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Restaurant & Food Service Career Profiles

Within the hospitality and transportation industry, there are different fields in which you can specialize. One of those fields is restaurant and food service. People in many different professions are considered to be part of the restaurant and food service industry. Restaurant managers, servers, waiters, waitresses, chefs, and cooks can all be classified broadly as employees in the restaurant and food service field.

Within this industry, there are vast differences in skill level, compensation, and work duties. A cook or chef could work anywhere from a five-star restaurant to a fast food joint, but the commonality is the job involves preparing food for customers according to provided recipes and specifications.

Work in the restaurant and food service field can be rewarding, as you have the opportunity to provide a valuable service to clients. Some jobs in the industry, including managers and servers, require excellent people skills and a strong commitment to customer service, while others, such as a cook or chef, allow you to work behind the scenes. In all positions within the restaurant and food services field, you can expect irregular hours, including work on weekends, evenings, and holidays.

To learn more about what career s in the restaurant and food service sector are like, browse the career profiles below. We’ve interviewed chefs, cooks, servers, restaurant managers, and other professionals within the industry with different skill levels to prepare comprehensive profiles you can review. By reading our profiles made by real-world workers in the field, you can get a better idea of what jobs might be right for you.

43 Career Job Profile Results for Restaurant & Food Service:

Executive Chef Job Profile: Female, age 31, from Jonesboro, GA (ID# 5378)

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I am responsible for staffing, menu analysis, hiring, training, sanitation supervision, cooking, prep, plating, baking, event planing, profit and loss, creating menus, planning events, staffing eve...

Assistant Restaurant Manager Job Profile: Female, age 30, from rio rancho, NM (ID# 5294)

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I go in at 6am and open the store I cook,prep do dishes and open the store.I do diposits change orders and overall management duties

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Cook Job Profile: Female, age 32, from Michigan city, IN (ID# 5204)

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I make omelets and other breakfast foods, I bake cookies and cakes, maintain the desert bar, and a prep cook.

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Server Job Profile: Female, age 28, from Bremerton, NY (ID# 5206)

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I do everything. Brief description=hell.

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Manager Job Profile: Female, age 38, from Winchester, IN (ID# 4136)

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manage employees, scheduling, payroll, ordering supplies, customer support

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Cook Job Profile: Female, age 48, from Rural Retreat, VA (ID# 3094)

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cook breakfast and lunch

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Server Job Profile: Female, age 24, from Ypsilanti, NY (ID# 4916)

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I wait tables. I provide all of the guests needs including food and drinks, and I also take care of the payment.

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Bartender/Server Job Profile: Female, age 45, from Tustin, CA (ID# 4907)

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customer service

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Chef Job Profile: Male, age 41, from Valencia, NY (ID# 4802)

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I cook for my customers!

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Assit. Manager Job Profile: Female, age 36, from Houston, TX (ID# 4774)

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Cash handling, supervising and servicing customers

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Head Cook Job Profile: Male, age 48, from Baltimore, NY (ID# 4464)

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I open the kitchen get out supply's have food ready when the rest of the crew show up to start cooking then i start cooking then we load up the food and deliver and when we get back I close down a...

Cashier/Cook Job Profile: Female, age 44, from Flatgap, KY (ID# 4485)

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run cash register, cook, clean.

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Culinary Manager Job Profile: Male, age 39, from Miamisburg, NY (ID# 4519)

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Restaurant management - staffing, ordering, and operations.

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Owner Job Profile: Female, age 50, from las vegas, NY (ID# 4296)

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Total management for the store

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Pastry And Prep Chef Job Profile: Female, age 35, from Philadelphia, PA (ID# 4057)

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In the a.m. I prep the salads, burger fixin's, ect. for the chef's in the p.m. In the afternoon, I bake and prepare that evenings desserts.

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Waitress/Hostess Job Profile: Female, age 26, from Ormond Beach, FL (ID# 4025)

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i have to clean my tables, stock my tables, take customers food orders, bring customers their food orders, collect money and cash out customers, clean my station,

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Host/Front House Superviser Job Profile: Female, age 32, from mufreesboro, TN (ID# 3712)

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I greet and seat people. I also run the front house of the restaurant. I deal with customers on a regular basis from common complaints to normal everyday operations.I greet tables and check on them...

