Cooking Skills: Example Usage on Resumes, Skill Set & Top Keywords in 2020

Volen Vulkov

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Cooks excel at delivering tasty treats. To prove your mettle as one, your cooking skills should be reflected in the best possible light in your resume.

How do you do that? Read on.

See examples of how Cooking is used in resumes:

Experience

Senior Consultant (tax)AurumSquare

Jan/2014 - Feb/2019

Led negotiations for company purchases in excess of $2.4M that resulted in $120K savings for the division

Nominated for an international teaching award in 2014.

Prepared, analyzed, and distributed account documentation for over 1600 active MSA accounts

Prepared, analyzed, and distributed allocation reports for 350 Medicare Set Aside (MSA) arrangements

Reduced outstanding receivable age from 130 to 93 day average

Reduced initially-denied claims from 21 to 13 percent

Worked in 5star rated resort with amankora family.

Types of Cooking skills to add in your resume:

Techniques: Baking, Cooking, Grilling, Ingredient Selection, Food Preparation, Knife Skills, Pastry, etc
Recipe Design
Menu Design
Ordering and Operations
Food Safety
Food Regulations
Food Science
Kitchen Management

PRO TIPCooking and food handling/preparation certifications are a great way of edging out the competition. If you have one or two of them, your resume should highlight them. This will make a recruiter really want to call you.

How to demonstrate Cooking skills on your resume

Streamlined budgeting for company which saved around $150K within the first three months
Created custom menus for people with special preferences, including vegans, athletes, and patients with existing medical conditions
Boosted restaurant sales by 75% through developing and delivering delectable food 7 days a week

What jobs require Cooking skills:

Senior Consultant (tax)
Consultant (tax)
Product Manager
Product Marketing Intern
Lumber Customer Service Associate
Housekeeper
Co-founder & Advisor
Seasonal Associate
Intern
Teaching

Read our article on how to add language skills on resume for additional tips and tricks.

Cooking skills courses and certificates:

Essential Cooking Skills
Cook like a pro, master the basic techniques used in the World's culinary industry! Key Techniques - Part 1
Healthy Cooking Fundamentals
A practical course to take your cooking skills from dull to delicious
More Essential Cooking Skills
Cook like a pro, master the basic techniques used in the World's culinary industry! Key Techniques - part 2
Indian Culinary World - Master the art of Indian Cooking
Secrets of cooking delicious Indian food, from SizzlingPots - learn how to cook Indian food in just a few steps

Here are the top related skills to Cooking:

Photography
Reading
Traveling
Swimming
Travelling
Music
Dancing
Hiking
Painting
Baking
Microsoft Office
Teaching
Sailing
Leadership
Singing

Cooking popularity over time:

Courtesy of Google Trends

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About this report:

Data reflects analysis made on over 1M resume profiles and examples over the last 2 years from Enhancv.com.

While those skills are most commonly met on resumes, you should only use them as inspiration and customize your resume for the given job.

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Volen Vulkov

Volen Vulkov is a resume expert and the co-founder of Enhancv. He applies his deep knowledge and experience to write about career change, development, and how to stand out in the job application process.