Restaurateur
Person who opens and runs restaurants professionally
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A restaurateur is a person who opens and runs restaurants professionally. Although over time the term has come to describe any person who owns a restaurant, it traditionally refers to a highly skilled professional who is proficient in all aspects of the restaurant business.
employment
| Occupation | |
|---|---|
Occupation type | Business |
Activity sectors | Restaurants, business, culinary arts |
| Description | |
Fields of employment | Restaurant |
Related jobs | Businessperson, chef |
Etymology
The French restaurateur comes from the Late Latin restaurator ("restorer") and from the Latin restaurare ("to restore").[1][2][3] Restaurateur is simply French for a person who owns or runs a restaurant.[4] The feminine form of the French noun is restauratrice.[5] A less common variant spelling restauranteur, which is a later formation from Anglicized forms, is formed from the "more familiar" restaurant, with the French suffix -eur ("one who") borrowed from restaurateur.[6] It is considered by some to be an etymological error or misspelling,[4][6] and the form restaurateur (without the n), the earlier form borrowed from French, is preferred in formal writing, especially in the United Kingdom.[7] Restauranteur (with the n) is still widely used, including in formal British writing.[8] The Oxford English Dictionary gives examples of this variant (described as "originally American") going back to 1837.[9] H. L. Mencken said that in using this form he was using an American word rather than a French word.[10]
