Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors: pay and what the work involves

Occupation 1222 · Managers, directors and senior officials

Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors

Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors plan, direct and co-ordinate the catering services of restaurants, hotels and large-scale catering services within other organisations.

How people enter it

There are no set entry routes. Entry is possible with a variety of academic qualifications and/or relevant experience. Larger restaurants and catering chains offer managerial trainee schemes, entry to which may be based on a variety of qualifications and/or relevant experience. Off and on-the-job training is provided. Various vocational qualifications are available at levels 2 to 4.

What the work involves

plans catering services and directs staff
decides on range and quality of meals and beverages to be provided
discusses customer’s requirements for special occasions
purchases or directs the purchasing of supplies and arranges for preparation of accounts
verifies that quality of food, beverages and waiting service is as required, that kitchen and dining areas are kept clean and appropriate hygiene standards are maintained in compliance with statutory requirements
plans and arranges food preparation in collaboration with other staff and organises the provision of waiting or counter staff
checks that supplies are properly used and accounted for to prevent wastage and loss and to keep within budget limit
determines staffing, financial, material and other short- and long-term requirements

Also called

Café owner · Operations manager (catering) · Restaurant manager · Shop manager (take-away food shop)

What it pays

Measure	Hours	Basis	Period	Value	Source
1222 : Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors	None	None	2026-03	120,400.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
1222 : Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors	None	None	2026-03	123,700.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
1222 : Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors	None	None	2026-03	134,600.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
1222 : Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors	None	None	2026-03	5,900.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
1222 : Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors	None	None	2026-03	10,900.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
1222 : Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors	None	None	2026-03	140,500.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)
1222 : Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors	None	None	2026-03	3,300.00	ONS, Annual Population Survey - employment by occupation (SOC 2020)

Every regional figure

ONS does not publish occupational pay below region. Cells the survey could not support are shown as withheld, with its reason — adding a region split to a specific occupation leaves roughly a tenth of cells publishable.

Region	Measure	Hours	Value	Period
East	1222 : Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors	None	11,400.00	2026-03
East Midlands	1222 : Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors	None	5,500.00	2026-03
London	1222 : Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors	None	30,100.00	2026-03
North East	1222 : Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors	None	5,500.00	2026-03
North West	1222 : Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors	None	15,700.00	2026-03
Northern Ireland	1222 : Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors	None	5,900.00	2026-03
Scotland	1222 : Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors	None	10,900.00	2026-03
South East	1222 : Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors	None	16,800.00	2026-03
South West	1222 : Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors	None	12,300.00	2026-03
Wales	1222 : Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors	None	3,300.00	2026-03
West Midlands	1222 : Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors	None	8,600.00	2026-03
Yorkshire and The Humber	1222 : Restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors	None	14,300.00	2026-03

Common questions

Does pay for restaurant and catering establishment managers and proprietors vary by region?

ONS publishes regional pay for this occupation where the survey sample supports it — 12 of 12 cells on this page. The rest are withheld by ONS, and are shown as withheld with the reason, rather than left out.

Where do these pay figures come from?

The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, published by the Office for National Statistics. Figures are shown exactly as ONS publishes them — we do not adjust, model or fill them in, and every number on this page carries the series and period it came from.

Classified alongside this

Hotel and accommodation managers and proprietors · Leisure and sports managers and proprietors · Publicans and managers of licensed premises · Travel agency managers and proprietors