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Career Details :: Food Service Managers

Description

Plan, direct, or coordinate activities of an organization or department that serves food and beverages.

Experience

A minimum of two to four years of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.

Education

Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

Training

Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.

Tasks

• Monitors compliance with health and fire regulations regarding food preparation and serving and building maintenance in lodging and dining facility.
• Plans menus and food utilization based on anticipated number of guests, nutritional value, palatability, popularity, and costs.
• Organizes and directs worker training programs, resolves personnel problems, hires new staff, and evaluates employee performance in dining and lodging facilities.
• Estimates food, liquor, wine, and other beverage consumption to anticipate amount to be purchased or requisitioned.
• Monitors budget, payroll records, and reviews financial transactions to ensure expenditures are authorized and budgeted.
• Monitors food preparation and methods, size of portions, and garnishing and presentation of food to ensure food is prepared and presented in accepted manner.
• Creates specialty dishes and develops recipes to be used in dining facility.
• Tests cooked food by tasting and smelling to ensure palatability and flavor conformity.
• Keeps records required by government agencies regarding sanitation and regarding food subsidies where indicated.
• Establishes and enforces nutrition standards for dining establishment based on accepted industry standards.
• Reviews menus and analyzes recipes to determine labor and overhead costs, and assigns prices to menu items.
• Investigates and resolves complaints regarding food quality, service, or accommodations.
• Coordinates assignments of cooking personnel to ensure economical use of food and timely preparation.

Related Careers

• First-Line Supervisors, Administrative Support
  
• First-Line Supervisors, Customer Service
  
• First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Food Preparation and Serving Workers
  
• Lodging Managers
  
• Medical and Health Services Managers
  
• Recreation Workers
  
• Social and Community Service Managers
  

Important Abilities

• Oral Expression
• Oral Comprehension
• Written Comprehension
• Near Vision
• Number Facility

General Work Activities

• Monitoring and Controlling Resources
• Guiding, Directing & Motivating Subordinates
• Communicating With Other Workers
• Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
• Coordinating Work & Activities of Others

Important Skills

• Coordination
  
• Management of Personnel Resources
  
• Time Management
  
• Problem Identification
  
• Speaking
  

Frequent Work Context

• Job-Required Social Interaction
• Responsibility for Outcomes and Results
• Objective or Subjective Information
• Responsible for Others' Health & Safety
• Deal With External Customers

Related Majors

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Applied Nutrition	[ add ]
Baking/Pastry Arts	[ add ]
Culinary Arts	[ add ]
Dietetics/Food Administration	[ add ]
Food Industry Management	[ add ]
Food Management	[ add ]
Food Marketing	[ add ]
Food Safety/Technology	[ add ]
Food Service Management	[ add ]
Food Service/Restaurant Administration	[ add ]
Food Service/Restaurant Management	[ add ]
Food Studies	[ add ]
Food Systems Management	[ add ]
Food/Nutrition	[ add ]
Food/Nutritional Sciences	[ add ]
Foods/Nutrition	[ add ]
Hospitality Administration	[ add ]
Hospitality Management	[ add ]
Hospitality/Restaurant Management	[ add ]
Hospitality/Tourism	[ add ]
Hotel Administration	[ add ]
Hotel Management	[ add ]
Hotel/Food Service Management	[ add ]
Hotel/Resort Management	[ add ]
Hotel/Restaurant Administration	[ add ]
Hotel/Restaurant Management	[ add ]
Hotel/Restaurant Management Technology	[ add ]
Hotel/Restaurant/Institutional Management	[ add ]
Hotel/Restaurant/Tourism	[ add ]
Hotel/Restaurant/Tourism Management	[ add ]
Hotel/Restaurant/Travel Administration	[ add ]
Hotel/Tourism Management	[ add ]
Hotel/Travel/Tourism Administration	[ add ]
Institutional Food Service Management	[ add ]
Nutrition	[ add ]
Nutrition/Dietetics	[ add ]
Nutrition/Exercise Science	[ add ]
Nutrition/Food Science	[ add ]
Nutrition/Food Studies	[ add ]
Public Health/Nutrition	[ add ]
Restaurant/Food Service Management	[ add ]
Tourism/Hospitality Management	[ add ]
Tourism/Recreational Management	[ add ]

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