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6-10 years of experience
Consistently increased average sales and profits by actively up-selling and recommending food and drink specials
- Trained new employees on the entire workflow process
- Achieved the highest sales records during weekly sales competitions
- Catered and organized large parties ranging from 75-200 people
10+ years of experience
Experienced server which is dedicated and knowledgeable to the product that he presents to guest and customers. A fast pace and high energy work environment where precision is key to success. Works well with team members to create a positive and cohesive work environment.
- Recognized as a 10+ year employee.
- Advertise, marketed, and recommended menu items to ensure customer satisfaction.
- Trained and supervised 20+ new employees.
- Assisted manager in daily operations dealing with customer complaints creating alternative solutions and problem-solving as needed.
0-5 years of experience
Provided the customers with a pleasant dining experience and quality service.
- Conducted final check of food items prior to serving customers to ensure quality maintenance.
- Ensured the cleanliness of dining area and food items before serving.
- Assisted others in carrying out their part of preparing/serving meals.
- Maintained serving standards and followed all regulations while performing duties.
0-5 years of experience
Staying up to date with restaurant protocol as well as new acquisitions
- Management of time to ensure professional dining experience
- Communicate with employees and management for assistance and team related activities
- Developed relationships with customers to facilitate stable work experience
- Performed tasks to create an organized atmosphere
- Resolved all issues in a professional manner
- Adapted to different computer systems and programs
0-5 years of experience
Achieved in generating $2 Million in sales revenue to date by utilizing knowledge of the food, wine & liquor menu, ingredients in specialty drinks in order to make the perfect recommendations for each customer.
- Managed in front of house duties including creating schedule for company employees, enforcing company rules and regulations and ensuring staff members completed assigned tasks.
- Responsible for compiling nightly sales numbers and profits, configuring employee tips, assuring accurate accounting for the daily books and all cash and credit card profits were accounted for.
- Make a constant effort to become familiar with regular customers and how to meet their needs to ensure a pleasant dining experience.
10+ years of experience
- Provided exceptional customer service to ensure repeat business.
- Demonstrated product knowledge when discussing menu options.
- Prioritized and coordinated work to ensure all deadlines are met
- Reconciled cash register at the beginning and end of day to verify revenue sales.
0-5 years of experience
- Positively built and maintained relationships with guests to encourage guest satisfaction and repeat business.
- Held extensive menu knowledge to best serve diners, even through significant menu changes.
- Maintained team environment for overall success of business.
- Guided guests’ dining experience with selective suggestions to fit needs and interests to satisfy the guest as well as increase organizational profits.
- Consistently held above 18.4% charge tip percentage over two quarters.
0-5 years of experience
Created a welcoming environment to every customer
- Served food and drink orders quickly and accurately
- Maintained a clean work area and other daily shift duties
- Demonstrated strong teamwork and multitasking abilities
0-5 years of experience
Provided the customers with a pleasant dining experience and quality service.
- Conducted final check of food items prior to serving customers to ensure quality maintenance.
- Ensured the cleanliness of dining area and food items before serving.
- Worked in coordination with other departments to ensure that customers get quality service and satisfaction.
- Assisted others in carrying out their part of preparing/serving meals.
- Maintained serving standards and followed all regulations while performing duties.
0-5 years of experience
Provided the customers with a pleasant dining experience and quality service.
- Conducted final check of food items prior to serving customers to ensure quality maintenance.
- Ensured the cleanliness of dining area and food items before serving.
- Assisted others in carrying out their part of preparing/serving meals.
- Maintained serving standards and followed all regulations while performing duties.
- Cash out all patrons and ensure proper money handling.
0-5 years of experience
Bring a professional environment to guest, serve food, and insure guest were properly served and enjoy their visit.
- Handle money
- Maintained a clean and organized environment
- Maintain quality control/satisfaction records, constantly seeking new ways to improve customer service.
0-5 years of experience
In-depth understanding of food service and attending to the customer’s needs.
- Demonstrated skills in greeting customers, presenting menus, taking food orders and expediting them through the kitchen.
- Able to perform general preparation work.
- Demonstrated ability to explain how various menu items are prepared, shared ingredients and cooking methods.
- Described and recommended Alcoholic beverages to guests, along with wine pairings and other cocktail descriptions.
