Scenario-Based Restaurant Job Role and Duties

You start working at a restaurant and your main task is refilling water glasses and clearing dirty dishes from tables quickly. What position are you most likely working?

• Waiter

• Table busser

• Line cook

• Host

A guest arrives at the restaurant and you greet them warmly, check their reservation, and lead them to their assigned table. Which job do you hold?

• Hostess

• Bartender

• Food preparation worker

• Executive chef

You are asked to chop vegetables and slice meats under the supervision of the chef. What is your role?

• Food preparation worker

• Line cook

• Sous chef

• Bartender

You are responsible for cooking food quickly in a fast-service restaurant and sometimes take orders directly from customers sitting at the counter. What position do you hold?

• Short order cook

• Executive chef

• Waiter

• Food stylist

As the person overseeing the entire restaurant’s daily operations, ensuring guest satisfaction and profitability, what is your title?

• Food service manager

• Sous chef

• Head waiter

• Media chef

You manage the kitchen staff, create the dishes served, and are also called the chef de cuisine. What position do you have?

• Executive chef

• Bartender

• Line cook

• Food writer

You help the executive chef by instructing kitchen staff and deciding daily specials. What is your role?

• Sous chef

• Host

• Caterer

• Personal chef

In a fine dining restaurant, you manage the service staff and are second in command in the dining area. What is your position?

• Head waiter

• Maître d'hôtel

• Food stylist

• Line cook

You mix drinks and serve customers at the bar, often creating original drink recipes. What is your job title?

• Bartender

• Sous chef

You prepare and cook meals for individual clients in their private homes, following health regulations. What career do you have?

• Personal chef

• Food service manager

• Research chef

• Short order cook