F&B Service Executive
Also known as: F&B Associate · Restaurant Captain · F&B Service Associate
Runs restaurant, bar and banquet service in hotels, looking after guests, staff and service standards.
Starting salary: not added yet.
What you’d do
Food and beverage (F&B) service executives look after guests in hotel restaurants, bars, room service and banquets. They take orders, supervise service, coordinate with the kitchen and handle complaints. Employers include hotels, resorts, standalone restaurants, cruise lines and airline lounges.
- Take orders and serve guests to set standards
- Supervise a section of the restaurant
- Coordinate between kitchen and service staff
- Handle guest feedback and billing issues
How you get in
BHM graduates usually join through campus placement into F&B as associates or through management trainee programmes that rotate through departments. Internship (industrial training) performance during the degree often decides placement offers.
Salary in India
Salary data isn’t added for this role yet. When it is, every figure points to its source.
Skills you’ll use
From our guide · a curated list is coming
- Guest service and communication
- Menu, wine and beverage knowledge
- Team coordination during peak hours
- Food safety and hygiene basics
About this field · for freshers
Job openings by year
Is demand growing?
Not added yet.
Competition2
How many graduates enter each year?
BHM graduates in 2023-24 at institutions that reported to AISHE — everyone finishing that degree, not only those entering this role.
Who hires
IT firms, banks, government, startups?
Not added yet.
Where the jobs are
Which cities?
Not added yet.
Women in the field2
Is it diverse?
Share of women among BHM graduates in 2023-24 — the entry degree, not people already working in this role.
At a glance
- Long shifts, weekends and festival days are part of the job.
- Common next steps: F&B supervisor, outlet manager, banquet manager.
- Experience abroad (cruise lines, Gulf hotels) is a common route for some.
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