Plan menu options.

Plan menu options. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 9 occupations and seen in 10 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Develop recipes or menus. in Thinking Creatively .

Detailed work activities are the most granular shared layer in O*NET's work-activity hierarchy (Generalized → Intermediate → Detailed → occupation-specific task). The figures below describe how this activity shows up across the economy and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the work will be automated.

AI exposure

Of the 10 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 10 (100%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

The Anthropic Economic Index observes real AI use on 3 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.002% per task.

Exposure estimates overlap with model capabilities — whether a model could speed the task up — not whether the work will be done by software. Observed AI use is augmentation and assistance today, not jobs replaced.

Member tasks

Occupation-specific tasks O*NET maps to this detailed work activity, most important first.

• Plan menus according to employers' needs and diet restrictions. · Cooks, Private Household · importance 4.7 · direct LLM exposure
• Assess nutritional needs of patients, plan special menus, supervise the assembly of regular and special diet trays, and oversee the delivery of food trolleys to hospital patients. · First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Plan menus that are varied, nutritionally balanced, and appetizing, taking advantage of foods in season and local availability. · Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Consult with supervisory staff to plan menus, taking into consideration factors such as costs and special event needs. · Cooks, Restaurant · importance 4.0 · exposure with tools
• Create specialty dishes and develop recipes to be used in dining facilities. · Food Service Managers · importance 3.8 · direct LLM exposure
• Develop recipes and menus to address special nutrition needs, such as low glycemic, low histamine, or gluten- or allergen-free. · Dietitians and Nutritionists · importance 3.8 · direct LLM exposure
• Conduct meetings and collaborate with other personnel for menu planning, serving arrangements, and related details. · First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers · importance 3.7 · exposure with tools
• Plan bar menus. · Bartenders · importance 3.6 · exposure with tools
• Collaborate with other personnel to plan and develop recipes or menus, taking into account such factors as seasonal availability of ingredients or the likely number of customers. · Chefs and Head Cooks · importance 3.4 · exposure with tools
• Confer with other staff to help plan establishments' menus. · Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop · importance 3.4 · exposure with tools

Occupations that perform this

• Cooks, Private Household
• First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers
• Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria
• Cooks, Restaurant
• Food Service Managers
• Dietitians and Nutritionists
• Bartenders
• Chefs and Head Cooks
• Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-plan-menu-options,
  title  = {Plan menu options.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/detailed-activities/plan-menu-options}
}