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Restaurant Manager
Restaurant managers work in hotels, restaurants and fast-food outlets.
A restaurant manager is responsible for ensuring customers and staff are happy and that the restaurant is operating efficiently and profitably. Leadership and management skills are important qualities for the role of restaurant manager ensuring a motivated workforce to supply a quality service. A restaurant manager will be in charge of all he/she surveys, until entering the kitchen, at which point authority normally concedes to the head chef.
The role of the restaurant manager is to ensure that front of house operations run smoothly and professionally. The responsibility for building a team of waiters, sommeliers and bar staff belongs to the restaurant manager. This team of staff will normally greet and tend to the needs and requirements of guests however a restaurant manager often welcomes guests and escorts them to their table personally. Often the restaurant manager will also organise table reservations.
Restaurant managers should have a good knowledge of all dishes and wines, and must be able to divest this knowledge to those working with them. A restaurant manager will also be tasked with ordering all supplies for the front of house, from wines and spirits to napkins, and the restaurant manager must ensure that all bills and gratuities are reconciled on a daily basis.
Restaurant managers should be able to anticipate where problems might arise before they do, and will also be expected to deal with any customer complaints.
A top restaurant manager will be able to recognise regular patrons to the restaurant and anticipate their likes/dislikes, and will have a heightened sense of diplomacy, discretion, and patience.
A restaurant manager duties will normally include:
• Recruitment, training and motivating
• Organising and supervising shifts
• Quality control
• Hygiene
• Health & Safety
Restaurant managers have to be prepared to work long days and unsocial hours. Salary rates for restaurant managers will be dependent on the type, size and location of the employer but in general a restaurant manager can earn upwards of £16,000.
Jobs of this type currently available
- Category:
- Hospitality/Catering/Tourism
- Published:
- 13 May 08
- Based in:
- Tarbert
- Salary:
- £18,000 - £20,000
- Category:
- Hospitality/Catering/Tourism
- Published:
- 13 May 08
- Based in:
- Stirling
- Salary:
- £20,000 - £22,000
- Category:
- Hospitality/Catering/Tourism
- Published:
- 13 May 08
- Based in:
- Caithness
- Salary:
- £15,000
- Category:
- Hospitality/Catering/Tourism
- Published:
- 05 May 08
- Based in:
- Edinburgh
- Salary:
- Negotiable
- Category:
- Hospitality/Catering/Tourism
- Published:
- 05 May 08
- Based in:
- Edinburgh
- Salary:
- Negotiable
- Category:
- Hospitality/Catering/Tourism
- Published:
- 12 May 08
- Based in:
- Glasgow
- Salary:
- £5.52 - £6.25 p/h
- Category:
- Hospitality/Catering/Tourism
- Published:
- 12 May 08
- Based in:
- Inveraray
- Salary:
- £6.10 - £6.10 p/h
- Category:
- Hospitality/Catering/Tourism
- Published:
- 12 May 08
- Based in:
- Inveraray
- Salary:
- £6.10 - £6.10 p/h
- Category:
- Hospitality/Catering/Tourism
- Published:
- 12 May 08
- Based in:
- Aberdeen
- Salary:
- £5.52 - £6.25 p/h
- Category:
- Hospitality/Catering/Tourism
- Published:
- 12 May 08
- Based in:
- Inverness
- Salary:
- £5.52 - £6.25 p/h
- Category:
- Hospitality/Catering/Tourism
- Published:
- 09 May 08
- Based in:
- Ross-shire
- Salary:
- £15,000 - £16,000
- Category:
- Hospitality/Catering/Tourism
- Published:
- 08 May 08
- Based in:
- Edinburgh
- Salary:
- £22,000
- Category:
- Hospitality/Catering/Tourism
- Published:
- 20 Mar 08
- Based in:
- Edinburgh
- Salary:
- £14,000 - £16,000
- Category:
- Hospitality/Catering/Tourism
- Published:
- 01 Apr 08
- Based in:
- Edinburgh
- Salary:
- Negotiable
- Category:
- Hospitality/Catering/Tourism
- Published:
- 19 Nov 07
- Based in:
- Edinburgh
- Salary:
- Negotiable