Cooks, Restaurant
Prepare, season, and cook dishes such as soups, meats, vegetables, or desserts in restaurants.
About the profession
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.
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Based on the Cooks, Restaurant role, here are the RIASEC personality types that tend to thrive in this career. While these alignments are common, individual success depends on motivation, skill development, and finding the right work environment.
Enterprising
Leading, persuading, business
Social
Helping, teaching, working with people
Conventional
Organizing, detail-oriented, structured
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Career Path
Your career progression roadmap with salary growth at each level
Career Ladder
Trainee Cooks, Restaurant → Technician Cooks, Restaurant → Senior Technician Cooks, Restaurant → Lead Technician Cooks, Restaurant
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Salary Growth
4
Levels
46K
Top Salary
8+
Years
Learning Path
Skills you need to develop and courses to get there
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Go to Career PathCareer levels
Timeline: 0-2 | Entry Level Base: $26,980 - $31,840/year With equity/bonuses: $29,678 - $38,208 Top markets (SF/NYC): $31,027 - $38,208 Execute core tasks using Speaking under…
Day in Life
Junior vs Senior, daily schedule breakdown
9am, Inspect and clean food preparation areas, such as equipment, work surfaces, and serving areas, to ensure safe and sanitary food-handling practices.
Income Dynamics
Conservative and aggressive scenarios for 10–15 years
Year 1: Entry level $18,886 - $28,656 Year 2-3: Junior level $31,840 - $34,865 Year 4-6: Mid level $34,865 - $37,801 Year 7-10: Senior level $37,801 - $43,638 Year 10+:…
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