35-2021.00
Exact relationship
The official mapping treats the O*NET and ESCO occupations as closely equivalent.
Open in O*NETSource and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
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NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
56.1Restaurants and mobile food service activities
Alternative labels
Occupation group
Kitchen helpers (9412)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/e1cf6897-158d-4b48-a39e-2a3a8cac216c |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 9412.1 |
| ISCO group | 9412 |
| Concept type | Occupation |