Restaurateur
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| Occupation | |
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Occupation type | Business |
Activity sectors | Restaurants, Business, Culinary arts |
| Description | |
Fields of employment | Restaurant |
Related jobs | Businessperson, Chef |
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, traditionally it refers to a highly skilled professional who is proficient in all aspects of the restaurant business.
Etymology
[edit]The French word restaurateur comes from the Late Latin term restaurator ("restorer") and from the Latin term restaurare.[1][2][3] The word 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 is formed from the "more familiar" term restaurant[6] with the French suffix -eur borrowed from restaurateur. It is considered a misspelling by some.[4][6] The Oxford English Dictionary gives examples of this variant (described as "originally American") going back to 1837.[7] H. L. Mencken said that in using this form he was using an American, not a French, word.[8]
See also
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- Culinary arts
- Foodservice
- List of restaurateurs
- National Restaurant Association
- Restaurant
- Restaurant management
- The World's 50 Best Restaurants
References
[edit]- ^ "Definition of RESTAURATEUR". Merriam-Webster.
- ^ "Restaurateur Shares the Secret of His Success". NPR.org.
- ^ Muhlke, Christine (9 August 2010). "The Insider - Sang Yoon". T. New York Times Company.
- ^ a b "Restaurateur vs. restauranteur". Grammarist. 6 April 2011. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
- ^ "restaurateur". Dictionnaire de l’Académie française. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ^ a b "the definition of restaurateur". Dictionary.com.
- ^ "restauranteur". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
- ^ Mencken, H. L (1989) [1941]. "A Genial Restauranteur". Newspaper Days. New York: Dorset. p. 215. OCLC 1029047323.
External links
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The dictionary definition of restaurateur at Wiktionary
Media related to Restaurateurs at Wikimedia Commons