Server Job Profile: Male, age 25, from king of prussia, PA (ID# 3561)

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sever people, provide them good quality of service, make them feel special

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Pastry Chef Job Profile: Female, age 24, from lake oswego, OR (ID# 3438)

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Pastry Chef of Tucci Italian restaurant. Chef duties included daily production of dessert menu items. Menu development, Plating development, product ordering, overseeing daily production responsi...

Server Job Profile: Male, age 24, from ft.lauderdale, FL (ID# 3237)

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guest service

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Cashier, Cook. Job Profile: Female, age 20, from Plainsboro, NJ (ID# 2719)

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making sandwiches, bagels, wraps, slicing meat/vegetables/cheese/etc, cleaning the bathroom, sweeping, cleaning off the bagel counter and cashier.

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Chef Job Profile: Male, age 32, from woodlyn, PA (ID# 2689)

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Kitchen manager Chef

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Salad Bar Associate Job Profile: Female, age 42, from new cumberland, PA (ID# 944)

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set up salad bar, make trays, make fruit baskets, prep.

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Cashier/Cook Job Profile: Male, age 25, from San Leandro, CA (ID# 1083)

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I basically do everything depending on the day. I cook burgers, make fries, work the cash register, and even some janitorial work.

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Server Job Profile: Female, age 27, from Columbus, GA (ID# 1847)

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Serve food and beverages to customers, handle money and credit cards. End of shift cleaning duties.

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Chef Job Profile: Male, age 25, from Abingdon, MD (ID# 2307)

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I prepare foods for customers who can purchase them and re-heat them at home.

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Asst.Chef/Manager Job Profile: Female, age 41, from Bella vista, AR (ID# 1775)

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Asst. Chef/Manager. Seving 350 Meals daily,responsibility for the bakery department,purchase the food and supplies, supervision of the kitchen staff, as well as the preparation and service of the f...

Server Job Profile: Female, age 36, from Salt Lake City, UT (ID# 1418)

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Answer phone, take orders, keep customers happy, clean, stock and refill, balance till, make sure everything runs smoothly and food is on time, make tea and coffee, be happy the entire shift, spli...

Chef Job Profile: Female, age 26, from Brandon, FL (ID# 1770)

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Cooking

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Quick Server Job Profile: Female, age 32, from orlando, FL (ID# 960)

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My duties are to open the restaurant, and prepare the outside area for the guests, count out my cash drawer to make sure it contains the right amounts of money, prepare the guest food, and make sur...

Manager & Sous Chef Job Profile: Male, age 30, from Milwaukee, WI (ID# 1279)

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Front of house management, sous chef, scheduler. all aspects of both the front and the back of house management for a restaurant. including food purchasing.

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Server Job Profile: Female, age 27, from Taylor, MI (ID# 1244)

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same as above

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Cafe Server Job Profile: Female, age 22, from brooklyn, NY (ID# 205)

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prepare cafe foods and beverages and ring up customer orders.

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Bartender Job Profile: Female, age 25, from Saginaw, MI (ID# 928)

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Opening the bar, counting till, keno machine, gambling machine, cleaning, stocking coolers, serving food

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Server Job Profile: Female, age 24, from Taylor, MI (ID# 892)

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Greeting customers and taking their orders, delivery of food and busing of tables. I also take cash.

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Cook Job Profile: Female, age 36, from Cherry Hill, NJ (ID# 896)

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Ordering and preparing food for 100 preschool kids

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Server Job Profile: Female, age 28, from ft worth, TX (ID# 861)

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server,cashier sometimes help cook,wash dishes,host

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Bartender Job Profile: Female, age 29, from jacksonville, FL (ID# 804)

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makeing drinks, serving food, cleaning,handling money ect.

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Server Job Profile: Female, age 31, from Longview, WA (ID# 717)

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Greeting and seating guests. Taking orders preparing drinks, serving meals, singing a song or two and pulling practical jokes.

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Server Job Profile: Male, age 20, from bingham farms, MI (ID# 653)

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side work, prep work, serving food

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Bar Manager Job Profile: Male, age 33, from Newport, OR (ID# 637)

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I make drinks, place orders, and do cleaning. I also cook sometimes

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Hostess/Server Job Profile: Female, age 29, from Springfield, VA (ID# 237)

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Greet and seat guests, serve food, clean and stock supplies

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Server Job Profile: Male, age 25, from atlanta, GA (ID# 201)

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Customer service.Presentation. Menu awareness. Serving food, drinks. Cooking at table and alerting precautions.

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