Head Waiter/waitress

Head Waiter/Waitress, Luxury Hotel, Ripon up to £27k + Tronc

We are looking for an experienced Head Waiter/Waitress for a luxury hotel in Ripon

• Head Waiter/Waitress for a luxury hotel
• Ripon location
• Staff Accommodation
• Salary package up to £27k

About the Hotel

This country house hotel dates back to the 17th century and stayed within the same family for over 200 years until the early 1990’s, since then this country house has entertained Queen Mary, became a convalescence home for injured soldiers in the Second World War, a adult training centre and then became a private residence until 2015 when it was privately purchased to undergo a multi mullion pound transformation into Yorkshire’s latest luxury Relais & Chateaux hotel.

Working as a Head Waiter/Waitress

As a Head Waiter/Waitress you will be assisting the restaurant manager with the operating the fine dining restaurant, assisting and supporting the restaurant manager ensuring that customers experience the highest level of service. You will be responsible for meeting and greeting customers, organising table reservations, to lead manage and inspire staff, counting cash, reconciling payments and banking, responsible for rotas/staffing levels, taking customers food orders and ensuring customers receive impeccable service.

The successful person will have previous experience in a management role within a fine dining restaurant, be passionate about delivering outstanding service, have strong written and oral communication skills, PC literate with full understanding of Microsoft Outlook, Excel and word.

In addition to your excellent customer service skills, you should be a punctual and reliable team player with strong communication skills, a self driven approach, and a positive ‘can do’ attitude.

About Caterpeople

At CaterPeople we are here to support your hospitality career development.

We work with work with many of the best luxury hotels, fine dining restaurants, venues and gastronomic destinations in the UK and beyond.

Each year we help 100‘s of hospitality professional like you progress in their hospitality careers.

So send us your CV and let us help you take the next step in hour hospitality career.

Contact: David Almeida

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