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Chef
OFO Code: 343401
Last checked 3 October 2026
1. Occupation identity
- OFO code
- 343401
- Occupation
- Chef
- Classification
- OFO 2021
- Major group
- TECHNICIANS AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSIONALS
- Unit group
- 3434 · Chefs
Official description
Chefs design menus, create dishes and oversee the planning, organization preparation and cooking of meals in hotels, restaurants and other eating places, on board ships, on passenger trains and in private households.
Trade occupation in the OFO source
More official OFO detail
Specialisations: Commis Chef, Chef De Partie, Second Chef, Head Chef, Sous Chef, Pastry Chef, Demi Chef, Saucier, Executive Chef
- Planning and developing recipes and menus, estimating food and labour costs, and ordering food supplies
- Monitoring quality of dishes at all stages of preparation and presentation
- Explaining and enforcing hygiene and food safety regulations
- Determining how food should be presented, and creating decorative food displays
- Supervising and coordinating the activities of cooks and other workers engaged in food preparation
- Inspecting supplies, equipment, and work areas to ensure conformance to established standards
- Preparing, seasoning and cooking speciality foods and complex dishes
- Discussing food preparation issues with managers, dieticians, kitchen and waiting staff
- Participating on the recruitment of kitchen staff and monitoring their performance
- Instructing cooks and other workers in the preparation, cooking, garnishing, and presentation of food
2. Demand status
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3. Salary evidence
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5. Qualification
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7. Industry, sector and provincial context
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10. Sources for this page
- DHET Organising Framework for Occupations (OFO 2021) · Planned
- DHET Occupations in High Demand · Planned
- Critical Skills List · Planned
- QCTO qualifications and occupational certificates · Planned
- Stats SA Quarterly Labour Force Survey · Planned
- SETA Sector Skills Plans / hard-to-fill vacancy tables · Planned