Market evidence report — head-chef

Source: 52 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 52), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-12. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).

Seniority distribution

Seniority	Ads	Share
mid	29	56 %
lead	19	37 %
senior	4	8 %

Tools — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	Microsoft Excel	5	10 %
2	CrunchTime	3	6 %
3	MarginEdge	3	6 %

Hard skills — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	inventory management	26	50 %
2	menu development	23	44 %
3	kitchen management	16	31 %
4	food preparation	13	25 %
5	food production	8	15 %
6	food safety	8	15 %
7	food safety management	8	15 %
8	inventory control	8	15 %
9	kitchen operations	8	15 %
10	menu planning	8	15 %
11	staff training	8	15 %
12	cost control	7	13 %
13	food safety compliance	7	13 %
14	food quality control	6	12 %
15	team development	6	12 %
16	culinary management	5	10 %
17	food cost control	5	10 %
18	menu execution	5	10 %
19	menu implementation	5	10 %
20	kitchen leadership	4	8 %
21	recipe development	4	8 %
22	team leadership	4	8 %
23	culinary leadership	3	6 %
24	food cost management	3	6 %
25	purchasing	3	6 %
26	quality control	3	6 %
27	recipe execution	3	6 %
28	stock control	3	6 %
29	wastage reduction	3	6 %

Methods — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	performance coaching	4	8 %
2	cleaning schedules	3	6 %
3	continuous improvement	3	6 %
4	one-team culture	3	6 %
5	standardized recipes	3	6 %

Responsibilities — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	kitchen operation oversight	11	21 %
2	staff training	9	17 %
3	food preparation	7	13 %
4	team leadership	7	13 %
5	equipment maintenance	6	12 %
6	menu execution	5	10 %
7	team training	5	10 %
8	event coordination	4	8 %
9	food quality control	4	8 %
10	food quality monitoring	4	8 %
11	kitchen operation leadership	4	8 %
12	quality control	4	8 %
13	team recruitment	4	8 %
14	kitchen operation	3	6 %
15	menu creation	3	6 %
16	performance reporting	3	6 %
17	rota scheduling	3	6 %
18	service execution	3	6 %
19	staff supervision	3	6 %

Regional breakdown

Corpus note: 52 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

US (us)

52 ads.

Top hard skills:

inventory management — 50 % (26 ads)
menu development — 44 % (23 ads)
kitchen management — 31 % (16 ads)
food preparation — 25 % (13 ads)
food production — 15 % (8 ads)
food safety — 15 % (8 ads)
food safety management — 15 % (8 ads)
inventory control — 15 % (8 ads)
kitchen operations — 15 % (8 ads)
menu planning — 15 % (8 ads)

Top tools:

Microsoft Excel — 10 % (5 ads)
CrunchTime — 6 % (3 ads)
MarginEdge — 6 % (3 ads)
7Shifts — 4 % (2 ads)
Google suite applications — 4 % (2 ads)
GoTab — 4 % (2 ads)
restaurant management software — 4 % (2 ads)
Teamworks — 4 % (2 ads)
Toast - POS System — 4 % (2 ads)
UltiPro Onboarding & Recruiting — 4 % (2 ads)

Seniority: mid 56 % · lead 37 % · senior 8 %

UK (gb)

Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)