Server/Waitstaff

About Amisfield

Amisfield is home to one of New Zealand's most acclaimed restaurants, celebrated for its commitment to exceptional food, service, and hospitality. Known as the 'Restaurant of the Year' at the 2023 and 2022 Cuisine Good Food Awards, Number 3 in recent Food & Wine reviews, Amisfield sets the standard for fine dining in New Zealand. Our restaurant proudly showcases the best of our region through innovative dishes crafted from locally sourced ingredients, complemented by our celebrated wine selection.

While our roots are firmly planted in viticulture, with 92 hectares of vineyards and accolades such as 'Sustainable Vineyard of the Year' (2023 NZ Organic Wine Awards) and 'Winery of the Year' (2022 and 2020 NZ Organic Wine Awards), it is our restaurant that truly brings the Amisfield experience to life.

About the Role

Amisfield is currently interviewing for positions of Server. We are after individuals that bring professionalism to their job, and are enthusiastic, mindful and passionate about the place they work and the job they choose to work in.   You will be providing our customers with an unrivalled dining experience, with duties such as: 

• service of food and drinks


• cleaning, setting and preparing tables


• providing menus and wine lists and answering any questions knowledgeably


• taking and filling the guest's food & beverage orders


• cleaning and polishing cutlery and glasses
  


• interacting with our customers and educating them about the company, our wine and our wine club 

About You

We believe our people are our greatest assets - our philosophy of being an exceptional employer plays an important part in providing you with job satisfaction, allowing you to focus on ensuring the guests of our restaurant receive a dining experience that will excite, challenge, entertain and satisfy.   

We are looking for those that have the following attributes:

• A great team-player approach with the passion and hunger to become knowledgeable on NZ food, wine and service
  


• Can demonstrate strong interpersonal skills and interact with a high volume of customers
  


• At least 6 months experience in a customer service, hospitality and/or wine-focused role to help you ease into your new position here with us creating exceptional dining


• Selling skills, food safety knowledge and food and drink service skills would all be highly regarded


• A current General Managers Certificate, or a minimum 6 months experience in a licensed premises in NZ would be an advantage

When you join our team, you will be rewarded with a beautiful place to work and competitive pay. We offer our team full-time hours (30+ hrs per week) and a great wage. You will also enjoy exciting benefits that include a generous wine allowance, company funded healthcare and life insurance, relocation assistance (if needed) and fantastic discounts on dining, wine and golf, to name just a few!

If you wish to work in this dynamic, challenging, and busy environment and have the attributes above, we'd love to hear from you.