Waiter

SUMMARY:
The Capital Zimbali is recruiting an experienced Waiter – based in Ballito, KZN.

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 Waiter is responsible food and beverages in the Restaurant, Room Service and, if required, Function areas in a friendly, fast and efficient manner. The position is primarily concerned with two main functional activities: front of house and stock.

Responsibilities:

• Reports to the Food and Beverage Supervisor
• Directly supervises, supports and evaluates the performance of the subordinate positions within the Restaurant
• 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 Food and Beverage Manager
• Excellent communication with the kitchen team

Requirements:

• Formal hospitality training - a diploma from a recognised hotel school/ university or international equivalent is beneficial
• Minimum of 2-3 years previous experience in restaurant environment.
• Excellent communication skills and good command of the English language (written and spoken), knowledge of additional languages is a plus
• Proactive in keeping up to date with food and beverage trends
• Working knowledge on point of sales systems
• Solid Food and Beverage knowledge

Please note that relocation costs will be for your own expense should your application be successful and you reside outside of the KZN area.

 

NB! This job is now closed. You can apply for other jobs by uploading your CV.

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