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The only CV builder designed by hospitality professionals, for hospitality professionals. Role-specific templates for chefs, waiters, bartenders, hotel staff and restaurant managers — with the exact industry keywords and clear, structured formatting that hiring managers look for.
Sous Chef — Fine Dining
CV strength
Strong
Industry Keywords
12 matched
The process
Your experience stays yours. The map below is every step the builder takes with it — and you decide each one.
Pick your hospitality role
Front of house, kitchen, bar, hotel or management.
Upload the CV you already have
PDF or Word — we read it and fill in what we can.
Start with your role or your current CV
Pick a hospitality role, or upload a PDF or Word CV.
The work you’ve already done
Add your roles and achievements
Where you worked, what you did, plus skills and certifications.
Build a structured CV
Your details laid out in the order UK hospitality employers read.
Choose a template
24 hospitality templates across eight families, from plain to editorial.
Tailor it to a job advert
Paste an advert and see what to change for that particular role.
Check it before you send
Strength checks and a full review, one finding at a time.
Nothing changes unless you accept it
Export as PDF or DOCX
Download the finished document in either format.
Check it, then export a PDF
Strength checks and a full review first, one finding at a time.
Nothing changes unless you accept it
Review your version, then choose where it goes.
The transformation
Upload what you have. Build a clearer, role-focused CV for your next hospitality opportunity.
A worked example in four steps. A generic sample CV for a fictional Hospitality Assistant is uploaded, a target role of Front Office Supervisor is set, five hospitality role signals are recognised, three generic experience lines are rewritten as clearer role-focused statements, and the result is a structured CV with Profile, Experience, Skills and Education sections that is ready to review and tailor. All names and content in this example are invented.
Alex Morgan
Hospitality Assistant
Needs clearer role detail
Upload your CV
PDF or Word — we read it for you.
Target role
Front Office Supervisor
Role signals recognised
Before
After
Supported guests throughout busy front-desk shifts
Guest service
Helped coordinate service handovers across the team
Shift coordination
Resolved routine guest questions with a calm, helpful approach
Problem solving
HospitalityCV helps you present your real experience more clearly.
Alex Morgan
Front Office Supervisor
Ready to review and tailor
Tailor the final version for the role before you apply.
Your next hospitality role starts with a clearer story.
Every name, role and line of text in this walkthrough is an invented example.
Designed specifically for the industry. Stand out to top recruiters at luxury hotels and Michelin-starred restaurants.
Creating a professional hospitality CV has never been easier. Our streamlined process takes you from blank page to interview-ready CV in four simple steps — no writing skills required.
Select from over 40 hospitality job titles — chef, waiter, bartender, hotel receptionist, restaurant manager, and more. Our intelligent system loads role-specific skills, certifications, and keywords automatically.
Our role-adaptive questionnaire asks only the questions that matter for your position. Add your experience, skills, and certifications — our AI generates a professional summary and suggests industry-proven achievements.
Pick from 24 templates across 8 families, choose your colours and fonts, then export as PDF or DOCX. Generate AI cover letters, prep for interviews, and track your applications — all from your dashboard.
Paste any job posting. Our AI shows your match score and tailors your CV to fit — maximising your chances of getting that interview.
No sign-up needed to start, and it’s free.
Paste any job description. Our AI compares it against your CV, shows your match score, highlights missing keywords, and rewrites your CV to fit — without fabricating experience.
Match Score
Instantly see how well your CV fits any hospitality job posting
Keyword Gap Analysis
Find missing skills like HACCP, WSET, and GP% that recruiters search for
One-Click Tailoring
AI rewrites your bullet points to match the job — your experience, better words
Free users get 1 free tailor. Pro users get 10/month.
Match Analysis
Head Chef — The Ivy
Keywords
AI Powered
✨ Gemini
Missing
2 keywords
Generic CV builders don't know the difference between a CDP and a KP. We do. AI-powered CV generation, cover letters, interview prep, job tracking, and LinkedIn review — all purpose-built for hospitality.
Your professional summary, written in seconds
Gemini-powered AI writes your professional summary, suggests achievements, and tailors your CV to specific job descriptions — all using hospitality-specific language and the keywords that appear in the advert.
Chef to Concierge, we speak your language
No generic forms. Our smart wizard adapts in real-time whether you're a Head Chef, Front of House, or GM. Tailored questions, pre-loaded skills, and certifications for 40+ hospitality roles.
