Can AI Replace First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers in 2026?

Moderate exposure. AI could handle about 67% of today's first-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers tasks by 2036, and there is a 37% chance the number of jobs falls by a fifth or more. AI is likely to take over many tasks outright.

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Timeline

Year2030

Tasks AI can do

37%

Headcount (2025 = 100)

Chance of 20%+ fewer jobs

14% 2030 · 37% 2036

One person could cover, 2036

2 roles

Share of today's tasks AI can perform

Headcount index, 2025 = 100 (dashed line)

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Lower-risk jobs that use similar skills

Chefs and Head Cooks17% risk by 2036 Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop18% risk by 2036 First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers20% risk by 2036

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Try an AI tool on one task you'd normally do by hand: "Perform various financial activities, such as cash handling, deposit preparation, and payroll".Learn one AI tool well enough to show it in an interview, for: "Compile and balance cash receipts at the end of the day or shift".Get visibly better at your human core: "Inspect supplies, equipment, and work areas to ensure efficient service and conformance to standards".Rewrite the top of your CV around judgment, people and decisions, not routine output.Read about a lower-risk move: Chefs and Head Cooks.

Lower-risk jobs with similar tasks

Chefs and Head Cooks — 17% chance of contraction by 2036
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop — 18% chance of contraction by 2036
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers — 20% chance of contraction by 2036

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Based on 26 O*NET tasks for "First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers" (SOC 35-1012.00). LLM alone: 22% of tasks; with AI tools: 80%. Projections are a model, not official statistics. How we calculate this · Data version 2026-10