Weigh, measure, and mix ingredients according to recipes or personal judgment, using various kitchen utensils and equipment.

“Weigh, measure, and mix ingredients according to recipes or personal judgment, using various kitchen utensils and equipment.” is a core task performed by Cooks, Restaurant. Among the occupation's 20 rated tasks, workers place it 13th by importance (#8 most important). About 96% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Measure physical characteristics of materials, products, or equipment. in Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
• Prepare mixtures or solutions. in Performing General Physical Activities

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E0. No direct exposure — current language models give little or no time savings on this task.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.00. Automation potential label: T0.

How AI is actually used on this kind of task

The Anthropic Economic Index observes how people actually use AI on tasks like this one across millions of real conversations.

• 0.037% share of AI-use records mapped to this task
• Most common interaction: directive
• Average autonomy of the AI: 3.6 (1–5; higher = more autonomous)
• 100% of interactions still needed a human in the loop

Observed AI use describes people choosing to use AI as a tool on this kind of task today. It is augmentation and assistance, not a measure of jobs replaced.

Working with AI vs. handing it off

Of the AI conversations mapped to this task, the split between people working alongside AI and people delegating the task to it.

How people interact with AI on this task

Other tasks in this occupation

• Ensure food is stored and cooked at correct temperature by regulating temperature of ovens, broilers, grills, and roasters. · importance 4.7
• Inspect and clean food preparation areas, such as equipment, work surfaces, and serving areas, to ensure safe and sanitary food-handling practices. · importance 4.7
• Portion, arrange, and garnish food, and serve food to waiters or patrons. · importance 4.7
• Ensure freshness of food and ingredients by checking for quality, keeping track of old and new items, and rotating stock. · importance 4.7
• Season and cook food according to recipes or personal judgment and experience. · importance 4.7
• Coordinate and supervise work of kitchen staff. · importance 4.6
• Bake, roast, broil, and steam meats, fish, vegetables, and other foods. · importance 4.5
• Turn or stir foods to ensure even cooking. · importance 4.4
• Observe and test foods to determine if they have been cooked sufficiently, using methods such as tasting, smelling, or piercing them with utensils. · importance 4.4
• Substitute for or assist other cooks during emergencies or rush periods. · importance 4.3
• Wash, peel, cut, and seed fruits and vegetables to prepare them for consumption. · importance 4.2
• Keep records and accounts. · importance 4.1
• Prepare relishes and hors d'oeuvres. · importance 4.1
• Estimate expected food consumption, requisition or purchase supplies, or procure food from storage. · importance 4.0

See all tasks on the Cooks, Restaurant page.

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
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

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

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  title  = {Weigh, measure, and mix ingredients according to recipes or personal judgment, using various kitchen utensils and equipment.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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