Also called: F&B Director
Runs all restaurants, bars, room service, and banquets at a hotel or resort.
A hotel F&B director reviews last night's banquet sales, tastes a new restaurant menu with the chef, handles a VIP's room-service complaint, and sets budgets.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 10 years after high school. Bachelor's in hospitality plus years of restaurant and hotel management.
Ways in: 4-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Hospitality Management.
Growing faster than average (about 6% over 10 years). Tracks food service managers.
Low risk for 10 years. AI forecasting helps with costs; running restaurants, bars and banquets and leading chefs stay human.
Classes: Business, Culinary arts CTE, Accounting.
Official data: O*NET occupation 11-9051.
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