0-5 years of experience
- Enhanced ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment while managing multiple guest relation issues at one time
- Handled a daily revenue averaging $400-$1200.
- Worked approximately 40 hours per week during school breaks and 15-20 hours during school semester
6-10 years of experience
Constructed desire about serving the best, in quality, when it comes to food and beverages.
- Lead and inspired a team to fulfill all restaurant requirements, capitalizing on efficiency, production, and cost-effectiveness.
- Maintained a work environment that ensures work cleanliness and presentation standards are met.
- Managed all labor costs, production and purchasing to meet restaurant requirements.
- Created an environment that is passionate about customer service and sets an example of professionalism, ownership, and initiative.
- Built strong teams through positive, proactive communication and coaching.
- Demonstrated productivity through preparing and executing a business plan to optimize resources and deliver results.
- Followed the Code of Conduct and ensure that your team understands and complies to the rules as well.Perform other related duties as requested
0-5 years of experience
Enhanced ability to multi-task within a fast-paced environment
- Managed guest relations issues and concerns
- Greeted customers upon arrival and seated them for dining
- Maintained approximately 35 hours per week while enrolled as a full-time student
0-5 years of experience
Operated POS system to input customer orders and print checks.
- Responded to guest’s questions regarding menu items.
- Communicated guest orders and any special requests to kitchen staff.
- Checked-on customers during dining for any additional meal requirements.
- Maintained a clean and safe work area.
- Assisted in food preparation operations as needed.
0-5 years of experience
Trained staff
- Assisted guests and provided exceptional service
- Coordinated set-up of banquets
- Coordinated the alley
- Performed wine service
0-5 years of experience
Organized personal station and restaurant area.
- Prepared appetizers for lunch and dinner service.
- Maintained daily upkeep for customers.
- Welcomed customers when entering and exiting restaurant.
- Provided service for both small and large parties.
0-5 years of experience
Provide customers with a pleasant dining experience and quality service.
- Conduct final check of food items prior to serving customers to ensure quality maintenance.
- Ensured the cleanliness of dining area and food items before serving.
- Work in coordination with other departments to ensure that customers get quality service and satisfaction.
- Maintained serving standards and followed all regulations while performing duties.
0-5 years of experience
Provided the customers with pleasant dining experience and quality service.
- Conducted final check of food items prior to serving customers to ensure quality and maintenance.
- Memorized details of daily specials, seasonal menu items and options.
- Maintained serving standards and followed all regulations while performing duties.
0-5 years of experience
Assisted guests with making menu choices in an informative and helpful fashion.
- Routinely cleaned the table linens, table settings, glassware, windowsills, carpet, counters, floors, storage areas and service refrigerators.
- Effectively communicated with kitchen staff regarding customer allergies, dietary needs and other special request.
- Skillfully anticipated and addressed guest service needs
0-5 years of experience
Answered questions regarding the menu
- Took orders, brought beverages and food to guests
- Prepared some foods such as pouring drinks, filling bowls of soup and making salads
- Removed plates from the table when diners end their meals
- Assisted with cleaning previous to opening or after closing of restaurant
0-5 years of experience
Considerable knowledge of an award-winning wine list
- Furthered experience in the restaurant industry by working in an established, fine dining facility
- Commit to memory and enthusiastically market daily specials to guests
- Maintain a positive rapport with customers throughout their dining experience and be available with any additional services, as needed
6-10 years of experience
Performed various hospitality services.
- Assisted in hosting Baltimore Raven games and other televised sporting events.
- Briefed clients on daily specials and made appropriate recommendations.
- Seated guests received orders and served guests.
0-5 years of experience
Check with customers to ensure that they are enjoying their meals and take action to correct any problems.
- Serve and prepare hot, cold, and mixed drinks and serve bottles of wine with proper etiquette.
- Check customer’s identification to ensure they meet the age requirement.
- Prepare checks that itemize and total meal costs and sales taxes and collect payments from customers.
- Clean tables or counters after customers finish dining.
- Roll silverware, set up food stations or set up dining areas to prepare for the next shift or for large parties.
- Perform food preparation duties such as preparing salads, appetizers, and cold dishes, portioning desserts, and brewing coffee.
0-5 years of experience
Memorizing fine details of the preparation and cooking process of fine French cuisine and sushi
- Training new team members on organization and daily procedures
- Completing tasks in a very high paced environment
- Being fluent and efficient with the company software
- Maintained a clean and organized work environment
0-5 years of experience
- Provided customers with a pleasant dining experience and quality service.
