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Assistant restaurant manager

Second in command of the restaurant, sharing responsibility for people, profit and standards. Assistant managers cover the general manager, lead shifts and own areas such as rotas, training or stock.

A real shift

Admin in the morning (rotas, orders, emails), then running lunch or dinner service from the floor. Close-down includes cashing up, checking the labour figures and handing over.

Skills that matter

  • Rota and labour planning
  • Training and onboarding
  • Stock control
  • Health and safety
  • P&L basics
  • Guest recovery

Qualifications

  • Level 3 Hospitality Supervisor apprenticeship
  • Level 4 Hospitality Manager apprenticeship
  • Personal licence (APLH)
  • Level 3 Food Safety

Where it leads

  1. Assistant restaurant manager
  2. Restaurant general manager
  3. Operations or area manager
  4. Events manager

What we'd ask on the show

  • Fifty hours on a forty-hour contract: management overtime
  • What they never teach you about rotas
  • The first time you sack someone

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