Hospitality

Restaurant manager CV: example and template

This example is for restaurant managers, floor managers and assistant managers who run a place on their own or in a chain, and for people promoted from waiter or bartender.

A restaurant owner is looking for someone who will look after the team, the costs and the guests' satisfaction. On your CV, show results: turnover, food cost, reviews and staff turnover.

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Example CV: restaurant manager

All the details in this example are fictional. Treat it as a model of layout and wording, and replace the content with your own experience.

Adam Wróbel

Restaurant manager

Wroclaw +48 123 456 789 adam.wrobel@example.com

Professional profile

Restaurant manager with 8 years of experience in hospitality, including 4 years in management. I run a 120-seat restaurant with a team of 22. I increased turnover by 20% in a year and brought food cost down to 29%.

Work experience

Restaurant manager

03.2022 - present

Mediterranean restaurant, Wroclaw

  • Managing a 120-seat restaurant and a floor and kitchen team of 22.
  • Increasing turnover by 20% in a year with a new menu and an offer for companies.
  • Bringing food cost down from 33% to 29% together with the head chef.
  • Recruitment, training and rotas; staff turnover fell by half.
  • Overseeing HACCP and health inspections with no remarks.

Floor manager

05.2018 - 02.2022

Hotel restaurant, Wroclaw

  • Leading a team of 10 waiters and organising service.
  • Serving conferences and weddings of up to 200 guests.
  • Cashing up and sales reports.

Education

Tourism and recreation, bachelor's degree

2013 - 2016

Wroclaw University of Economics

Skills

  • Managing the floor and kitchen team
  • Food cost and cost control
  • Rotas and recruitment
  • POS system and sales reports
  • HACCP and health inspections
  • Events and functions

Training and certificates

  • HACCP training for managers, 2022
  • Hospitality management course, 2021
  • Food handling health certificate

Languages

  • English: C1
  • Spanish: A2

Additional information

  • Category B driving licence

I hereby consent to the processing of my personal data for the purposes necessary to carry out the recruitment process, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 (GDPR).

How to write a restaurant manager CV

Professional summary

Give the type and size of the place, the size of the team and your main results: turnover, costs, guest reviews. An owner reads a manager's CV like a business plan, so show that you think about results.

Assistant restaurant manager with 3 years of experience in a pizza chain. I run a shift of 12 people and am responsible for the rota, orders and cashing up. I want to run a restaurant on my own.

Experience: duties and achievements

For each role, give the size of the place and your results. Show what you were responsible for: people, costs, sales, quality, food safety. Numbers are more convincing than the word "management".

Weaker: Managing the restaurant.

Better: Managing a 120-seat restaurant and a team of 22.

Weaker: Controlling costs.

Better: Bringing food cost down from 33% to 29% together with the head chef.

Weaker: Looking after the team.

Better: A new training and rota system; staff turnover fell by half.

Skills worth listing

A restaurant manager combines working with people and counting costs. Show both sides, plus your knowledge of food safety rules.

Professional skills

  • Food cost and the restaurant budget
  • Rotas and staffing plans
  • Orders and stocktaking
  • Sales reports
  • HACCP and hygiene rules
  • Local marketing and guest reviews

Personal skills

  • Leading a team
  • Resolving conflicts with guests
  • Making decisions during service
  • Motivating people
  • Handling stress

Training and certificates

List training in management, HACCP and guest service. Keep the food handling health certificate too, because managers often help on the floor and in the kitchen.

Your first restaurant manager role

If you are being promoted from waiter, bartender or shift leader, describe the management tasks you already do: the rota, cashing up, training new people, contact with suppliers.

Add one result, such as higher sales on your shift or better guest reviews. It shows that you think like a manager.

Tailoring your CV to the job offer

A fine dining restaurant looks for service standards and wine knowledge, a chain for procedures and reports, and a hotel for conferences and weddings. Lay out your CV so that experience matching the offer is visible straight away.

The most common mistakes on a restaurant manager CV

Questions and answers

What should a restaurant manager put on a CV?

The type and size of the place, the size of the team, sales and cost results, recruitment and training, HACCP, events and languages.

Which results should a restaurant manager CV show?

Usually turnover growth, food cost, the average bill, guest reviews and staff turnover, ideally in percentages or amounts.

Can a waiter become a restaurant manager?

Yes, it is a common career path. On your CV, describe the management tasks you have already done and your shift's results.

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