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Culinary Art

Specific interest area · O*NET

Culinary Art is a specific interest area in the O*NET database, part of the Artistic Holland family. O*NET describes it as: "Work involves preparing, cooking, and presenting food in a distinctive style usually associated with a specific culture or region." It is scored for 891 occupations, which average 1.15 out of 7 on the Occupational Interest scale.

How it's measured

O*NET scores each occupation on this interest on a 0–7 Occupational Interest (OI) scale, where higher means the work more strongly rewards this interest. The figures here are those occupation-level scores — a description of what kind of work each job involves, not a ranking of which job is better, harder, or higher-paid.

Economy-wide average 1.15 / 7 Mean across all 891 scored occupations
Range across occupations 1.00–6.76 Lowest to highest occupation score (spread 5.76)
Prevalence vs. other interests 7th pct Where this interest's average ranks among all O*NET interest dimensions

Occupations that fit this interest best

The occupations that score this interest strongest on the 0–7 scale.

Occupation Score
Chefs and Head Cooks 6.76
Cooks, Private Household 6.58
Cooks, Restaurant 6.50
Bakers 6.36
Cooks, Short Order 4.33
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers 4.11
Food Service Managers 4.00
Baristas 3.89
Dietitians and Nutritionists 3.81
Dietetic Technicians 3.63
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria 3.44
Bartenders 3.14
Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary 3.03
Food Batchmakers 2.95
Food Scientists and Technologists 2.72
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant 2.65
Waiters and Waitresses 2.57
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners 2.54
Nannies 2.54
Food Preparation Workers 2.46
Butchers and Meat Cutters 2.42
Farm and Home Management Educators 2.34
Naturopathic Physicians 2.34
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders 2.27
Cooks, Fast Food 2.23

Occupations that fit this interest least

The occupations that score this interest weakest — where the work rarely rewards it.

Occupation Score
Traffic Technicians 1.00
Transit and Railroad Police 1.00
Transportation Engineers 1.00
Transportation Planners 1.00
Transportation Security Screeners 1.00
Transportation Vehicle, Equipment and Systems Inspectors, Except Aviation 1.00
Treasurers and Controllers 1.00
Tree Trimmers and Pruners 1.00
Tutors 1.00
Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials 1.00
Upholsterers 1.00
Urban and Regional Planners 1.00
Urologists 1.00
Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers 1.00
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians 1.00
Watch and Clock Repairers 1.00
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators 1.00
Web Administrators 1.00
Web Developers 1.00
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 1.00
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 1.00
Wellhead Pumpers 1.00
Wind Turbine Service Technicians 1.00
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing 1.00
Word Processors and Typists 1.00

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

  • O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

Cite this page
Plain

Singulariki. "Culinary Art." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/interests/culinary-art

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Culinary Art. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/interests/culinary-art

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-culinary-art,
  title  = {Culinary Art},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/interests/culinary-art}
}

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