Bar, restaurant or kitchen supervisor pay in Birmingham February 2026

Bar, restaurant and kitchen supervisors have the job of managing and organising a specific team in a bar, restaurant and/or kitchen.

Other names for bar, restaurant and kitchen supervisors are:

• Team leaders
• Senior team leaders
• Shift supervisors
• Front of house supervisors
• Supervisors

This type of job may involve similar tasks that their kitchen, bar or restaurant team do, along with:

• Managing workloads for their team
• Organising rotas for their team
• Sharing targets, promotions and other important company news to their team

You might work in a restaurant, behind the bar, in the kitchen or behind the scenes in an office.

You might be on your feet quite a bit, but any office-based tasks can be done sitting down.

You may have to work night shifts, on weekends and bank holidays.

If you want to apply for a retail supervisor job, you might need the following:

• Some GCSEs or a relevant apprenticeship
• Previous catering experience
• Previous supervisor experience may be expected
• Basic computer skills
• The right to work in the UK

Junior team members can also be promoted to supervisors.