Will AI replace First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers?
Estimated risk score: 56 out of 100
Moderate replacement risk
Estimate from published task research, not reviewed by a person · how we estimate
Within about 19 points for 4 in 5 of the jobs we checked (37 to 75).
For the occupation as a whole, from ratings of its 26 O*NET tasks published in 2023 and calibrated to our hand scores. A specialty inside it can sit higher or lower.
O*NET-SOC 35-1012.00 · Food Preparation and Serving Related
Tasks rated in 2023 as ones AI could do or speed up
Tasks a GPT-4-class model could do, or do in half the time or less: 9 of its 26 rated tasks; the first 6 are shown. In O*NET’s words.
- Estimate ingredients and supplies required to prepare a recipe.
- Perform various financial activities, such as cash handling, deposit preparation, and payroll.
- Record production, operational, and personnel data on specified forms.
- Compile and balance cash receipts at the end of the day or shift.
- Control inventories of food, equipment, smallware, and liquor, and report shortages to designated personnel.
- Present bills and accept payments.
Tasks rated in 2023 as not sped up by AI
Tasks such a model was rated as not speeding up or taking over: 5 of its 26 rated tasks. In O*NET’s words.
- Perform food preparation and serving duties, such as carving meat, preparing flambe dishes, or serving wine and liquor.
- Inspect supplies, equipment, and work areas to ensure efficient service and conformance to standards.
- Supervise and participate in kitchen and dining area cleaning activities.
- Train workers in food preparation, and in service, sanitation, and safety procedures.
- Greet and seat guests, and present menus and wine lists.
What the job is
Directly supervise and coordinate activities of workers engaged in preparing and serving food.
Also called: Bar Manager, Banquet Captain, Canteen Manager, Food Supervisor, Dietary Director, Fountain Manager, Tea Room Manager, Bartender Manager.
Source. This site includes information from the O*NET 30.1 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. (O*NET, CC BY 4.0.) Task ratings: Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock (2023), “GPTs are GPTs: An Early Look at the Labor Market Impact Potential of Large Language Models”, data used under the MIT licence (licence texts). Our change: we averaged the ratings over this occupation’s tasks and calibrated them to our 0–100 scale. It is not a prediction about any one person and not career advice. Disagree? Write to hello@yourstopwashit.com. How we estimate