Food Preparation and Ingredient Management
Prepare food items and manage ingredients to ensure quality and compliance with culinary standards.
Skill demand · ONS UK online job adverts
How common is culinary science?
This requirement appears in 0.0% of UK new online job adverts in 2025. Its share was broadly unchanged compared with 2024.
The latest year is partial. Comparisons with full years need care. 2026 figures have not been published yet.Share of new adverts0.0%UK · 2025
Change in share0.0 pp2024 to 2025
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What this skill category covers
Official detailed requirements in this ONS group
ONS Table 1 detailed requirements · SCO04.03. Shares can overlap because an advert may mention several requirements.
Roles that often need this skill category
Occupations where culinary science appears most often in UK new adverts
| # | Occupation | Share of occupation adverts | View |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fishing and other elementary agriculture occupations n.e.c. Example titles: Fishing boat mate · Seed man · Deck hand · Decoy man | 0.4% | |
| 2 | Cooks Example titles: Cook · Head cook · Fish fryer · Grill hand | 0.3% | |
| 3 | Textile process operatives Example titles: Textile operative · Back man · Burr man · Back hand | 0.2% | |
| 4 | Managers and proprietors in agriculture and horticulture Example titles: Manager · Farm owner · Wine maker · Farm manager | 0.2% | |
| 5 | Chefs Example titles: Chef · Head chef · Chef manager · Food stylist | 0.1% | |
| 6 | Kitchen and catering assistants Example titles: Kitchen assistant · Pan man · Tea boy · Tea lady | 0.1% | |
| 7 | Elementary administration occupations n.e.c. Example titles: Office boy · Mail opener · Office girl · Copy printer | 0.1% | |
| 8 | Farmers Example titles: Farmer · Farm agent · Pig keeper · Beef farmer | 0.1% | |
| 9 | Coffee shop workers Example titles: Coffee shop assistant · Coffee maid · Coffee barman · Coffee barmaid | 0.1% | |
| 10 | Managers in logistics Example titles: Logistic manager · Logistics manager · Supply chain manager · Logistics support manager | 0.1% |
How related skills compare
Skills within Agriculture and Food Production
| # | Skill | Share of adverts | Change (pp) | View |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Food and Beverage Production Foodservice and Retail Management · Food Processing and Safety · Food Service Operations and Meat Processing | 8.7% | +0.4 pp | |
| 2 | Hospitality and Food Science Food Safety Standard Knowledge · Beverage Production and Service Technique Skills | 4.6% | +0.5 pp | |
| 3 | Agriculture and Horticulture Agricultural Equipment and Cultivation · Agricultural Science and Policy · Soil Science and Agricultural Practices | 4.6% | +0.4 pp | |
| 4 | Food Science Food Technology and Industry Knowledge · Low-Temperature Processing Techniques · Food Production Knowledge | 0.3% | 0.0 pp | |
| 5 | Consumer Appliances and Food Tech Coffee Equipment Operation | 0.0% | 0.0 pp | |
| 6 | Culinary Science Selected skill · Food Preparation and Ingredient Management | 0.0% | 0.0 pp | |
| 7 | Life Sciences and Botany Plant Identification Techniques | 0.0% | 0.0 pp |
About these figures
How to interpret skill demand
Source: Office for National Statistics, UK online job adverts. Shares describe new adverts reporting the requirement. An advert may mention several skills, so their shares do not add up to 100%. A rise from 10% to 12% is an increase of 2 percentage points.
These figures do not establish a salary premium, proficiency level, or which skills are requested together. This page has no published skill-specific salary or location breakdown.
ONS · 2025 · partial year · 2026 figures have not been published yet. · Open Government Licence v3.0. ONS does not endorse Jobmundo.