diff --git a/src/modules/foods/dto/create-category.dto.ts b/src/modules/foods/dto/create-category.dto.ts
index 91d7966..8646850 100644
--- a/src/modules/foods/dto/create-category.dto.ts
+++ b/src/modules/foods/dto/create-category.dto.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { IsString, IsOptional, IsBoolean } from 'class-validator';
+import { IsString, IsOptional, IsBoolean, IsInt, Min } from 'class-validator';
 import { ApiPropertyOptional } from '@nestjs/swagger';
 import { Type } from 'class-transformer';
 
@@ -17,4 +17,11 @@ export class CreateCategoryDto {
   @IsString()
   @ApiPropertyOptional({ example: 'https://cdn.example.com/avatar.png' })
   avatarUrl?: string;
+
+  @IsOptional()
+  @IsInt()
+  @Min(0)
+  @Type(() => Number)
+  @ApiPropertyOptional({ example: 1 })
+  order?: number;
 }
diff --git a/src/modules/foods/dto/create-food.dto.ts b/src/modules/foods/dto/create-food.dto.ts
index d19cb39..988ee06 100644
--- a/src/modules/foods/dto/create-food.dto.ts
+++ b/src/modules/foods/dto/create-food.dto.ts
@@ -111,4 +111,12 @@ export class CreateFoodDto {
   @ApiPropertyOptional({ example: false })
   @Type(() => Boolean)
   isSpecialOffer?: boolean;
+
+  @IsOptional()
+  @IsInt()
+  @Min(0)
+  @Type(() => Number)
+  @ApiPropertyOptional({ example: 1 })
+  order?: number;
+
 }
diff --git a/src/modules/foods/entities/category.entity.ts b/src/modules/foods/entities/category.entity.ts
index 58c2516..a2c679f 100644
--- a/src/modules/foods/entities/category.entity.ts
+++ b/src/modules/foods/entities/category.entity.ts
@@ -21,4 +21,7 @@ export class Category extends BaseEntity {
 
   @Property({ nullable: true })
   avatarUrl?: string;
+
+  @Property({ type: 'int', nullable: true })
+  order?: number;
 }
diff --git a/src/modules/foods/providers/food.service.ts b/src/modules/foods/providers/food.service.ts
index 9d5d328..9aa4334 100644
--- a/src/modules/foods/providers/food.service.ts
+++ b/src/modules/foods/providers/food.service.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ export class FoodService {
         pickupServe: rest.pickupServe ?? false,
         discount: rest.discount ?? 0,
         isSpecialOffer: rest.isSpecialOffer ?? false,
+        order: rest.order ?? null,
         // map single-title/content DTO to localized fields
         title: rest.title,
         content: rest.content,