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Overview
Sommeliers select and store wines, check quality, prepare bottles, choose glassware, decant when needed, recommend pairings and serve wine or other alcoholic beverages.
In job descriptions, look for wine characteristics, cellar organisation, wine lists, ordering supplies, sparkling wines, customer service, upselling, hospitality languages and training service staff.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Sommeliers work where beverage knowledge meets guest service. The role can include cellar organisation, wine list upkeep, bottle preparation, quality checks, recommendations at the table and coordination with kitchen or service teams.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes wine characteristics, sparkling wines, decanting, glassware, cellar care, ordering supplies and customer service. Specialization can move toward pairing menus, fine dining, beverage purchasing, training staff or multilingual hospitality.
Salary context
Pay is best read through venue level, wine list responsibility, cellar value, service intensity and influence on beverage sales. A role owning buying and staff training usually differs from table service with occasional wine advice.
Career paths
Development can start in waiting or bar service and move toward senior sommelier, beverage manager, cellar manager, wine buyer, restaurant management or training roles for service teams.
Good to know
Check whether a vacancy names cellar work, wine list authority, supplier orders, service style, tasting expectations and staff training. Also note whether the role includes sales targets or mostly guest advice.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific pay data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Beverage serving activities
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include head sommelier, waiter/waitress and head waiter/head waitress.
Explore this activityRestaurant activities
This occupation may also occur in this activity. Other occupations there include waiter/waitress, restaurant host/restaurant hostess and wine sommelier.
Explore this activityThese examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
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O*NET relationships: 1
Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other
35-9099.00
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
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These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
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NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
56.3Beverage serving activities56.11Restaurant activities
Alternative labels
Occupation group
waiter/waitress (5131.2)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/499f80e3-860c-48ef-8286-be929a93e254 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 5131.2.2 |
| ISCO group | 5131 |
| Concept type | Occupation |