Will AI replace First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers?
AI reaches some of this job’s work, but most of it stays with people.
23/100
Moderate exposure
More exposed to AI than 39% of US workers.
- AI already used in
- 7% of the work
- As AI tools mature: up to
- 42% of the work
What the job involves
Directly supervise and coordinate activities of workers engaged in preparing and serving food.
Where AI reaches the work
The job’s main tasks, heaviest first, by how far AI reaches them.
Already happening(2)
- Resolve customer complaints regarding food service.
- Record production, operational, and personnel data on specified forms.
Within reach(10)
- Control inventories of food, equipment, smallware, and liquor, and report shortages to designated personnel.
- Observe and evaluate workers and work procedures to ensure quality standards and service, and complete disciplinary write-ups.
- Recommend measures for improving work procedures and worker performance to increase service quality and enhance job safety.
- Compile and balance cash receipts at the end of the day or shift.
- Estimate ingredients and supplies required to prepare a recipe.
and 5 more
Out of reach(14)
- Train workers in food preparation, and in service, sanitation, and safety procedures.
- Supervise and participate in kitchen and dining area cleaning activities.
- Present bills and accept payments.
- Perform various financial activities, such as cash handling, deposit preparation, and payroll.
- Assign duties, responsibilities, and work stations to employees in accordance with work requirements.
and 9 more
Also called
Kitchen Supervisor · Food Service Supervisor · Cafeteria Manager · Kitchen Manager · Banquet Captain · Counter Supervisor · Food Supervisor · Lunchroom Manager
Related jobs
- First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services36/100
- First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers43/100
- First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers25/100
- First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers14/100
- First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers21/100
What these numbers mean
The score is the share of this job’s work, weighted by how important and frequent each task is, that AI could do in half the time: tasks an AI model could do alone count in full, tasks that need software built on AI count half.
“AI already used” is the share of the work in tasks where people are recorded using AI today. “As AI tools mature” counts every task AI could halve, with or without extra software.
The percentile compares the score with every job’s, weighted by how many people in the US do each one. Exposure means AI could change how the work is done, not that the job goes away. These are estimates for the typical job, not predictions.
Sources
- O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
- GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs (task labels), Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin & Rock (2023), OpenAI and University of Pennsylvania
- Anthropic Economic Index: labor market impacts (task penetration), Anthropic
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (national and metropolitan areas), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics