As a food and bar manager at a leading hotel, one’s salary can be anywhere between Rs 80,000 and Rs 2.5 lakh per month. As your experience grows, you can aim at better packages which can be upwards of Rs 5 lakh per month

9 to 10am: Check attendance records of various outlets, go through restaurant logs. Visit sales office to ascertain the day’s banquet bookings
11am: Go through the sales previous day’s sheet. Meet HODs for internal coordination
Noon: Take a round of all lunch service outlets
12.30pm to 4.30 pm: Meet suppliers, guests, high-profile banquet clients
4.30pm: Browse next day’s functions, important dinner reservations.
5pm: Operations meeting with HODs and RM
6pm: Round of banquet halls
7pm: Check all dinner outlets
7.30pm: Rounds of restaurants
9pm: Send out end-of-day report

• You must have good management and team skills. You could be managing older, more experienced or less literate people than you
• High level of people skills
• Ability to handle the stress and still remain cheerful
• Should be able to work long hours
• Awareness of the monetary aspects of each decision
• Foster great relationships

• Opportunity to travel and work anywhere in the world
• Hones your interpersonal skills to a very advanced level
• You could have the opportunity of serving state dignitaries
• The role demands long hours
• One might not be able to give time to family
• A well-paying job

After completing Class 12, you will have to earn a recognised bachelor’s degree in hotel management from a recognised university/ institute and then join a training programme with a leading hotel or a restrobar. Else, one can rise through the ranks starting with assistant steward

• Institute of Hotel Management, Catering and Nutrition, Delhi www.ihmpusa.net
• Indian Institute of Hotel Management, Aurangabad www.ihma.ac.in
• Oberoi Centre of Learning and Development  www.oberoihotels.com/careers/html/career/index.htm
• Institute of Hotel Management, Bangalore, www.ihma.ac.in