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vr.tr.cook · thing-q156839

Let an agent explain cooking roles and careers, help find and hire cooks, support food safety and training, and research notable chefs with sourced information.

Thing Registry Society, people and institutions SOC.PER
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Roles Kitchen organisation.

Brigade

Kitchen hierarchy.

Brigade

Hierarchy.

  1. What does this kitchen role do, and where does it sit in the brigade? definition
  2. How do chef and cook differ? definition

Settings

Where cooks work.

Settings

Settings.

  1. How do roles differ between restaurants, institutions, ships and private households? provenance
  2. Which specialist roles exist, such as tenzo in Zen monasteries? provenance
Career Becoming a cook.

Training

Qualifications.

Training

Training.

  1. Which training routes and qualifications lead to professional cooking here? provenance
  2. Is an apprenticeship available? provenance

Work

Working conditions.

Work

Working conditions.

  1. What are typical hours, pay and conditions, according to sector data? provenance
  2. Which rights and unions apply? provenance
Safety Hygiene and injuries.

Hygiene

Food safety.

Hygiene

Food safety.

  1. Which food hygiene training and controls must cooks follow? provenance
  2. How are allergens managed? provenance

Injury

Kitchen injuries.

Injury

Injuries.

  1. Has a burn or cut occurred, and what first aid applies? boundary
  2. When is medical care needed? boundary
Hire Hiring and research.

Hiring

Finding a cook.

Hiring

Hiring.

  1. How can a private or event cook be found and contracted? provenance
  2. Which checks and insurance apply? provenance

Chefs

Notable chefs.

Chefs

Notable chefs.

  1. Who is this chef, and what is their cuisine and record, according to reliable sources? provenance
  2. Which awards have they received? provenance

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Society, people and institutions
Entry kind
thing
Plane
SOC
Domain
SOC.PER
Other names and narrower kinds
royal chef, television celebrity chef, Chinese chef, chief cook, friturist, tenzo, ship's cook, Entremetier, lunch lady, personal chef, saucier, domestic worker cook

What it is Filled

A person who prepares food for eating, professionally in restaurants, hotels, institutions, ships and households or as a craft, with roles from head chef and chief cook to line cooks, fry cooks and specialists such as monastery cooks; professional cooking is organised in kitchen brigades and regulated by food hygiene rules.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent explain cooking roles and careers, help find and hire cooks, support food safety and training, and research notable chefs with sourced information.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Prepares food
  • Professional or domestic
  • Brigade roles
  • Hygiene-regulated

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Publish a cook's personal details, pay or performance beyond what they agreed to.
  • Pressure cooks to skip hygiene steps, breaks or safe working limits.
  • Take credit for a cook's recipes or present them as another person's work.

Only with a human decision

  • Decisions about a cook's hiring, shifts or dismissal.

May

  • Help a cook plan menus, order stock and track allergens and temperatures.
  • Describe the role, training and career paths of cooks.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Kitchen work is often long, hot and poorly paid; working conditions matter to health.
  • Cooks carry responsibility for the safety of everyone they feed.

Who is affected

  • Cooks and kitchen staff
  • Diners
  • Employers

Owners Filled

Steward

The person in the role; the employer answers for working conditions.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q1294787 - registry parent class

related

  • artisan - category
  • restaurant - workplace
  • pie - food
  • craft - craft occupation

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.cook
  • Wikidata: Q156839 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q156839)

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Kitchen roles by station
  • Chef whites and hats in professional kitchens
  • A chef leads; a cook may work under direction
  • People in kitchens preparing food, often in chef whites.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • explain kitchen roles and hierarchy
  • find training and qualifications
  • explain food hygiene obligations
  • research chefs and cuisines

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Food poisoning from poor hygiene
  • Burns, cuts and kitchen injuries
  • Long hours and stress

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Food hygiene and safety law
  • Culinary qualifications frameworks
  • Employment and working time rules

Context of use required Filled

  • Preparing food professionally and at home.
  • head chefs and chief cooks
  • line and station cooks
  • specialist cooks such as pastry and fry cooks
  • institutional and ship cooks
  • celebrity and television chefs

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q156839: cook - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Cook (profession) - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should each kitchen role be a separate entry?
  • How should qualification systems be linked?
  • How should hygiene rules be localised?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q156839/spec.json