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Restaurant manager CV example

A restaurant group reads a manager’s CV for the size of what you run and whether it makes money safely.

Give your covers, sales and team size, how you keep food and labour costs in line, your food hygiene rating and licence, and how you hire and train. This example is a restaurant manager applying for a general manager post.

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Lisa Moorcroft
Restaurant Manager
Leeds · 07700 900281 · [email protected]

Profile

Restaurant manager with nine years in city-centre restaurants, the last three running a 120-cover Italian restaurant with a team of 28. Plans menus with the head chef, writes the rotas and keeps the restaurant inside its budget and its licensing, food hygiene and health and safety rules. Looking for a general manager post with a group opening new sites.

Experience

Restaurant Manager Vellino, Leeds · 2023–present

Run a 120-cover restaurant open seven days: a team of 28 and sales of about £2.1 million a year.

Plan seasonal menus with the head chef, costing each dish so food stays at 28% of sales.

Write the weekly rotas for kitchen and floor staff, keeping labour inside 30% of sales.

Order from 11 food and drink suppliers, and renegotiated the wine list to save £14,000 a year.

Kept the five-star food hygiene rating through two council inspections, with weekly allergen and fire safety checks.

Recruited and trained 19 staff in 2025, and plan private dining for weddings, birthdays and parties of up to 60.

Assistant Manager The Corn Exchange Kitchen, Leeds · 2019–2023

Ran the floor on 200-cover Saturdays and dealt with complaints, cutting refunds by a third in a year.

Managed the weekly stock take and cashed up at close.

Head Waiter Brasserie Fourteen, York · 2017–2019

Led a section of six waiters and trained new starters on service and allergens.

Qualifications

Level 3 Award in Supervising Food Safety in Catering 2024

Personal licence to sell alcohol, Leeds City Council 2019

BA (Hons) Hospitality Management, 2:1 Calder Valley University · 2014–2017

Skills

Menu costing, budgets and stock

Rotas and labour control

Food safety, allergens and licensing

Recruiting and training staff

Additional information

Full UK driving licence. Available evenings, weekends and bank holidays.

Fictional example for a restaurant manager. Every person and employer in it is invented. Replace every detail with your own.

What restaurants and restaurant groups look for, and where this CV shows it

The job asks you toWhere this CV shows it
Plan menus with your chefsSeasonal menus with the head chef, each dish costed
Organise shifts and rotas for kitchen and waiting staffWeekly rotas for kitchen and floor; labour inside 30% of sales
Manage stock control and budgetsFood at 28% of sales; weekly stock take
Work closely with food and drink suppliers11 suppliers; the wine list renegotiated, £14,000 a year saved
Make sure the restaurant follows licensing, food hygiene, and health and safety rulesFive-star hygiene rating kept; personal licence; weekly checks
Recruit new staff and help to train them19 staff recruited and trained in 2025
Work on plans for large events like weddings or birthdaysPrivate dining for parties of up to 60
Deal with customer complaintsRefunds cut by a third in a year

The left column follows the National Careers Service job profile for a restaurant manager. If the advert you are answering describes a duty in other words, use its words for work you have actually done.

Average pay: £26,000 a year for a starter and £40,000 for an experienced restaurant manager, working 42 to 44 hours a week (National Careers Service, checked 17 October 2026).

Facts checked against National Careers Service: Restaurant manager on .

Skills to list for this job

The skills the National Careers Service lists for a restaurant manager, in CV wording. Put down only the ones you can show, each with where you used it.

  • Customer service
  • Leadership
  • Motivating and managing staff
  • Working well with others
  • Taking feedback and working well under pressure
  • Business management
  • Patient and calm in stressful situations
  • Food production methods
  • Competent with computers and everyday software
Choose them in the editor

From the National Careers Service profile, checked 17 October 2026.

A profile if you are starting out

This CV's profile is written for someone with experience. Here is the same job at the other level: copy it, or open it in the editor with this CV and write over it.

Head waiter looking for a first assistant restaurant manager post. Four years on the floor of a 90-cover brasserie, the last two leading a section of five and training every new starter on service and allergens. Holds the Level 2 Food Hygiene certificate, cashes up at close and covers the manager’s shifts when needed.
Use in the editor
Inside this example
  • Profile: 59 words here
  • Experience: 166 words here
  • Qualifications: 28 words here
  • Skills: 18 words here
  • Additional information: 10 words here

How to write yours

01

Give the size of the site

Covers, sales a year and the team you run tell a group which of its restaurants you could take on.

02

Show the costs you control

Food and labour as a share of sales are the figures an operations manager checks first.

03

Put safety and licensing in writing

Your food hygiene rating, food safety level and personal licence each get a line.

04

Say when you can work

Restaurants run evenings, weekends and bank holidays; write that you can.

Questions about a restaurant manager CV

Do I need a food hygiene certificate on my CV?

You’ll need a food hygiene certificate, which you get by completing a short course at a college, a training centre or through your local council (National Careers Service). Give its level and the year you took it.

Will I need a background check?

The National Careers Service says you’ll need to pass enhanced background checks. You do not need to put a check on your CV; be ready to give the details if the employer asks.

Can I become a restaurant manager through an apprenticeship?

You could work towards this role through a Hospitality Supervisor Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship, or take a Hospitality Manager Level 4 Higher Apprenticeship if you have supervisory experience in restaurant work (National Careers Service). Give the apprenticeship, its level and the year under Qualifications.

Can I move up from waiting or kitchen staff?

You could move up to a management position after working as part of the restaurant staff, for example as head waiter or kitchen manager (National Careers Service). Keep those jobs on your CV with one line each on what you led.

Do restaurant graduate schemes need a hospitality degree?

Many large restaurants and fast food chains run graduate training schemes that can lead to management jobs; you’ll usually need a degree, and hospitality management is useful but many employers accept other subjects (National Careers Service). Put your degree and any restaurant work you did while studying near the top.

Creative and one page: the colour band carries your name and contact, and the body stays plain so covers, costs and your rating read quickly. For an online form, switch to Plain.

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