SUMMARY:
Black Salt Restaurant is recruiting an experienced Chef de Rang – based in Sandton.
POSITION INFO:
The Capital Hotels stands for equal opportunity while transforming the Hospitality Industry into a modern aspirational industry once again. We believe that the industry is broken and needs to reinvent the image of service and hospitality. We are achieving this through our incredible staff culture. Our dedicated staff believe in offering the highest level of guest service to our guests while maintaining their dignity and integrity. Our staff are our everything!
WHY WORK FOR US?
Our staff love coming to work as they feel respected, appreciated, heard, successful and secure. Imagine a company where managers don’t manage managers, we are all simply doers.
Making decisions in regard to our best employees also comes fast, where we recognise talent and reward it quickly through promotions. We don’t need to or want to wait for approval. We recruit on experience but promote on values — the core of which is rigor, disciplined thought and disciplined action.
Description:
The Chef De Rang will operationalise and manage all customer interactions, including seating, recommending/upselling menu items, taking orders, fulfilling orders and servicing their needs as guests of the restaurant.
Responsibilities:
- Reports to the Restaurant Manager
- Directly supervises, supports and evaluates the performance of the subordinate positions within the Restaurant
- Mentors, develops and provides on-the-job training to new recruits in order to improve their current performance allowing them to gain skills and abilities for future development
- Responsible for coordinating the trolley and flambé service on each table demonstrating to the customers his/ her ability to cook, carve and flambé
- Table side service experience
- Predominantly dinner service
- Directly responsible for checking the serving trolley and controlling the daily inventory of crockery and cutlery
- Must posses a solid knowledge of all menu items and be able to describe them to Guests, suggesting various courses as well as have pairing knowledge (wines, whiskeys, gins etc)
- Pays a close attention to Guest needs and reports their special requests or complaints to the Restaurant Manager
- Excellent communication with the kitchen team
Requirements:
- Formal hospitality training - a diploma from a recognised hotel school/ university or international equivalent is preferred
- Minimum of 2-3 years previous experience in a fine dining food service and preparation field in an upscale restaurant
- Culinary and wine knowledge as well as practical experience in fine dining restaurant service
- Excellent communication skills and good command of the English language (written and spoken), knowledge of additional languages is a plus
- Strong managerial skills and ability to work in a multicultural environment
- Proactive in keeping up to date with food and beverage trends
- Immaculate appearance
- Working knowledge on point of sales systems
Please note that relocation costs will be for your own expense should your application be successful and you reside outside of the JHB Area.
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