Salad chef vs cooking chef

The differences between salad chefs and cooking chefs can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 4-6 years to become both a salad chef and a cooking chef. Additionally, a salad chef has an average salary of $36,674, which is higher than the $34,973 average annual salary of a cooking chef.

The top three skills for a salad chef include salad station, cleanliness and customer service. The most important skills for a cooking chef are food service, food handling, and kitchen equipment.

Salad chef vs cooking chef overview

	Salad Chef	Cooking Chef
Yearly salary	$36,674	$34,973
Hourly rate	$17.63	$16.81
Growth rate	15%	15%
Number of jobs	19,674	136,558
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 34%	Associate Degree, 31%
Average age	42	42
Years of experience	6	6

Salad chef vs cooking chef salary

Salad chefs and cooking chefs have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Salad Chef	Cooking Chef
Average salary	$36,674	$34,973
Salary range	Between $24,000 And $55,000	Between $24,000 And $49,000
Highest paying City	-	Teaneck, NJ
Highest paying state	-	New Jersey
Best paying company	-	Memphis Country Club
Best paying industry	-	Health Care

Differences between salad chef and cooking chef education

There are a few differences between a salad chef and a cooking chef in terms of educational background:

	Salad Chef	Cooking Chef
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 34%	Associate Degree, 31%
Most common major	Culinary Arts	Culinary Arts
Most common college	Drexel University	Drexel University

Salad chef vs cooking chef demographics

Here are the differences between salad chefs' and cooking chefs' demographics:

	Salad Chef	Cooking Chef
Average age	42	42
Gender ratio	Male, 54.4% Female, 45.6%	Male, 76.3% Female, 23.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 10.5% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 17.4% Asian, 10.1% White, 56.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	Black or African American, 10.6% Unknown, 5.5% Hispanic or Latino, 17.9% Asian, 12.0% White, 53.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between salad chef and cooking chef duties and responsibilities

Salad chef example responsibilities.

Used strong organizational skills to manage steamers efficiently for both eat-in and take-out services.
Handle cash, checks and cards, while using the POS system.
Perform maintenance and cleanliness operations.
Detail cleanliness and sanitation regulations to follow.
Prepare and cook food at a high intensity culinary establishment using a newly acquire set of culinary techniques.
Maintain HACCP sanitation standards, recognize trouble areas, and respond accordingly

Cooking chef example responsibilities.

Manage a kitchen of military personal and Japanese civilian chefs.
Assist culinary instructor in food preparation.
Cook foods by baking, roasting, broiling, frying, saut? ing, steaming, grilling.
Travel to various locations throughout the city to perform culinary task.
Obtain in-depth experience working on grills, ranges, and steamers.
Experience with baking, broiling, frying, roasting and grilling.

Salad chef vs cooking chef skills

Common salad chef skills

Salad Station, 37%
Cleanliness, 22%
Customer Service, 22%
Food Products, 10%
Prep Food, 2%
POS, 1%

Common cooking chef skills

Food Service, 23%
Food Handling, 19%
Kitchen Equipment, 16%
Culinary, 10%
Cleanliness, 9%
Dishwashers, 7%

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