From head chef to restaurant manager
14 of the 36 essential skills of a restaurant manager are already essential for a head chef — about 39% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 14
- skills carry over
- 22
- would be new
- 39%
- of the target job covered
- 36
- essential skills of a restaurant manager
What a restaurant manager does
Restaurant managers are in charge of managing food and beverage operations in the kitchen and other food and beverage outlets or units in a hospitality establishment.
What carries over
14 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- comply with food safety and hygiene
- control of expenses
- develop food waste reduction strategies
- ensure maintenance of kitchen equipment
- handle customer complaints
- manage staff
- manage stock rotation
- plan menus
- recruit employees
- set prices of menu items
- supervise food quality
- train employees
- train staff to reduce food waste
- use resource-efficient technologies in hospitality
What would be new
22 skillsEssential for a restaurant manager and not for a head chef. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- arrange special events
- design indicators for food waste reduction
- develop inclusive communication material
- devise special promotions
- ensure infrastructure accessibility
- ensure portion control
- hazard analysis and critical control points
- identify customer's needs
- identify suppliers
- maintain customer service
- manage health and safety standards
- manage restaurant service
- manage the customer experience
- maximise sales revenues
- monitor customer service
- monitor financial accounts
- monitor work for special events
- order supplies
- prepare tableware
- quality assurance methodologies
- supervise the work of staff on different shifts
- waste management
Other moves from head chef
2 roles- head pastry chef22 skills in common
- chef13 skills in common
No account needed to start
How far are you from being a restaurant manager?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.