Restaurateur - Wikipedia Restaurateur For other uses, see Restaurant. This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in German. ( October 2015 ) Click for important translation instructions. View a machine - translated version of the German article. Google 's machine translation is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy - pasting machine - translated text into the English Wikipedia. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low - quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign - language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary ( using German ) : Content in this edit is translated from the existing German Wikipedia article at ( ( : de : Exact name of German article ) ) ; see its history for attribution. You should also add the template ( ( Translated de Gastwirt ) ) to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia : Translation. Restaurateur Occupation Profession Activity sectors Restaurants, business, culinary arts Description Fields of employment Restaurants 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. Contents 1 Etymology 2 History 3 See also 4 References 5 External links Etymology The French word restaurateur comes from the Late Latin term restaurator ( `` restorer '' ) and from the Latin term restaurare. The erroneous word restauranteur is formed from the term restaurant with the French suffix `` - eur '' borrowed from `` restaurateur ''. History This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. ( October 2015 ) Mariana Starke, the author of travellers ' guides to Europe in the early 19th century mentions the following as notable restaurateurs in Paris : Véry in the Palais Royal, the Frères Provençaux in the Palais Royal, and Richard in the Galerie de Valois. At this period restaurateurs devoted part of their houses to providing meals. Mariana Starke advises single men to resort to the house of a restaurateur rather than a `` traiteur '' whose services provide meals mainly for families. `` The house of a Restaurateur... is a sort of Tavern where ladies also may dine without the smallest impropriety ''. See also Food portal Culinary arts Foodservice List of restaurateurs National Restaurant Association References Jump up ^ `` Definition of RESTAURANTEUR ''. www.merriam-webster.com. Jump up ^ `` Restaurateur Shares the Secret of His Success ''. Jump up ^ Muhlke, Christine. `` The Insider - Sang Yoon ''. Jump up ^ `` the definition of restauranteur ''. Dictionary.com. Jump up ^ Starke, Mariana ( 1832 ) Travels in Europe for the use of Travellers on the Continent and likewise in the Island of Sicily ; p. 478 External links The dictionary definition of restaurateur at Wiktionary Media related to Restaurateurs at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Restaurateur&oldid=833830257 '' Categories : Restaurateurs Food services occupations French words and phrases Hidden categories : Articles to be expanded from October 2015 All articles to be expanded Articles needing translation from German Wikipedia Articles using small message boxes Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Nederlands Plattdüütsch Português Русский Українська 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 2 April 2018, at 16 : 43. About Wikipedia

Question: what do you call the owner of a restaurant
Answer: A restaurateur