- Insured the cleanliness of dining area and food items for serving.
- Held responsibility of handling and serving all food items as per the policies of the state.
- Worked in coordination with other departments to insure that customers received quality service satisfaction.
- Maintain serving standards and followed all regulations while performing duties.
- Ability to multitask and handle more than one customer at a time and handle multiple tasks.
10+ years of experience
Seat customers as they arrive and provide menus; assist customers in ordering decisions by providing information on menu items
- Relay orders to the kitchen and ensure accuracy and speed of order
- Deliver orders to customers after ensuring the quality and quantity of food
- Serve beverages and prepare desserts as requested
- Received award for upselling to a secret shopper.
0-5 years of experience
- Disseminate promotional features in response to customer inquiries
- Effectively communicates extensive menu of over 100 items and the concept of Tapas dining style
- Assists management by training new servers and hostesses
- Addresses guest concerns with composure in a high volume restaurant while resolving conflicts
- Contributed the generation of average sales of $16,000 per month
0-5 years of experience
Taught and instructed beginner level employees
- Time managed employee work schedule
- Organized day to day employee duties
- Excellent communication skills within the company environment
0-5 years of experience
Responsible for sever training, scheduling, ordering and inventory of alcohol.
- Wine tasting and pairing wine to the meals with employees.
- Maintain proper implementation of sanitation procedures and standards.
- Responsible of all repair and maintenance issues on site.
- Ensure we achieve our goal of total guest satisfaction.
- Zagat #1 rating.
0-5 years of experience
Welcomes customers; Takes food and drink orders from customers and serves each course at the proper time.
- Responds to questions about the items on the menu including food ingredients, food preparation techniques and degree of spiciness.
- Communicates any customer complaints to the chef and strives to provide the customer with an acceptable dish.
- Answers customer questions about food ingredients that are associated with customer allergies and verifies ingredients in each dish with the chef to make sure all food items served are safe for the allergic customer to consume.
- Takes alcoholic beverage orders and inspects customers’ identification to avoid serving alcohol to any underage customers.
- Adds up customer bills, processes credit card payments, collects cash from customers, makes change and provides a receipt.
- Sets tables before customers are seated and helps clean tables off when customers have finished their meals.
- Removes empty dishes from tables during the meal, offers dessert menus and serves desserts as well as after-dinner coffees and liqueurs.
10+ years of experience
Utilize knowledge of the food menu, wine and liquor menu and ingredients in specialty drinks to make the perfect recommendation for each customer.
- Arrange entire bar area, including bar top, floors, tables, and stools are clean and free of clutter at all times.
- Handle customer complaints and always ensure customers left with a smile.
- Make a constant effort to become familiar with regular customers and how to meet their needs.
- Able to handle cash, checks, and credit.
- Ensure patrons have everything they needed to guarantee a pleasant dining experience.
0-5 years of experience
Mix and serve a wider variety of beverages by combining ingredients such as liquors, soda, water, sugar, bitters, and fruit garnishes.
- Maintain adequate supplies of items such as glassware and trays.
- Mixed and prepared flavors for mixed drinks.
- Ran cash registers.
- Sliced and pitted fruit used to garnish drinks.
- Stocked cabinets and serving areas with condiments, and refilled condiment containers as necessary.
0-5 years of experience
Write patrons’ food orders on order slips, memorize orders, or enter orders into computers for transmittal to kitchen staff.
- Take orders from patrons for food or beverages.
- Check with customers to ensure that they are enjoying their meals and take action to correct any problems.
- Present menus to patrons and answer questions about menu items, making recommendations upon request.
- Perform food preparation duties such as preparing salads, appetizers, and cold dishes, portioning desserts, and brewing coffee.
- Stock service areas with supplies such as coffee, food, tableware, and linens.
- Inform customers of daily specials.
0-5 years of experience
Interacted with customers in a busy, crowded restaurant.
- Served customers with courtesy, patience and a smile.
- Operated POS computer and accepted payments from customers.
- Greeted customers, developed rapport; accepted, processed and delivered orders.
- Served alcohol in accordance with Vermont State liquor laws.
- Responsible for serving 35-50 patrons per dinner shift.
