Camden
A little colour and personality, still in one readable column, for bars, cafés and restaurants with a strong brand.
Use this design: CamdenFree hospitality CV template
For bar staff, waiting staff, baristas, chefs, kitchen teams and hotel staff. Short, friendly and quick to read between services.
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The best designs for hospitality CVs
Picked for how hospitality CVs are read in the UK. Each one is free, and your CV works in every design, so you can switch at any time.
One Page
Hospitality CVs work best short, and One Page keeps yours to a single side.
Use this design: One PageBanner
A bold colour band that stands out when you hand your CV in at the bar.
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What to put on a hospitality CV
Hospitality hiring is fast and often local. Many managers read a CV in a few seconds, sometimes in person between services, and decide whether to offer a trial shift. Pubs, restaurants, cafés, hotels and event caterers all want to know the same things: the kind of venue you have worked in, how busy it was and what you can do on day one.
Food safety and licensing training lets you start straight away, so put it where it will be seen.
Whatever the job, the UK CV format applies: your name and contact details, a short profile, experience with the most recent first, then education and skills. No photo, age or date of birth.
A profile with your venue type
Pub, cocktail bar, café, fine dining, hotel or events, and what you do best: speed at the bar, knowing the menu, running a section.
Experience
Each venue with your role, the style of service (table, counter, silver service, events) and what you were trusted with, such as cashing up, opening and closing or training new staff.
Food safety and licensing
Level 2 Food Hygiene, allergen awareness (the 14 allergens), Challenge 25 and, if you have one, a personal licence (APLH in England and Wales, SCPLH in Scotland).
Skills for your role
Bar: cocktails, cellar work and line cleaning. Front of house: EPOS, upselling and complaints. Coffee: espresso and latte art. Kitchen: sections, prep, HACCP and stock.
For chefs
Your level (commis, chef de partie, sous chef), the kitchens and cuisines you know, the sections you can run, and any menu, ordering or food cost work. A link to photos of your dishes helps.
Availability
Evenings, weekends, split shifts and seasonal work.
Skills and keywords for a hospitality CV
From our skills guides and CV examples for this job. Use the ones that are true for you, in the words of the job advert, so recruiters and applicant tracking systems find them.
- Table service
- EPOS order taking
- Allergen knowledge (14 allergens)
- Upselling
- Cash handling
- Cocktail making
- Cellar management
- Espresso and latte art
- HACCP and food safety
- Food costing and GP control
- Section management
- Responsible service of alcohol
- Level 2 Food Hygiene
- Personal licence
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Hospitality CVs: your questions
What should I put on a hospitality CV with no experience?
Show you are friendly, reliable and quick to learn, with examples from school, sport, volunteering or helping at events. A Level 2 Food Hygiene certificate can be done online and is worth adding.
Do I need a personal licence to work behind a bar?
Not in England and Wales: bar staff can sell alcohol under the authority of the premises’ designated premises supervisor, who holds a personal licence. In Scotland, staff who sell alcohol must complete the training required by the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005. A personal licence of your own helps if you want to run a bar.
How do I write a chef CV?
Lead with your level and the kitchens you have worked in, then the sections you can run, your food safety level and any menu, ordering or food cost experience. Keep it to one or two pages.
Keep going
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