Peel, wash, trim, and cook vegetables and meats, and bake breads and pastries.

“Peel, wash, trim, and cook vegetables and meats, and bake breads and pastries.” is a core task performed by Cooks, Private Household. Among the occupation's 13 rated tasks, workers place it 13th by importance (#1 most important). About 100% 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.

• Prepare foods or beverages. in Handling and Moving Objects

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.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Cool, package, label, and freeze foods for later consumption and provide instructions for reheating. · importance 4.8
• Plan menus according to employers' needs and diet restrictions. · importance 4.7
• Shop for or order food and kitchen supplies and equipment. · importance 4.7
• Prepare meals in private homes according to employers' recipes or tastes, handling all meals for the family and possibly for other household staff. · importance 4.5
• Keep records pertaining to menus, finances, and other business-related issues. · importance 4.5
• Stock, organize, and clean kitchens and cooking utensils. · importance 4.4
• Specialize in preparing fancy dishes or food for special diets. · importance 4.1
• Direct the operation and organization of kitchens and all food-related activities, including the presentation and serving of food. · importance 4.1
• Plan and prepare food for parties, holiday meals, luncheons, special functions, and other social events. · importance 3.6
• Create and explore new cuisines. · importance 3.6
• Serve meals and snacks to employing families and their guests. · importance 3.2
• Travel with employers to vacation homes to provide meal preparation at those locations. · importance 2.2

See all tasks on the Cooks, Private Household 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
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

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

@misc{singulariki-task-9503,
  title  = {Peel, wash, trim, and cook vegetables and meats, and bake breads and pastries.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-9503}
}