Most people when they start working at restraunt will always start out at the lowest level. Most the time the reason for this is so you learn everything from the door to your own office. Starting out as a hostess or host will help you get better acquainted with future customers and with yourself helping you to open up and see things from a stand back point of view actually observing your surroundings. Then you would be promoted to a serve learning menus what ingredients are in what and what your usual customers like. You are able to place food so it looks presentable and make your customers happy. During this time you learn how the food is cooked what garnish goes where and what goes with every meal. Next you may advance to a cook. This steps a little easier now you have the menu memorized and pretty much know what goes with what. Learning how things are cooked is your goal here. Some places have food plated on many different plates you will have to learn this and also what you may need to prep for in upcoming days. This helps you get a feel for the supervisors position knowing what to order and how much as you are shadowing the supervisor you pick up on things that a supervisor does and begin to do the same things he does when he is not around or it becomes and instinct. You also observe the push on other employees to do their jobs right. Or also things most supervisors do some scheduling mingling with customer keeping them happy. Finally you try your hardest to get a managers position checking paycheck hours and food quality. You observe all surrounding and take in what needs to change. Hiring and firing of employees and making sure you keep all other employees and customers happy and in order this would be the top of your goal unless they are a chain then the list goes on. You need to keep customers happy do tills and counting inventory it is a never ending battle but if this is where you want to be it is a feeling of accomplishmentWORKING YOUR WAY TO THE TOP