Chef / cook
77Fairly safeStart as a kitchen porter or commis chef. A professional cookery apprenticeship or college course helps.
See chef / cook jobs →Will AI replace bakers?
Partly.
Factory bread is automated, but craft and in-store bakery is still hands-on.
AI-proof score
54/100
Changing
AI will reshape this job, and fewer people may be needed.
Easy to automateNeeds a human
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Restaurant / pub / hotel manager
75Fairly safeWork your way up from front of house or kitchen. Hospitality management apprenticeships exist.
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Six ratings feed the score. Four protect a job from AI and two expose it. How we score jobs
- Hands-onProtects
Skilled physical work in the real world
- Unpredictable settingsProtects
Every site, home or patient is different
- Human touchProtects
Trust, care or persuasion face to face
- AccountabilityProtects
Licensed or high-stakes — someone has to sign it off
- Screen-basedExposes
Work done on a computer with text, data or images
- RoutineExposes
Repeatable, rules-based tasks
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