- Demonstrated ability to interact with customers from diverse cultures and backgrounds.
- Handled food substitutions and special requests efficiently.
- Processed orders for customers accurately and within “service” times.
- Conducted facility maintenance and side work.
0-5 years of experience
Schedule reservations and answer all inquiry related to the restaurant
- Welcomes customers into the restaurant and seat them according to their needs
- Responsible to receive and deliver of food orders in a fast and friendly manner
- Ensure accurate cash handling and balancing of nightly cash outs
- Demonstrate teamwork by keeping an eye on my fellow server’s tables and help out when possible
- Bussing and resetting tables and ensuring dining area is clean and tidy
- Moves along the dining experience along without rushing the guest, ensuring all the plates are cleared, coffee, desert or possible an after dinner drink is offered
6-10 years of experience
- Utilize knowledge of the food menu, wine & liquor menu, ingredients in specialty drinks to make the perfect recommendation for each customer
- Handle customer complaints and always ensured customers left with a smile
- Make a constant effort to become familiar with regular customers and how to meet their needs
- Ensure patrons have everything they need to ensure a pleasant dining experience.
- Maintained clean and professional upscale appearance
0-5 years of experience
Consistently delivers exceptional, friendly, and fast service.
- Skillfully anticipates and addresses any guests’ service needs
- Great attention to detail and ability to handle many tasks at one time
- Strong ability to stand for long periods of time and move at a brisk pace
- Works well under pressure
0-5 years of experience
Provide high quality, efficient customer service
- Input food orders in a timely matter into POS system
- Maintain a healthy and clean work environment
- Handle payment transactions in an efficient manner
- Communicate with co-workers and management to create an organized effective business
- Interact positively with guests, peers, and management
6-10 years of experience
Trained new staff members
- Seat and present menus to club members as they arrive
- Provide information about the menu items and assist members in ordering
- Relay orders to the kitchen through P.O.S. and ensure accuracy and speed of service
- Deliver items to customers according to the company’s standards of service, only after ensuring quality and quantity
- Clear plates and tables
0-5 years of experience
Responsible for serving food and beverage to customers
- Prep condiments, salads, teas before shift
- Make sure dining room is clean and orderly to receive customers
- Clean, sweep, mop dining room in evening after close
- Make sure financials are correct before giving to manager at end of shift
- Maintain pleasant attitude for customers and other employees
- Establish ongoing relationships with customers for memorable dining experiences
0-5 years of experience
Ensure that patrons have an enjoyable dining experience by providing quality customer service.
- Greeting customers
- Taking orders, serving food and drinks, and removing dinnerware from the table in a timely manner, follow clean up guidelines
- Processing payment
- Attend trainings
0-5 years of experience
Proficiently and thoroughly manage multiple tables during brunch, lunch, happy hour, or dinner
- Maintain a clean, professional appearance and always greet customers with a smile
- Provide customers with a pleasant dining experience and quality service
- Conduct a final check of food items prior to serving customers to ensure quality and accuracy
- Offer every customer the restaurant’s reward card and explain the rules and benefits
- Ensure the cleanliness of dining area and server station
- Work in coordination with other departments to ensure that customers get quality service and satisfaction
- Assist others in carrying out their part of preparing/serving meals and cleaning the dining areas
6-10 years of experience
- Maintain the company policy by emphazing a clean and friendly environment.
- Serve and provide our award winning products to our guest
- Cash handling and Depositing Moneys that are receive from guest
- Have Strong product knowledge and good etiquette while handling guest situations
- Clean, stock and mop
0-5 years of experience
- Greet and welcome customers to the restaurant.
- Assist customers in making menu selections with a knowledgeable and helpful manner.
- Appropriately recommend additional items to customers to increase restaurant sales.
- Serve food and beverage orders to customers according to their specified requests.
- Initiate building a rapport with customers in order to retain a repeat customer base.
- Provide customers with answers to various inquiries regarding the restaurant via the telephone.
0-5 years of experience
- Provided the customers with a pleasant dining experience and quality service.
- Conducted final check of food items prior to serving customers to ensure quality maintenance.
- Ensured the cleanliness of dining area and food items before serving.
- Held responsibility of handling/serving all food/drink items as per the policies of the state.
- Assisted others in carrying out their part of preparing/serving meals.
- Maintained serving standards and followed all regulations while performing duties.
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