Server Assistant Jobs

Michelin Starred Chef Michael Mina is seeking experienced and dedicated Server Assistants / Bussers at his newest restaurant: INTERNATIONAL SMOKE!

Our Server Assistants are responsible for overseeing table maintenance, maintaining the flow of service and assisting the servers in the dining room. Their duties include clearing food and utensils from tables, resetting tables, bread & water service, monitoring guest satisfaction, and assisting the kitchen in expediting the service process. They are pleasant, conscientious, and professional with excellent knowledge of food and alcoholic beverage selections. They must be able to operate effectively as part of a team, communicate clearly, ensure smooth service operations and quality service.

General Expectations

• Represents the restaurant professionally through effective communication, cooperation and relationships with the all business partners.
• Maintains clean and organized work stations that are cohesive with the restaurant’s philosophy, culture, and standards of excellence.
• Ensure that all guests feel welcome and are given responsive, professional, gracious service at all times
• Understand philosophy of management and owner. Displays consistent attention to detail and follow through of all restaurant policies.
• Understand completely all programs, procedures, standards, specifications, guidelines and training programs.
• Recognize or seek areas for staff and restaurant improvement and offer positive solutions for change.
• Act with integrity, honesty and knowledge that promote the culture and values of International Smoke.
• Operate within the restaurant on a daily basis with efficiency, respect, friendliness, professionalism, teamwork, knowledge, patience, awareness, compassion, courtesy and initiative.

Essential Job Functions

• Perform all side work applicable to assigned station.
• Busses and sets tables.
• Welcome all guests and ensure guests receive responsive, professional, and gracious service at all times.
• Prepares and serves coffee and tea.
• Stocks stations.
• Maintain a clean, safe environment all times in the Dining Room and all service stations.
• Performs Bread service.
• Polishes china, glass and silverware.
• Stocks and organizes linen.
• Fully understand and comply with all federal, state, county and municipal regulations that pertain to health, safety, and labor requirements of the restaurant employees and guests.
• Understand and perform job duties to the expectations of International Smoke and the restaurant Service, Food, Beverage, and Wine manuals.
• Maintains the cleanliness of the dining room.
• Serves and refills water.

Required Qualifications

• Applicants must possess a strong dedication toward learning, and motivation to progress in a fine dining environment.
• Possess excellent basic math skills and have the ability to operate a cash register POS system and Microsoft based computer systems.
• Responsive to constructive feedback from Chefs, Manager & other co-workers.
• Cleanliness, organization and the ability to work well in a team situation are crucial to this position.
• High school or equivalent education required.
• Food and wine knowledge a plus.
• Must be minimum age to serve alcohol.
• 1-2 years of fine dining experience. Knowledge of service and food and beverage, generally involving at least 2 years of restaurant experience and thorough knowledge of fine dining, service procedures and functions.
• Must be impeccably groomed, maintain good hygiene, good posture and have required uniform & tools.

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