Clean structure, in a clear reading order
Matched to your CV and the job description
Role-specific questions and model answers
Track applications from one dashboard
Explore salary data for 24+ hospitality roles across the UK
Head Chef
£42k
Restaurant Manager
£35k
Bartender
£25k
Hotel Receptionist
£24k
Sous Chef
£33k
Waiter/Waitress
£23k
Generic tools like Indeed, Canva, and standard Word templates treat all industries the same. Here's what you get when you use a CV builder purpose-built for hospitality.
| Feature | HospitalityCV | Generic Builders |
|---|---|---|
| Hospitality-specific keywords (HACCP, WSET, GP%, covers) | ||
| Role-adaptive questionnaire for 40+ job titles | ||
| Pre-written achievement bullets for hospitality roles | ||
| Industry certifications auto-included (Food Safety, COSHH, First Aid) | ||
| AI cover letter & interview prep for hospitality | ||
| Job application tracker & dashboard | ||
| Single-column layouts checked for text extraction in every build | Limited | |
| POS system & technology skills recognition | ||
| "Tailor to Job" AI — rewrites your CV for each application | ||
| LinkedIn profile reviewer | ||
| AI-powered professional summary generation | ||
| PDF & DOCX export |
Hospitality-specific keywords (HACCP, WSET, GP%, covers)
Role-adaptive questionnaire for 40+ job titles
Pre-written achievement bullets for hospitality roles
Industry certifications auto-included (Food Safety, COSHH, First Aid)
AI cover letter & interview prep for hospitality
Job application tracker & dashboard
Single-column layouts checked for text extraction in every build
POS system & technology skills recognition
"Tailor to Job" AI — rewrites your CV for each application
LinkedIn profile reviewer
AI-powered professional summary generation
PDF & DOCX export
See the difference for yourself — no account or credit card needed.
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Built by hospitality professionals with over 20 years of combined experience across Michelin-starred restaurants, five-star hotels, and award-winning bars.
We know that a head chef’s CV should highlight brigade management, food cost control, and menu development — not generic “leadership” and “communication” skills. Our AI engine prompts you for the terminology and detail that hospitality job adverts actually ask for.
The hospitality industry in the UK employs over 3.2 million people and is one of the fastest-growing sectors for job creation. Competition for the best positions — from luxury hotel roles to head chef positions at acclaimed restaurants — is fierce. A strong hospitality CV in 2026 needs these key elements:
A head chef's summary should mention cuisine specialities, brigade size, and covers per service. A hotel receptionist's should highlight PMS systems, guest satisfaction scores, and check-in efficiency.
Hospitality hiring managers want numbers: "Reduced food waste by 22%", "Managed P&L for £2.4M turnover venue", "Increased average spend per head by 18%", "Maintained TripAdvisor rating of 4.7/5".
Level 2/3 Food Safety, HACCP, COSHH, WSET Wine & Spirits, Personal Licence (APLH), First Aid at Work, Allergen Awareness — these certifications are essential for hospitality roles and should be prominently displayed.
Modern hospitality runs on technology. Employers want to see your experience with Micros, Revel, Lightspeed, OpenTable, SevenRooms, Opera PMS, Mews, and other industry-standard systems.
Larger employers often screen CVs with software before a person reads them. Complex designs, unusual fonts and non-standard sections make a CV harder to read — automatically and by eye.
Our platform covers the full spectrum of hospitality careers across the UK, from entry-level positions to senior management roles. Each role gets its own tailored questionnaire, industry-specific skill suggestions, and optimised CV structure:
Kitchen & Chef Roles
Front of House
Bar & Beverage
Hotel & Accommodation
Management
Our AI analyses any job description and rewrites your CV to match — without fabricating experience.
Copy any hospitality job listing
Instant keyword & skills analysis
AI rewrites your CV to match
Free users get 1 tailor • Pro users get 10/month
Many larger hospitality employers and recruitment agencies use screening software to read CVs before a person does. Every system is different and each employer configures its own, so nobody can tell you how a particular one will treat your CV. What is within your control is the document: a CV that is hard to read automatically is harder to read full stop.
The formatting choices that reliably cause trouble are the same everywhere: graphics or icons in place of text, important details inside headers or footers, non-standard section headings, complex tables, and text embedded in images. Every HospitalityCV template is checked in our build for those choices — contrast, spacing, fonts, text in images, headers, footers and complex layout patterns. We do not test against any particular employer’s software and make no claim about how one will read your CV.
Beyond formatting, screening software generally looks for wording shared between your CV and the job advert. HospitalityCV automatically includes the industry-standard keywords that appear most frequently in hospitality job listings: food safety compliance, covers per service, GP% management, revenue growth, guest satisfaction, team leadership, and role-specific technical skills.
Unlike other CV builders that lock essential features behind paywalls or require account creation before you can even see your CV, HospitalityCV lets you build, preview, and download immediately. Our Free tier includes 6 professional templates and 5 AI generations — enough to build, preview and download one complete hospitality CV without spending a penny. When you’re ready to tailor it to a specific vacancy, or want all 24 templates and DOCX export, our Single CV plan is £3.99 — a one-time payment, not a subscription.
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