Pizza chef vs grill cook

The differences between pizza chefs and grill cooks can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 4-6 years to become a pizza chef, becoming a grill cook takes usually requires 2-4 years. Additionally, a pizza chef has an average salary of $32,223, which is higher than the $31,895 average annual salary of a grill cook.

The top three skills for a pizza chef include food handling, food products and food safety. The most important skills for a grill cook are sanitation standards, kitchen equipment, and safety standards.

Pizza chef vs grill cook overview

	Pizza Chef	Grill Cook
Yearly salary	$32,223	$31,895
Hourly rate	$15.49	$15.33
Growth rate	15%	16%
Number of jobs	30,536	184,603
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 37%	High School Diploma, 48%
Average age	42	38
Years of experience	6	4

Pizza chef vs grill cook salary

Pizza chefs and grill cooks have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Pizza Chef	Grill Cook
Average salary	$32,223	$31,895
Salary range	Between $24,000 And $42,000	Between $25,000 And $39,000
Highest paying City	-	Seattle, WA
Highest paying state	-	Washington
Best paying company	-	St. Petersburg Yacht Club
Best paying industry	-	Hospitality

Differences between pizza chef and grill cook education

There are a few differences between a pizza chef and a grill cook in terms of educational background:

	Pizza Chef	Grill Cook
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 37%	High School Diploma, 48%
Most common major	Business	Culinary Arts
Most common college	Stanford University	-

Pizza chef vs grill cook demographics

Here are the differences between pizza chefs' and grill cooks' demographics:

	Pizza Chef	Grill Cook
Average age	42	38
Gender ratio	Male, 79.2% Female, 20.8%	Male, 76.9% Female, 23.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 8.7% Unknown, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 17.2% Asian, 9.7% White, 58.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%	Black or African American, 10.5% Unknown, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 16.2% Asian, 8.5% White, 58.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.2%
LGBT Percentage	9%	6%

Differences between pizza chef and grill cook duties and responsibilities

Pizza chef example responsibilities.

Manage a kitchen of military personal and Japanese civilian chefs.
Place order, host, run cash register creative ideas for new menu items.
Create and prepare international cuisine for executive clientele by using ingenuity, organization, efficiency in production and attention to detail
Train replacement dishwasher employee upon being promote!

Grill cook example responsibilities.

Manage portions of grill food items and garnish them, regulate temperature of broilers, grills and roasters.
Operate mixers and manage ingredients to meet product quality and uniformity standards.
Utilize for relief management, new hire training, inventory control and profitable aspects of people and service.
Maintain station clean food preparation areas; operate large volume cooking equipment such as grills, deep fryers, or griddles.
High-Pace business catering to the consumer needs using hospitality and culinary expertise to provide proper customer satisfaction.
Cook foods by baking, roasting, broiling, frying, saut? ing, steaming and grilling.

Pizza chef vs grill cook skills

Common pizza chef skills

Food Handling, 57%
Food Products, 14%
Food Safety, 13%
Dishes, 5%
Customer Service, 4%
Food Service, 1%

Common grill cook skills

Sanitation Standards, 16%
Kitchen Equipment, 14%
Safety Standards, 13%
Food Handling, 9%
Math, 7%
Dexterity, 5%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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