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AI exposure Food preparation and serving

Will AI replace first-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers?

First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers. US occupation 35-1012.

5.6%

of the time first-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers spend on their work goes on tasks where AI is already being used to do that work.of first-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers' working hours go on tasks AI has already started taking off their plate.

Ranked 242 of 756 US occupations. More exposed than 67% of them.Further along than 67% of them.

Average US job 7.7%

Around the middle of the pack.Keeping pace with the average job.

What AI already does for first-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workersWhat first-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers no longer do alone

O*NET lists 26 tasks for first-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers. AI use at work shows up in 2 of them. Each score runs from 0.5, where every observed use helps a person with the task, to 1, where every use does the task outright.

  1. Resolve customer complaints regarding food service.Core task mostly automated 1.00
  2. Record production, operational, and personnel data on specified forms. automated and assisted 0.72

What it does not touch, yetWhat still needs a human

24 of the 26 tasks show no AI use at work in the data.

  • Analyze operational problems, such as theft and wastage, and establish procedures to alleviate these problems.Core task
  • Assign duties, responsibilities, and work stations to employees in accordance with work requirements.Core task
  • Control inventories of food, equipment, smallware, and liquor, and report shortages to designated personnel.Core task
  • Evaluate new products for usefulness and suitability.Core task
  • Greet and seat guests, and present menus and wine lists.Core task
  • Inspect supplies, equipment, and work areas to ensure efficient service and conformance to standards.Core task
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  • Observe and evaluate workers and work procedures to ensure quality standards and service, and complete disciplinary write-ups.Core task
  • Perform various financial activities, such as cash handling, deposit preparation, and payroll.Core task
  • Present bills and accept payments.Core task
  • Recommend measures for improving work procedures and worker performance to increase service quality and enhance job safety.Core task
  • Specify food portions and courses, production and time sequences, and workstation and equipment arrangements.Core task
  • Supervise and participate in kitchen and dining area cleaning activities.Core task
  • Train workers in food preparation, and in service, sanitation, and safety procedures.Core task
  • Assess nutritional needs of patients, plan special menus, supervise the assembly of regular and special diet trays, and oversee the delivery of food trolleys to hospital patients.
  • Compile and balance cash receipts at the end of the day or shift.
  • Conduct meetings and collaborate with other personnel for menu planning, serving arrangements, and related details.
  • Develop departmental objectives, budgets, policies, procedures, and strategies.
  • Develop equipment maintenance schedules and arrange for repairs.
  • Estimate ingredients and supplies required to prepare a recipe.
  • Forecast staff, equipment, and supply requirements, based on a master menu.
  • Perform food preparation and serving duties, such as carving meat, preparing flambe dishes, or serving wine and liquor.
  • Perform personnel actions, such as hiring and firing staff, providing employee orientation and training, and conducting supervisory activities, such as creating work schedules or organizing employee time sheets.
  • Purchase or requisition supplies and equipment needed to ensure quality and timely delivery of services.
  • Schedule parties and take reservations.

How that compares

Among the 15 food preparation and serving occupations, first-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers rank 2. The group averages 0.9%, and its most exposed job is Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop at 7.3%. The average US occupation sits at 7.7%.

All 756 occupations, ranked

Just above in the ranking

  1. 237Registered Nurses 5.9%
  2. 240Fashion Designers 5.7%
  3. 240Protective Service Workers, All Other 5.7%

Just below

  1. 243Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health 5.5%
  2. 244Actuaries 5.4%
  3. 244Craft Artists 5.4%

What this does and does not mean

Exposure is observed use, not a forecast. Anthropic maps work conversations with Claude onto the tasks O*NET lists for each job and asks, of the tasks AI could speed up, which are actually being used for at work. A use that does the task outright counts in full and a use that assists a person counts half. The task scores are averaged into the occupation figure by the share of time spent on each task.

A high figure means AI is already part of how this work gets done. It does not mean anyone has been replaced. Anthropic's own reading of the labour market finds no systematic rise in unemployment among exposed workers so far, and about 14% fewer 22 to 25 year olds starting exposed jobs.No measurable rise in unemployment among exposed workers so far, and about 14% fewer 22 to 25 year olds starting these jobs. Gap years for everyone. Labor market impacts, 5 March 2026.

Task list and titles from O*NET 31.0 by the US Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. Scores from the Anthropic Economic Index (CC BY). Checked 1 November 2026. How the ranking works.