Hospitality & Personal · SOC 35-1011
Creates dishes and runs kitchen operations.
Hands-on, interpersonal or high-stakes work AI struggles to replace.
Timeline: Resilient — creativity and dexterity in a chaotic environment.
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$34,000 median pay
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Chef / Head Cook is resilient on AIFear. Hands-on, interpersonal or high-stakes work AI struggles to replace.
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Our AI Fear Score for Chef / Head Cook is 15/100 (Resilient). Hands-on, interpersonal or high-stakes work AI struggles to replace.
15 out of 100. It blends a Frey & Osborne automation probability of 10% with an estimated LLM task-exposure of 20%.
Most exposed: Menu costing, Inventory and ordering, Recipe ideation. Harder to automate: Cooking and plating, Running a live kitchen, Creating new dishes.
Lean into Culinary creativity, Kitchen leadership, Cost control. Consider roles such as Executive chef or Restaurant owner.
AI Fear Score blends Frey & Osborne (2013) automation probability with an LLM task-exposure estimate (after Eloundou et al., 2023). Pay/employment are approximate BLS figures. This is an estimate, not a prediction about any individual's job. Compare all occupations.