Cooks Canada Immigration Occupation List-Immigration

Cooks prepare and cook a wide variety of foods. They are employed in restaurants, hotels, hospitals and other health care institutions, central food commissaries, educational institutions and other establishments. Cooks are also employed aboard ships and at construction and logging campsites. Apprentice cooks are included in this unit group.

Here is a list of Example Titles of this occupation.

apprentice cook
assistant cook
banquet cook
breakfast cook
broiler cook
cafeteria cook
camp cook
caterer cook
construction camp cook
cook
cook, apprentice
cook, camp
cook, domestic
cook, ethnic foods
cook, first
cook, fishing and merchant vessel
cook, institution
cook, kosher foods
cook, second
cook, small establishment
cook, third
diet kitchen cook
dietary cook

domestic cook
ethnic food cook
first cook
grill cook
hospital cook
institutional cook
journeyman/woman cook
kosher foods cook
licensed cook
line cook
logging camp cook
mess cook
pastry cook
pizza cook
railway cook
restaurant cook
second cook
ship's cook
short order cook
special diet cook
special orders cook, hospital
therapeutic diet cook
third cook

Main duties

Cooks perform some or all of the following duties:

Prepare and cook complete meals or individual dishes and foods
Prepare and cook special meals for patients as instructed by dietitian or chef
Schedule and supervise kitchen helpers
Oversee kitchen operations
Maintain inventory and records of food, supplies and equipment
May set up and oversee buffets
May clean kitchen and work area
May plan menus, determine size of food portions, estimate food requirements and costs, and monitor and order supplies.
May hire and train kitchen staff
Cooks may specialize in preparing and cooking ethnic cuisine or special dishes.

Employment requirements

Completion of secondary school is usually required.

Completion of a three-year apprenticeship program for cooks or Completion of college or other program in cooking or Several years of commercial cooking experience are required.

Trade certification is available but voluntary in all provinces and Territories.

Interprovincial trade certification (Red Seal) is also available to qualified cooks.

Additionally, applicants with experience in the following occupations may also be considered under this NOC depending on the specifics of the main duties performed:

Chefs (6241)
Food Counter Attendants, Kitchen Helpers and Related Occupations (6641)